Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, CNZM, of Wellington, for services to public health
Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, of Wellington, for services to public health
Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman is co-director of He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme, which examines the links between poor housing and ill health. She has collaborated on several research publications and has conducted housing trials that have significantly influenced New Zealand’s housing, health and energy policy. She chaired the World Health Organization Housing and Health Guideline Development Group and was a member of the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. She is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, where she teaches public policy. Professor Howden-Chapman is director of the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, Chair of the International Science Council Urban Health and Wellbeing Committee, and a director on the Board of Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities.