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Michael Baker

Professor of Public Health, University of Otago

Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Michael Baker is Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently (April-July 2015) a NZ-UK Link Foundation Visiting Professor, hosted by the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London. His focus in the UK includes research and a series of public lectures on pandemic diseases. Details about these free lectures can be found on the SAS website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/ebola-worries-make-timely-arrival-award-winning-disease-expert Professor Baker’s other research projects include a national case-control study of rheumatic fever in New Zealand; a leading role in the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance (SHIVERS) Study funded by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; and research on Housing and Health.