Professor Bev Lawton, of Wellington, CNZM for services to women's health
Professor Bev Lawton (Ngāti Porou) is a Professor at Victoria University of Wellington and founder and Director of Te Tātai Hauora o Hine, the National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa. Her research has led the centre to undertake significant work on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, self-testing, cervical screening and maternity care.
She has led research into Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity and the impact of methamphetamine on Māori pregnant women, their infants and whānau. She sits on the Maternity Commissioning Framework Technical Advisory Group, National Cervical Screening Programme Advisory Action and Equity Group, and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Māori Health Committee He Hono Wāhine.
Professor Lawton co-chairs the International Indigenous HPV Alliance and the Alliance for Perinatal and Reproductive Justice.