Joanne Baxter

Joanne Baxter
Born
Joanne Mary Baxter
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Joanne Mary Baxter is a New Zealand Māori public health medicine physician and academic and affiliates with the iwi of Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. She is a professor and director of Kōhatu, Centre for Hauora Māori,[1] and co-director of the Māori Health Workforce Development Unit at the University of Otago. Baxter took up the position of dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine on 1 July 2022, and is the first Māori woman in the role.[2]

  1. ^ "30 new professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Otago appoints new Dean to Dunedin School of Medicine". University of Otago. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.