Joanne Baxter

Joanne Baxter is a New Zealand Māori public health physician and academic and affiliates with the iwi of Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. She is a professor and director of Kōhatu, Centre for Hauora Māori at the University of Otago.
Academic career.
Baxter has an MB ChB from the University of Auckland and a master of public health from the University of Otago, where she has been employed since 2008. Her research focusses on Māori health and mental health, dangerous drinking of alcohol and health inequalities.