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Chrissy Severinsen

Associate Professor in Public Health, Massey University

Associate Professor in Public Health, Massey University Dr Chrissy Severinsen is an Associate Professor at Massey University's School of Health Sciences. She co-leads the postgraduate public health and undergraduate mental health and addiction programmes. Her research demonstrates diverse public health kaupapa while maintaining a critical public health lens. Chrissy actively engages in interdisciplinary projects that integrate public health and health promotion with mātauranga Māori, health systems, and education. Driven by a desire to bridge the gap between academia and communities, she promotes the integration of policy and practice. Her projects embrace a Te Tiriti o Waitangi-led approach, championing equity, effective service provision, information sharing, and collective action.