Associate ProfessorNadia Charania

Nadia Charania is an Associate Professor in Public Health at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also the Deputy Director of the New Zealand Policy Research Institute and Co-Director of the Migrant and Refugee Health Research Centre at AUT.

Nadia's research aims to reduce inequities in health care access among marginalised populations and inform improvements to health systems. She has expertise in critical qualitative, quantitative, and participatory methodologies, and engaging with Indigenous communities and communities with migrant and refugee backgrounds. She is leading research related to access and experiences of maternal and childhood health services; vaccine attitudes and behaviours; and community-based pandemic planning. Her research has been funded by the Health Research Council, Te Whatu Ora, Manatū Hauora/Ministry of Health, MBIE, Te Niwha, Natural Hazards Commission, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 

She primarily teaches at the postgraduate level in qualitative research (HEAL810), practice and philosophies (HEAL911), and global health (PUBH803). She is known for her engaging, student-centric sessions that encourage critical discussions.

She supervises and mentors Masters and PhD post-graduate students interested in infectious disease prevention and control, improving health systems and services, and the health and wellbeing of migrant and refugee populations.