Part of health sciences at AUT, the Public Health department covers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from public and environmental health to emergency management, health care ethics, and violence and trauma studies.
Our academic staff are widely known for their expertise across the field of public health, and our coursework and research programmes attract local and international students and academics. The programmes strengthen practice and research expertise in public health, environmental health, emergency and disaster management, health care ethics, and violence and trauma studies.
Undergraduate courses
Undergraduate study in public health will give you a solid grounding in this area.
- Bachelor of Health Science in Public and Environmental Health
- Graduate Certificate in Health Science
- Graduate Diploma in Health Science
- Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies
Postgraduate courses
The Public Health department offers a range of postgraduate degrees:
Emergency and disaster management
- Postgraduate Certificate in Emergency Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Management
- Master of Emergency Management
Health care ethics programmes
- Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science
- Master of Health Science
Public health programmes
- Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health
- Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health
- Master of Public Health
Other postgraduate programmes
- Master of Philosophy
- Doctor of Health Science
- Doctor of Philosophy
Public Health
Head of Department
Heather Came
Professors
Kate Diesfeld
Head of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Development
Deborah Hay
Postgraduate Programme Leaders
Loïc Le Dé
Radilaite Cammock
Warwick Pudney
Undergraduate Programme Leader
Ailsa Holloway
Senior lecturers
Cath Conn
Nadia Charania
Sari Andajani-Sutjahjo
Lecturers
Amanda B Lees
Charles Mpofu
Chrystal Walker
Jean Allen
Litiuingi Ahio
Margaret Hinepo Williams
Patsi Davies
Radilaite Cammock
Emergency and Disaster Management
Ailsa Holloway
Loïc Le Dé
Nadia Charania
Violence and Trauma Studies
Chrystal Walker
Warwick Pudney
Contact us
Kim Squire
Administration Support
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 6926
kim.squire@aut.ac.nz