Innes Asher

Monica Innes Asher is a New Zealand paediatrician. She is professor of paediatrics at the University of Auckland.
Early life.
Asher studied at the Auckland Medical School (1968 to 1973). She also undertook postgraduate study in Paediatrics in Auckland, Whakatane, Ruatoki and at the Montreal Children’s Hospital for three years (where she also specialised in respiratory medicine).
Career.
Asher has been a committee member and health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group for 20 years.
In 2016 she stepped down as Head of the University of Auckland's Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, after being in the role for more than 13 years.
In May 2018 she was appointed to the Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group.
She is the chairperson of the Global Asthma Network Executive Group.