Meet the Technical Advisory Group who were established as part of the Ministry’s response to COVID-19.
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Membership
Dr Nicholas Jones (Chair) – Director of Public Health, Ministry of Health
Dr Anja Werno– Chief of Pathology and Laboratories, Canterbury Health Laboratories
Dr Bryan Betty– Chair of General Practice New Zealand
Dr Collin Tukuitonga– Pacific COVID-19 Response Team
Dr Erasmus Smit– Virologist, ESR
Dr Matire Harwood– Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā / Māori Pandemic Coordination Group
Professor Michael Baker– Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Dr Michelle Balm – Infectious Diseases physician, Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley, and Clinical Microbiologist, Wellington Southern Community Laboratories
Dr Nigel Raymond– Infectious Disease Physician, Chair NZ Committee of Australasian Society for Infectious Disease
Professor Nigel French – Massey University
Dr Sally Roberts– Clinical Head of Microbiology and Acting Clinical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (LabPlus), National Clinical Lead for the IPC programme, Auckland District Health Board
Dr Shanika Perera– Medical Officer of Health, ARPHS (WDHB, ADHB, CMH)