Judith McCool

Associate Professor Judith is Head of School of Population Health and co-Director for Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa l Centre for Pacific and Global Health. Areas of expertise include youth tobacco and e-cigarette marketing and promotions, tobacco industry interference and commercial determinants of health.

Previous work has focused on assessing risk perceptions among vulnerable populations, and the application social and digital media as a communication tool for social and behaviour change and health equity. Recent work has concentrated on the impact of global health institutions, including governance arrangements to support health equity, including contribution to debates around decolonising global health through alternative ways of supporting indigenous led research, scholarship, and workforce development.

https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/j-mccool