Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Alistair Woodward is currently Head of Epidemiology & Biostatistics in the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland. His first degree was in medicine and he undertook his postgraduate training in public health in the UK. He has a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Adelaide. Prior to taking up his post at The University of Auckland in 2004 he was Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington. Research interests include tobacco, radio-frequency radiation and health, transport and injury, and climate change.
COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ
Dec 01, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Nature
Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28 its impact on human health. Now under way in Dubai, the latest Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
In a climate crisis, how do we treat businesses that profit from carbon pollution?
Aug 24, 2022 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
Introducing the New Zealand governments first Emissions Reduction Plan in June, climate change minister James Shaw observed: The climate crisis is no longer something happening elsewhere, to someone else, in the...