Associate Professor Matire Harwood ((Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Mahurehure, Ngāti Hine) is Associate Professor in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland. She is also a GP at the Papakura Marae Health Clinic. Her background is in primary health care and rangahau hauora Māori. She is the editor for the Māori Health Research Review and Co-Chair for the Antimicrobial Resistance Science Group, for the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor. Matire is also a member of the Steering Group to appoint interim members to the board of the Māori Health Authority.
Matire was awarded the 2017 L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship in recognition of her work addressing the inequities of health-related outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
Recent roles have included include membership of the Board and Māori Health Committee at the Health Research Council; acting CEO of Toi Tangata; appointed member of the board at Waitematā DHB; Clinical Director at Tamaki Healthcare PHO; Deputy Chair for Te ORA (Māori Medical Practitioners Association); member of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, and Health and Disability Ethics Committees.