The Pacific Health Research Committee provides the HRC with advice about Pacific health research priorities and Pacific health research workforce development. It is a standing committee founded by the HRC in recognition of the need to have high-level expertise in managing Pacific health research investment.
There is also a Pacific Assessing Committee that assesses the Pacific Career Development Awards and Pacific Project applications, and makes recommendations to the HRC Council about which applications to support.
Committee members:
- Dr Seini Taufa (chair) - General Manager for Moana Connect, Auckland
- Associate Professor Donald Wilson - Associate Dean - Research and Director of the Fiji Institute of Pacific Health Research at the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji
- Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u (co-opted member) – Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medine, University of Auckland. Consultant Psychiatrist, Te Whatu Ora, Waikato, Hamilton
- Dr Radilaite Cammock (deputy chair) – Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland
- Associate Professor Gade Waqa (co-opted member) – Head of C-POND (Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and NCD), Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
Ex officio members:
Ms Alice Chisnall-Kalouniviti (ex officio member) - Ministry of Health
Professor Sunny Collings (ex officio member) - HRC Chief Executive
Committee Secretary: Tolotea Lanumata, Portfolio Lead - Pacific Health Research, HRC.
Additional: Pacific Health Research Terms of Reference