GAN Symposium Speakers

Dr Sunia Foliaki

Sunia Foliaki is Tongan and a full time Senior Research Fellow at Massey University. His research focus in on Pacific health. Foliaki led the ISAAC studies in the Pacific islands which included an intervention asthma study that evolved into a full-time regular asthma clinic and an Asthma Self-management Plan that got incorporated into Tongas health clinical structure and resulted in significant improvement in asthma morbidity. Foliaki also leads various projects on NCDs among Pacific people in the Pacific and Pacific people in New Zealand in particular. Foliaki has embarked on a journey to excel in health research with health qualifications from the University of Papua New Guinea, Queensland University, Tulane University and Massey University.

Foliaki has at least 30 publications on asthma and NCDs to his name and research projects. Off work, Foliaki enjoys tennis, non-commercial fishing and cherishes time with family.

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GAN gratefully acknowledges funding from the University of Auckland and Wellcome (Grant number 203919/Z/16/Z) as well as sponsorship from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline that has helped to make the GAN Symposium 2024 possible. We thank the speakers and the organisations they represent for their contributions including securing their own funding to enable their participation. The Symposium programme was developed independently by the GAN Steering Group.

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Karen Bissell University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Sainimere Boladuadua University of Auckland New Zealand
Professor Cass Byrnes University of Auckland New Zealand
Professor Chen-Yuan Chiang International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Taiwan
Professor Asma El Sony Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and Development Sudan
Dr Sunia Foliaki Massey University New Zealand
Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos Universidad de Murcia Spain
Dr Shami Jayasooriya University of Sheffield United Kingdom
Professor Refiloe Masekela University of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa
Professor Eva Morales Universidad de Murcia Spain
Professor Kevin Mortimer University of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa
Professor Neil Pearce London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine United Kingdom
Professor Helen Reddel Global Initiative for Asthma Australia
Dr Sarah Rylance World Health Organization
Dr Sabrina Sapsford University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Nishtha Singh Asthma Bhawan India
Dr Marie Stolbrink Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine United Kingdom