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Michael Baker (epidemiologist)
Michael George Baker MNZM is a New Zealand epidemiologist. He is a professor of public health at the University of Otago. Baker has worked as an advisor and member of multiple organisations. Notably, Baker was formerly a member of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's Academy and of the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group (PITAG).He was later a member of the Ministry of Health's Covid-19 Response Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and Pandemic Science Advisory Group.
Baker has an identical twin brother, David, who is a general practitioner in Sydney, Australia. The twins are the eldest of four children. They attended secondary school in Hamilton and medical school at the University of Auckland. Michael Baker graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and Diploma in Obstetrics from the University of Auckland.
He subsequently studied at the University of Otago, where he earned a Diploma in Public Health followed by specialist training in public health medicine (Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine).
He originally wanted to specialise in emergency medicine or psychiatry, but got a job in Wellington as a medical advisor for the Minister of Health. In that role he worked on the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and helped to set up a needle exchange programme. That work introduced him to the impact of effective public health interventions and he decided to pursue a career in public health.
He subsequently worked at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). There he led work to improve surveillance of infectious diseases and the investigation and control of outbreaks. A particular focus was on the emerging epidemic of meningococcal disease which showed a strong association with poverty and household crowding.
He was appointed to the faculty at the University of Otago in 1997, rising to the rank of professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington in 2013.
He is the director of the Public Health Communication Centre which was launched in February 2023.
Baker is also director of the Health Protection Aotearoa Research Centre (HPARC).
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Michael Baker (epidemiologist)
Michael George Baker MNZM is a New Zealand epidemiologist. He is a professor of public health at the University of Otago. Baker has worked as an advisor and member of multiple organisations. Notably, Baker was formerly a member of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's Academy and of the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group (PITAG).He was later a member of the Ministry of Health's Covid-19 Response Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and Pandemic Science Advisory Group.
Baker has an identical twin brother, David, who is a general practitioner in Sydney, Australia. The twins are the eldest of four children. They attended secondary school in Hamilton and medical school at the University of Auckland. Michael Baker graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and Diploma in Obstetrics from the University of Auckland.
He subsequently studied at the University of Otago, where he earned a Diploma in Public Health followed by specialist training in public health medicine (Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine).
He originally wanted to specialise in emergency medicine or psychiatry, but got a job in Wellington as a medical advisor for the Minister of Health. In that role he worked on the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and helped to set up a needle exchange programme. That work introduced him to the impact of effective public health interventions and he decided to pursue a career in public health.
He subsequently worked at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). There he led work to improve surveillance of infectious diseases and the investigation and control of outbreaks. A particular focus was on the emerging epidemic of meningococcal disease which showed a strong association with poverty and household crowding.
He was appointed to the faculty at the University of Otago in 1997, rising to the rank of professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington in 2013.
He is the director of the Public Health Communication Centre which was launched in February 2023.
Baker is also director of the Health Protection Aotearoa Research Centre (HPARC).