Public Health Medicine Specialist, Health Quality & Safety Commission; New Zealand 

Dr Maria Poynter (MBChB, MPH, FNZCPHM) is a population health medicine specialist at New Zealand’s Health Quality & Safety Commission. She provides population health expertise across work programmes, particularly with the health quality evaluation and Māori advancement teams. Her interest in equity has developed over a decade and has ranged from governance level advocacy to subnational data analysis. She has previously worked in both health care and university environments.