Virginia Hope MNZM is a New Zealand public health specialist, researcher and public sector governance expert. In 2014 Hope was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health.

Virgina Hope
AwardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago, University of Auckland
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Hutt Valley District Health Board

Academic career

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Hope completed a Diploma of Community Health at the University of Otago and a medical degree and Masters of Philosophy at the University of Auckland.[1] Hope served in the Auckland Regional Public Health Service as the Medical Officer of Health (Environmental Health) for ten years, and then joined the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), a Crown Research Institute, in 2006.[2][3] She is the Medical Director at ESR, and has also been Chair of the Hutt Valley District Health Board and the Capital and Coast District Health Board, and an elected member of the Auckland District Health Board.[2][3] She was a part of the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group.[3][4]

Hope serves on the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates potential miscarriages of justice. She was appointed to the role in 2020.[5][6][7] She is also on the board of water services regulator Taumata Arowai.[3]

Honours and awards

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In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hope was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health.[8] In 2020 she was awarded the Science New Zealand Individual Lifetime Achievement Award.[2] In 2021 Hope was part of the team that won the Liley Medal for their research showing the effects of New Zealand's COVID-19 response, which was published in The Lancet.[9]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ "Virginia Hope". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "ESR team take supreme award at science awards". www.esr.cri.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Taumata Arowai Board | Taumata Arowai". www.taumataarowai.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ Daly, Michael (18 August 2020). "Coronavirus: How genome testing is helping identify Covid-19 clusters". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Ā Mātou Kaikōmihana | Our Commissioners". Te Kāhui Tātari Ture | Criminal Cases Review Commission. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Criminal Cases Review Commission appointments announced". New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ Meriana Johnsen (3 June 2020). "Five new appointments to Criminal Cases Review Commission". RNZ. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2014 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ "COVID-19 research team earns Liley Medal". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2024.