Elshadan Tautolo

Chair

Dr El-Shadan Tautolo is the current Chair of the Pacific Health & Welfare Network, and has been a longstanding member as a postgraduate student and later as a public health researcher. He is of Cook Islands (Omoka, Tongareva) and Samoan (Tanugamanono, Upolu) ancestry, and was born and raised in South Auckland, NZ. He is also an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at AUT University, and is a board member of several government and community organisations, including the NZ Lotteries Community Research Committee, and Chair of the Health Research Committee of NZ.