Matire Harwood

Matire Louise Ngarongoa Harwood is a New Zealand general practitioner and clinical researcher of Ngāpuhi descent. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. Harwood was the 2017 New Zealand L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Fellow. Her expertise is in Māori health, focussed on reducing health inequity by improving indigenous health and well-being.

Matire Harwood
Born1970 (age 50–51)
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsHealth
ThesisUnderstanding and Improving Stroke Recovery for Māori and Their Whānau (2012)

Early life and education

Harwood is from Ngāpuhi with whakapapa links to Ngāti Rangi, Te Mahurehure and Ngāti Hine.[1]

During her childhood, Harwood moved to Australia with her family, where she and her siblings experienced racism due to being Māori.[2][3]

Harwood attended high school in rural Victoria, Australia, where she studied maths (statistics and calculus), chemistry, physics and English, and was one of the four first female physics students at her school, despite discouragement from the science department and male students.[4] She credits the encouragement of her female science teacher for the success of the female students.[5]

Harwood moved back to New Zealand to study medicine at the University of Auckland, graduating with an MBChB in 1994.[1][5] No one in her family had previously attended university.[6] She credits the influence of her grandfather, Ngature Matenga Werekake, who inspired her to be a doctor when she was seven years old.[6]

Harwood received a PhD from the University of Otago in 2012.[1] Her doctoral research on patient-driven rehabilitation following a stroke developed an intervention designed especially for Māori and Pasifika.[7] The success of this intervention led to changes in treatment guidelines for stroke recovery.[1]

Personal life

Harwood lives in Auckland with her partner Haunui and two young children.[8]

Career

Harwood is an associate professor in Māori health at the University of Auckland, where she is the co-director of Tōmaiora, the Māori health research group at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori.[1][9] Her research is focussed on applying Kaupapa Māori (Māori principles) to clinical research. Harwood supervises graduate students at the University of Auckland, as well as training senior medical students in Māori health.[10]

She acts as editor of the Māori Health Review, a publication featuring the latest updates in Māori Health research.[11] Her research has been published in scientific journals such as The BMJ ,[12] The Lancet Respiratory Medicine,[13] The New Zealand Medical Journal,[14][15] BMC Public Health,[16] and Disability and Rehabilitation.[17]

In addition to her work as an academic researcher, Harwood practices as a GP at Papakura Marae Health Clinic.[1]

Harwood is the recipient of several national and international awards, including the 2018 Matariki Award, Tūhono for Improving Māori Health,[10] the 2017 New Zealand L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship,[18][19][20] and the 2017 Dr Maarire Goodall Award.[21]

Harwood has served on national health committees, including as a member of the PBRF Assessment Panel (2018 onwards), and the Expert Advisory Group for New Zealand Health Strategy (2018 onwards) and as a board member for the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (2017 onwards), the Health Research Council (2009–2016), the Waitematā District Health Board (2016 onwards), and the Asthma Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand (2006 – 2010; 2016 onwards).[10][22]

In 2019 Harwood was awarded the Health Research Council of New Zealand's Te Tohu Rapuora Award.[23][24][25]

References
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  2. Magazine, Viva. "The Changemaker: Dr Matire Harwood – Viva". www.viva.co.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. TVNZ (Television New Zealand) (5 November 2017), The Good Doctor I Sunday I TVNZ, retrieved 5 June 2019
  4. "Matire Harwood". Curious Minds, He Hihiri i te Mahara. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. "Dr Matire Harwood's work to improve Maori and Pacific health recognised with L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship". thisNZlife. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. Morton, Jamie (3 November 2017). "Dedication to end inequity in health brings top award". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. "Dr Matire Harwood's work to improve Maori and Pacific health recognised with L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship". thisNZlife. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  8. "Medical Research & Journals | Free Research Review Medical Studies Publications". www.maorihealthreview.co.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. "Our team | Tomaiora Research Group". tomaiora-research-group.blogs.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  10. "Dr Matire Harwood – The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  11. "Dr Matire Harwood | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". www.maramatanga.co.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  12. Rodgers, Anthony; Jackson, Rod; Bryant, Linda; Bramley, Dale; Milne, Richard J.; Arroll, Bruce; Doughty, Robert N.; Harwood, Matire; Parag, Varsha (27 May 2014). "Effect of fixed dose combination treatment on adherence and risk factor control among patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: randomised controlled trial in primary care". BMJ. 348: g3318. doi:10.1136/bmj.g3318. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 24868083.
  13. Patel, Mitesh; Pilcher, Janine; Pritchard, Alison; Perrin, Kyle; Travers, Justin; Shaw, Dominick; Holt, Shaun; Harwood, Matire; Black, Peter (1 March 2013). "Efficacy and safety of maintenance and reliever combination budesonide–formoterol inhaler in patients with asthma at risk of severe exacerbations: a randomised controlled trial". The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 1 (1): 32–42. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70007-9. ISSN 2213-2600. PMID 24321802.
  14. Harwood, Matire; Tane, Taria; Broome, Laura; Carswell, Peter; Selak, Vanessa; Reid, Jennifer; Light, Phil; Stewart, Tereki (9 November 2018). "Mana Tū: a whānau ora approach to type 2 diabetes". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 131 (1485): 76–83. ISSN 1175-8716. PMID 30408821.
  15. Reid, Papaarangi; Paine, Sarah-Jane; Curtis, Elana; Jones, Rhys; Anderson, Anneka; Willing, Esther; Harwood, Matire (10 November 2017). "Achieving health equity in Aotearoa: strengthening responsiveness to Māori in health research". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 130 (1465): 96–103. ISSN 1175-8716. PMID 29121628.
  16. Crengle, Sue; Smylie, Janet; Kelaher, Margaret; Lambert, Michelle; Reid, Susan; Luke, Joanne; Anderson, Ian; Harré Hindmarsh, Jennie; Harwood, Matire (12 July 2014). "Cardiovascular disease medication health literacy among Indigenous peoples: design and protocol of an intervention trial in Indigenous primary care services". BMC Public Health. 14 (1): 714. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-714. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 4227024. PMID 25016481.
  17. Harwood, Matire (1 January 2010). "Rehabilitation and indigenous peoples: the Māori experience". Disability and Rehabilitation. 32 (12): 972–977. doi:10.3109/09638281003775378. ISSN 0963-8288. PMID 20387994.
  18. "FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE". L'Oreal New Zealand. 11 March 2019.
  19. "Dr Matire Harwood – University of Auckland". www.forwomeninscience.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  20. "L'Oréal honours Matire Harwood for work on indigenous health | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  21. "Te ORA – Dr. Maarire Goodall Award". Seed The Change | He Kākano Hapai. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  22. "Waitemata Board | Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB)". www.waitematadhb.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  23. "2019 Research Honours Aotearoa celebrates achievements by researchers, scholars and innovators". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  24. "Medals | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz.
  25. "Flaxroots mahi helps Harwood change health system". www.waateanews.com.
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