Meet our Invited Speakers

Montgomery Spencer Oration

Dr Johan Morreau

Dr Johan Morreau has been a paediatrician in Rotorua 1984. In July 2018 he retired from clinical practice but remains active in an Advisory capacity and as Deputy Chairman Lakes DHB.

He was in the 1980’s the co-author of the Tamariki Ora document forming the background for well child programs and authored the General Paediatric documentation for the “Through the eyes of a child ” Ministry of Health project that considered NZ specialist general and community paediatrician needs.

From an RACP perspective Johan was a member of the Written Examination Committee, chaired the original SAC for General Paediatrics NZ, and with Community Paediatrics developed the combined training programme. He co- developed the original Starship Update meeting and has had roles which include Chief Medical Officer ,NZ Chairman Child Health Division and NZ President RACP. He is Chairman of the NZ Vietnam Health Trust.

“Unfinished” business especially as it relates to achieving Equity and Maori child health will be one of the themes reflected on in the Montgomery Spencer Oration.

Rachel Haggerty

Rachel is the Director of Strategy, Planning & Performance at the Capital Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Board (CCDHB) and the Chair of the 20DHB National GMs, Planning & Funding. She leads a team implementing a commissioning and investment approach for the $1.6b invested annually in the health and wellbeing of people in Wellington, Porirua, Kapiti, Hutt City, Upper Hutt and the wider central region. The purpose is to ensure all investment is improving health equity and striving to achieve equity.

Rachel is working part-time at the Transition Unit supporting the development of the service delivery operating model localities approach.

Rachel has extensive experience in the New Zealand health and social sector. Working at senior executive levels in PHOs, NGOs and District Health Boards she has supported nationwide planning, system design and health and social outcomes work with Government agencies. She has also led the implementation of systems that integrate service delivery to improve health and social outcomes for Māori, Pacific and high needs communities.

Her breadth of experience is focused on designing and deploying whole of system approaches that improve health and social interventions, delivering the desired outcomes for families, and value for money for government. Consequently she is able to provide a clear connection from policy, to government service systems, NGOs and the communities served.

Archana Koirala

Archana is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician working in Sydney, Australia and a Clinical associate lecturer at the University of Sydney. She has been conducting research in SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in children in Australia.

Philip Britton

Philip is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases physician and Early Career Researcher based at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

His research focuses on severe neurological infections in children, especially encephalitis. In his PhD he has coordinated the Australian Childhood Encephalitis study, a prospective cohort describing the causes and consequences of this severe syndrome in children.

His other research interests include: Tuberculosis, Tropical diseases, and Staphylococcus aureus infections.