Vaccines Plus
A copy of the open letter sent to the New Zealand Government is here. The text is copied below.
On 25 May 2022, we received a reply to our letter from Hon Chris Hipkins who was then Minister for COVID-19. You can read the reply here.
If you are a doctor or scientist with relevant expertise and would like to add your name to the call to adopt a Vaccines Plus strategy, please sign here.
Contact us at vaccinesplusnz@pm.me
A strategy to limit COVID-19 transmission
We the undersigned doctors and scientists, call on the New Zealand Government to adopt a comprehensive mitigation strategy, to minimise the negative health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This goal is best achieved by maintaining low COVID-19 transmission and infection rates through implementation of an evidence-informed Vaccines Plus strategy, that combines high vaccination coverage with effective public health and social measures.
COVID-19 is a novel pathogen that can repeatedly infect, with infection resulting in an increased risk of many serious long-term health complications for people of all ages. It is evident that vaccination alone will not be enough to fully protect our communities from high rates of COVID infection and the resulting complications.
Relying on ‘personal responsibility’, without effective public health measures, will result in repeated waves of infection, an overloaded and dysfunctional healthcare system, and ongoing disruption to daily life. This scenario is currently playing out around the world. Instead, a collective approach is required that focuses on minimising transmission by means of public health policies. These measures should be viewed as protections rather than restrictions, and when combined with a high vaccination rate, would encompass a Vaccines Plus strategy.
A public health based, Vaccines Plus approach favours the safety of all, especially marginalised communities who may lack access to resources needed to protect themselves. Groups particularly at risk when community transmission is high include children, the elderly, Māori and Pasifika, and people who are medically vulnerable or disabled.
Vaccines Plus: actions to take now
COVID-19 spreads predominantly by airborne transmission, therefore, to minimise infections public health policies must aim to provide clean air within indoor environments. The evidence for this conclusion is extensive.
To this end, we urge the New Zealand Government to implement the following, as part of a Vaccines Plus strategy:
- Define, and clearly communicate to the public, a coherent mitigation strategy with well-defined goals. It is essential that this strategy recognises that the best outcomes for individuals and society will be achieved by maintaining low infection rates.
- Increase public education on the nature and predominance of airborne transmission of COVID-19, including the factors that increase risk, and how to mitigate these risks.
- Identify appropriate high-quality masks for public use (currently N95/P2/KN95/KF94) and inform the public that these masks are greatly superior to surgical masks. Ensure procurement and funding to avoid inequity of supply, including to schools. This policy must include the ongoing mandating of mask use in schools over the winter terms in 2022.
- Strengthen school indoor air quality measures by supplying all classrooms with,
- CO2 monitoring to objectively assess the adequacy of ventilation, and
- Appropriately sized HEPA air filtration units in time for winter 2022, until such time as ventilation has been deemed adequate to prevent infection, by quantitative assessment.
- Provide alternative learning arrangements and community-based support for school- aged children when necessary, to protect them and their families during periods of intense transmission. New Zealand needs to adopt a whānau-centred approach that protects the well-being of children and their families in all settings.
- Engage engineers, aerosol scientists and other ventilation specialists to develop clear ventilation standards for indoor public spaces, including standards for air changes, airborne pathogen filtration and inactivation, and maximum acceptable CO2 levels.
- Continue to actively promote and enable high vaccination coverage for all groups of society, including children, who currently have low vaccination rates.
The implications of continuing to allow poorly-mitigated transmission of COVID-19 in New Zealand are too great to ignore. The burden of long term illness and disability on individuals, whānau, and our health system of Covid and Long COVID will include effects on the cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, endocrine, and immune systems.
Recurrent waves of infection caused by waning immunity, new variants, and the premature removal of public health controls, would lead to an over-burdened healthcare system that would struggle to provide even standard services.
COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease, but transmission is preventable. As previously outlined, there are inexpensive and highly effective strategies for suppressing infection rates, that will work in the background to keep people safe as they go about their daily lives. We believe these measures can create a ‘covid-hostile’ environment in New Zealand that would protect us not only from new variants, but also from other airborne respiratory infections.
In the face of high uncertainty about the future course and long-term impacts of the SARS- CoV-2 pandemic, New Zealand can again be a world leader if we embrace a comprehensive public health based, Vaccines Plus strategy.
Authors
| Dr Kelvin Ward | Urgent Care Physician | MBChB FRNZCUC DipCEM PGCertCPU |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Amanda Kvalsvig | Epidemiologist | MBChB MRCPCH(London) PhD |
| Professor Michael Baker | Epidemiologist | MBChB DPH DObs FAFPHM FNZCPHM FRACMA |
| Dr Sandhya Ramanathan | Specialist General Practitioner | BSc (Med) MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACGP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Anna Brooks | Immunologist | BCA BSc(Hons) PhD |
| Dr Joel Rindelaub | Aerosol Chemist | PhD |
| Dr Rawiri Keenan | General Practitioner | MBChB, FRNZCGP |
| Terry Taylor | Medical Laboratory Scientist | BSc DipMLS MNZIMLS |
| Dr David Gollogly | Urgent Care Physician | MBChB FRNZCUC |
| Dr David Welch | Computational Biologist | PhD |
Signatories
| Emeritus Professor Warren Tate | Scientist-Biomedical | BSc MSc(Hons) PhD FRSNZ CNZM |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rod Jackson | Epidemiologist Public Health Physician | BSc MBChB MMedSc DObs DCH PhD FNZCPHM |
| Professor Chris Bullen | Public Health Medicine | MBChB DObst DCH MPH PhD FNZCPHM FAFPHM |
| Professor Nick Wilson | Professor of Public Health | MBChB MPH |
| Associate Professor Rhys Jones | Public Health Medicine | MBChB MPH FNZCPHM |
| Associate Professor Elana Curtis | Public Health Medicine | MD MPH DipPH MBChB BHB FNZCPHM |
| Associate Professor Lance C. Jennings | Virology | QSO PhD FRCPath FFSc(RCPA) |
| Emeritus Professor Phil Garnock-Jones | Biology | BSc(Hons) PhD |
| Honorary Associate Professor Rob Siebers | Scientist | PGCertPH FNZIMLS FRSB HonFNZAP |
| Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles | Microbiologist | PhD |
| Professor Stuart Dalziel | Paediatric Emergency Physician | MBChB FRACP PhD |
| Professor Virginia Braun | Psychology | PhD |
| Professor Andrew Jull | Nurse | RN MA(Applied) PhD |
| Professor Thomas Lumley | Biostatistician | PhD FRSNZ. |
| Professor Richard Easther | Physics | PhD |
| Associate Professor Jonathan Marshall | Statistician | PhD |
| Professor Arindam Basu | Professor of Epidemiology | PhD |
| Dr Kelvin Walls | Engineer & Building Surveyor | PhD |
| Dr Julie Bennett | Public Health | PhD |
| Dr Gary Payinda | Emergency Medicine Specialist | MD MA DDU FACEP FACEM |
| Dr Michael Howard | Emergency Consultant Microbiologist Immunologist | MD FACEP FACEM |
| Dr Rory Miller | Rural GP and Hospital Medicine | MBChB FRNZCGP FDRHMNZ |
| Dr Garry Nixon | Rural Health | MD FRNZCGP FDRHMNZ |
| Dr Sally Talbot | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB Dip Obst FRNZCGP |
| Dr Matire Harwood | GP | MBChB PhD MRNZCGP |
| Dr Alison Leversha | Paediatrician | BHB MBChB DipObs FRACP(Paeds) MPH PhD |
| Dr Ruth Sinclair | Neonatal Paediatrician | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Jin Russell | Community and Developmental Paediatrician | MBChB DipPaed FRACP |
| Dr Alice Tait-Jamieson | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Catherine Hurd | General Practitioner | BSc MD CCFP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Pamela Eccles | Anaesthetist Pain Medicine Specialist | MBChB FANZCA FFPMANZCA |
| Dr Indran Ramanathan | Cardiothoracic Surgeon | MBBS PhD FRACS |
| Dr Miranda McEwan | General Practice | BSc(Hons) MBChB PhD |
| Dr Cathy White | General Practitioner | MBChB FRCGP |
| Dr Louise Kuegler | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Kim Williams | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MRCP(Lond) MRCGP |
| Dr Angela Glew | General Practitioner | MA MB BChir MRCGP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Vivian Fu | Neurologist & General Physician | MBChB PhD FRACP |
| Dr Danielle Gerrard | General Practitioner | MBChB PGDip Paeds FRNZCGP |
| Dr Rebecca Randerson | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP DipChildHealth |
| Dr Pauline Horrill | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Anna Skinner | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Caroline Ryan | General Practitioner | MBChB (Otago) FRNZCGP |
| Dr Stephanie Taylor | General Practitioner | BPhED (Hons) MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Grahame David Jelley | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Landi Cranstoun | General Practice | MD Diplomate American Board of Family Medicine |
| Dr Laura McAulay | GP Registrar | MBBS MRNZCGP PGcertWH |
| Dr Kiyomi Kitagawa | GP Registrar | MB ChB |
| Dr Pam Olver | General Practitioner | MBBCh FRNZCGP |
| Dr Victoria Jones | General Practitioner | LLB BMBS FRNZCGP |
| Dr Brett Hyland | Specialist GP | BHB MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Lorna Archer | General Practitioner | MB BS BSc |
| Dr Rebecca Stewart | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Jonathon Phillips | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Clare Fisher | Anaesthetist | MBChB FRCA FANZCA |
| Dr Akanksha Bhargava | General Practitioner | MBChB DCH FNZCGP |
| Dr Christina McLachlan | Internal Medicine | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Yu-Ching Yu | GP Registrar | MB ChB DTM&H MPH |
| Dr Annick Depuydt | Anaesthetist | MBBS BA FANZCA |
| Dr Tarun Sharma | GP and Urgent Care Physician | FRNZCGP FRNZCUC |
| Dr Vicki Robertson | Gynaecologist | FRANZCOG |
| Dr Dougal Thorburn | General Practitioner and Public Health Medicine | MBChB MPH FRNZCGP ANZCPHM |
| Dr Prabani Wood | General Practice | BMBCh Masters in Public Health BA FRCNZGP |
| Dr Gemma Poke | Clinical Genetics | FRACP |
| Dr Pleayo Tovaranonte | General Practitioner | MBChB LLM (Medical Law & Ethics) PGDipSpMed PGCertCAvMed PGDipHlthSrvMgmnt |
| Dr Andrew Wood | ENT Surgeon | BM BCh PhD FRACS |
| Dr Sonja Bodley | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Raakhi Mistry | General Practice | MBChB |
| Dr Prerna Sehgal | Founding President PIHPSA | MBChB (Otago) PG Dip Paed (Auck) BPharm PG Cert Pharm (Otago) |
| Dr Karen McIlhone | Public Health | MBChB DipPaed MPH |
| Dr Atalie Colman | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP PhD |
| Dr Tina Chou | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP PGCertCAvMed |
| Dr Karyn Schischka | Urgent Care Physician | MBChB FRNZCUC MRCEM DCH |
| Dr David Davies-Payne | Radiologist | MBChB FRANZCR |
| Dr Vivien Yong | Internal Medicine | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Robin Evison | Urgent Care Physician | MD FRNZCUC |
| Dr Barbara Blok | Emergency Physician Urgent Care Physician | MBChB FACEM FRNZCUC PGCertCPU PGDipTravMed |
| Dr Jasmine MacKay | Urgent Care Physician | BSc MBChB FRNZCUC |
| Dr Kerry Thornbury | General Practitioner | MBChB BSc FRNZCGP |
| Dr Cheryl Archer | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Nina Bevin | General Practitioner and Public Health | MBChB MPH MHSci DIH FRNZCGP |
| Dr Jasmin Roman | General Practitioner | MD |
| Dr Marama Renata | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Dave McKay | Palliative Doctor and GP | MBChB PGDipGP PGDipPalCare FRNZCGP |
| Dr Charlotte Harris | General Practitioner | MBchB(Hons) FRNZCGP |
| Dr Dasna Pallie | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MBCHB |
| Dr Brooke Vosper | General Practitioner | MBChB MRNZCGP |
| Dr Lakhminder Sandhu | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Dilawar Singh | General Practitioner and Urgent Care Physician | MBBS FRNZCGP FRNZCUC |
| Dr Clare Harford | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Vasanthi Bradley | General Practitioner | MBChB |
| Dr Jocelyn Wood | General Practitioner | M b B Chir MA (Cantab)FRNZCGP |
| Dr Joost Breuk | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Margaret Field Oakley | Specialist GP | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Donna Lahood | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Jason Kohamutunga Tuhoe | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Sivanadiyan Nachiappan | General Practitioner | MBBS FRNZCGP |
| Dr Claire Russell | Urgent Care Clinician | MBBS FRNZCGP FRNZCUC |
| Dr Susanna Kent | GP and Forensic Physician | MBChB FRNZCGP Dip Forensic Med Dip Obs Dip Clin Nutrition |
| Dr Kirsten Tucker | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Kerry Macaskill-Smith | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP DEEM DipPaeds |
| Dr Rhondda Turner | General Practitioner | MBChB Dip Obs FRNZCGP |
| Dr Michael Loten | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Claire Coddington | General Practitioner | MRCP MRCGP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Helen Fulcher | General Practitioner | MBChB DipPaed PGCertHsc (Sports Med) FRNZCGP |
| Dr Ruth Cameron | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Rozanna Latif | GP | MBChB |
| Dr Katrina Kirikino | General Practitioner | MBCHB FRNZCGP Dip Obs Dip Peads |
| Dr Leanne Ashley | GP and Cosmetic Medicine Doctor | MBChB FRNZCGP NZSCM |
| Dr Lucy Telfar Barnard | Epidemiologist | MA(Hons) PhD |
| Dr Kim Burgess | General Practitioner | MBChB DPH FRNZCGP |
| Dr Jessie Anderson | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Jennifer Summers | Epidemiologist | PhD AKC DHMSA PGDPH PGCap BSc CStat FHEA MRSNZ |
| Dr Dermot Coffey | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Geraldine Tennent | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Anita Mudaliar | General Practitioner | MRCGP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Herman van Kradenburg | Consultant Specialist GP | MBCHB Dip Occ Med (cum laude) FRNZCGP |
| Dr Neilenuo Nelly Rentta | Public Health | MBBS Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) General Surgery DPH |
| Dr Sarah McArthur | General Practice | MBChB PGDip Child Health |
| Dr Shona Roberts | General Practitioner | MBBS FRNZCGP |
| Dr Gillian Yardley | General Practitioner | BSc MbChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Naera Waters | Medical Oncologist | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Janet Hayward | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Maaike Mewe | Specialist GP | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Helen Wood | Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Liz Humm | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Beth McDonald | General Practice | MBChB |
| Dr Vicki Shaw | Youth Health | MBChB |
| Dr Holly Pittar | House Officer | MBChB DCH |
| Dr May Ching Soh | Rheumatologist & Obstetric Physician | MBChB FRACP PhD |
| Dr Caroline Shorter | Wellington Asthma Research Group | PhD (Medicine) |
| Dr Olivia Hill | - | MBChB |
| Dr Jonathan Kennedy | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MBChB DPH DCH Dip Obs BSc |
| Dr Phillipa Dodds | General Practitioner | MBChB |
| Dr Julie-Anne Bell | Haematologist | MBBS MRCP FRCPath |
| Dr Aimee Rondel | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Nora Parore | Pharmacist / Kaupapa Māori Health Researcher | BPharm PGCertClinPharm PGDipClinPharm Doctoral Candidate |
| Dr Heather Powell | Rural Hospital / GP | MBBS Bsc Trop Dip |
| Dr Ashleigh Jensen | Radiology Trainee | MBChB BSc PGDip Surg Anat. |
| Dr Rowena Woodhams | General Practice Registrar | MBChB DCH |
| Lesley Gray | Public Health | FFPH MPH MSc |
| Dr Myrto Kenny | GP | MBChB MRNZCGP |
| Dr Catherine Chan | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Katherine Bloomfield | Geriatrician | BSc MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Keith Colvine | Rheumatologist and General Physician | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Dalilah Restrepo | Infectious Diseases Specialist | NA |
| Dr Monika Pradhan | Ophthalmology | MBBS MS DOMS FCPS MRCOphth |
| Dr Sharon Gardiner | Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist | PhD |
| Dr Alicia Didsbury | Immunologist | PhD |
| Dr Olivia Tan | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MBChB |
| Dr Thomas Wong | Infectious Diseases and Geriatrics | MBChB |
| Dr Tim Cunningham | General Practitioner | MBChB DipObst FRNZCGP |
| Dr Anna Cherry | General Practitioner | MBBCh FRNZCGP |
| Dr Danuta Amelung | Specialist General Practitioner | BHB MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Maritza Farrant | Endocrine Fellow | MBChB MPH FRACP |
| Dr James Lello | Medical Educator Senior Lecturer | MBChB DCH MMedSci FRNZCGP |
| Dr Tracy Ball | General Practitioner | MBChB MRCGP FRNZCGP |
| Dr Joyce Chan | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MBChB Dip Paeds |
| Dr Stephen Streat | Intensivist | FRACP |
| Dr Heather Murray | General Practitioner | MBChB Dip Child Health FRNZCGP |
| Dr Greg White | GP | MBChB |
| Dr Katherine Stevens | Health Economics. Measuring and valuing child health. | PhD |
| Dr Andrew Dickson | Health Sociologist | PhD BSc |
| Dr David Eccles | Genetics / Nanopore Sequencing | BBmedSc(Hons) BSc PhD |
| Dr Cayley Ingham | Public Health | MBChB DCH MPH |
| Dr Neil Gemmell | Genetics | PhD |
| Dr Julianna Lees | Public Health Physician | MBChB MPH FNZCPHM |
| Dr Tamsin Braisher | Molecular Ecology | PhD |
| Dr Eng Ann Toh | Public Health Medicine Trainee | MB ChB PhD DPH MPH |
| Dr Heather Battles | Biological Anthropologist | PhD |
| Dr Joep de Ligt | Genomics | PhD |
| Gustavo Olivares | Air quality scientist | MSc |
| Dr Murray Cadzow | Genomics | PhD |
| Dr Rochelle Phipps | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP DCH MBA |
| Dr June Leung | Public Health Researcher | MBBS MPH MD |
| Dr Anna Santure | Genetics | PhD |
| Dr Natasha Grimsey | Pharmacology | PhD |
| Leanne Te Karu | NA | MHSc, PGDipClinPharm, PGCertPrescribing, PGCertHerbalMeds, PhDCandidate |
| Dr Mike Foss | Anaesthesia and pain medicine | BSc Dip Sc MBChB FANZCA FFPMANZCA |
| Dr Jennifer Keys | Rural Hospital Medicine | FDRHM |
| Dr Kyle Eggleton | General Practitioner | MBChB MMedSci MPH PhD FRNZCGP(Dist) |
| Dr Sarah Clarke | Rural Medicine | FRNZCUC FRHMNZ |
| Dr Ramon Pink | Public Health | MBChB MPH FAFPHM FNZCPHM |
| Dr Anna Stevenson | Public Health Medicine | MBChB, Dip Paeds, DipEpi, MPH |
| Dr Rosemary Bruce | Specialist General Practicioner Rural Health | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Ian Ternouth | Physician Cardiologist | FRCP FRACP FCSANZ |
| Dr Linda Pirrit | Specialist General Practitioner | FRNZCGP |
| Dr Alastair Mark | Anaesthetist | MBChB FANZCA |
| Dr Rall Koen | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP FRNZCUC |
| Dr Campbell White | Consultant Physician Internal Medicine | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Ricardo Jurawan | Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology | MBBs FRACP |
| Prof. A.W. Peet | Theoretical Physics | PhD |
| Dr Lisa Bundy | Emergency Medicine Consultant. | MBChB BSc MRCP FRCA FACEM |
| Dr Mahmoud Amer | Nephrology | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Katherine Lovell | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Helen Nelson | Psychiatrist | MB ChB FRANZCP |
| Dr Kathryn Day | Rural Hospital Specialist | MBChB MA Physiological Sciences (Oxford) FDRHMNZ |
| Dr Mariam Parwaiz | Public Health Physician | MBChB MPH (Hons) FNZCPHM |
| Dr Rebekah Jaung | Public Health | MBChB PhD MPH |
| Puja Singh | Evolutionary Psychology | BEng PostGradDipSci BA MA |
| Dr Mavis Duncanson | Public Health Physician | MB ChB MPH PhD FAFPHM FNZCPHM |
| Dr Stuart Ekdahl | Urgent Care | MBChB FRNZCUC |
| Dr Ingrid Crawford | Specialist General Practitione | MBChB PHCertWHlth FRNZCGP |
| Dr Kevin Sum | Internal Medicine Respiratory Medicine | MBBS FRACP |
| Dr Malcolm Scott | Family medicine | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Ana Rakonjac | Physics | PhD |
| Amanda Rouse | NA | RN, RM, Master of Healthcare |
| Dr Rajesh Kumar | Internal Medicine | MBBS FRACP |
| Justine Paterson | Public Health Nurse | DipNursing, BSc (Nursing) |
| Dr. Matthew Rowe | Cell and Molecular Biology | PhD |
| Dr Mona Jeffreys | Epidemiologist | PhD |
| Dr Tony Oldham | NA | Psychology, EBP, Methodology |
| Dr Sharon McHardy | Urgent Care Physician, Specialist General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP FRNZCUC |
| Dr Susan Genner | Consultant General Practitioner | MBChB Dip Obs MRNZCGP |
| Dr Sarah Redfern | General Practitioner/ GPSI Skin Cancer | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Bevan Weir | Microbiology | PhD |
| Dr Jo Scott-Jones | General Practitioner | FRNZCGP MMSc |
| Dr Matthew Reid | Public Health Medicine | BMedSci (Bioethics) MBChB DCH MPH FNZCPHM |
| Dr Bridget Wilson | Public Health Medicine Specialist | MBChB MPH NZCPHM |
| Dr Al Donoghue | Obstetrician and Gynaecologist | MBChB MBA FRANZCOG |
| Dr John Shepherd | Geriatrician | MBChB FRACP |
| Dr Tanya Wilton | Emergency Medicine | MBChB FACEM |
| Lou Wickham | NA | Bachelor Chemical Engineering, Master Environmental Law |
| Elizabeth Oliphant | Paediatric Pharmacist & Doctoral Candidate in Paediatrics | BPharm PGDipPharmPrac PhD candidate |
| Dr Amanda Hunt | Public Health | BHB, MPhil(EnvSc)Hons |
| Dr Gerda Kuschel | Senior Air Quality Specialist | PhD BE |
| Professor Nigel French | Epidemiology | BVSc MSc(Epidemiology) PhD |
| Dr Ruth Large | Emergency Medicine, Telehealth | MBChB FACEM FDRHM |
| Dr Bruce King | Elementary Particle Physics | PhD |
| Dr Katarina Gray-Sharp | Anthropogenic mass extinction/Kaupapa Māori researcher | PhD |
| Dr Abdulmumuni Samuel Aliyu | Infectious diseases | MPhil MCH |
| Libby Grant | Public Health researcher | MPH |
| Dr David Keegan | Family Physician, Professor of Family Medicine | MD CCFP(EM) FCFP |
| Dr Rachel Nicholls | Public Health | PhD, MPH |
| Dr Frances Moon | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Bernard Cammack | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr Ann Evans | General Practitioner | MBChB FRNZCGP |
| Dr R Scott Springford Metcalfe | Public Health Physician | MBChB DComH FAFPHM(RACP) FNZCPHM FNZMA |
| Dr Kristin Smith | Radiologist | FRANZCR |
| Dr Rosemary Anne Kingham | Retired anaesthetist | MBChB FANZCA |
| Dr Jennifer HY Lin | Medicinal & computational chemistry/Data science | BPharm RegPharmNZ MPhil PhD |
| Dr Bradley Case | Ecology | PhD |
| Dr Alison Blaiklock | Public Health Physician | MPHTM FNZCPHM |
| Dr Sharon Kletchko | Quality and Risk, Governance and Compliance | FRACP |