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.
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 AsherUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Karen BissellUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Sainimere BoladuaduaUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Professor Cass ByrnesUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Professor Chen-Yuan ChiangInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseTaiwan |
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Professor Asma El SonyEpidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and DevelopmentSudan |
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Dr Sunia FoliakiMassey UniversityNew Zealand |
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Professor Luis Garcia-MarcosUniversidad de MurciaSpain |
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Dr Shami JayasooriyaUniversity of SheffieldUnited Kingdom |
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Professor Refiloe MasekelaUniversity of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa |
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Professor Eva MoralesUniversidad de MurciaSpain |
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Professor Kevin MortimerUniversity of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa |
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Professor Neil PearceLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom |
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Professor Helen ReddelGlobal Initiative for AsthmaAustralia |
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Dr Sarah RylanceWorld Health Organization |
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Dr Sabrina SapsfordUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Nishtha SinghAsthma BhawanIndia |
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Dr Marie StolbrinkLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom |
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