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Associate ProfessorMatt Hobbs

Associate Professor

School of Health Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Health Sciences
  • +6433690198 (Work)
  • Manawa 405G

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Spatial Epidemiology · Geographic Information Science & Systems · Medical Geography · Health Inequity · Spatial Statistics · Disease Surveillance · Healthcare Accessibility · Lifecourse Epidemiology · Applied Health Research

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Health Impacts of Community Water Fluoridation: An intervention study
    Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2029
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    Investigating the impact of drinking water outages on enteric disease in Aotearoa
    Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment1 Feb 2025 - 28 Feb 2026
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    The efficacy of community water fluoridation in Aotearoa New Zealand
    CLARE Foundation NZ1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2027
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    Te Niwha: A national burden of disease analysis of water-borne disease in Aotearoa New Zealand from community drinking water infrastructure
    Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment1 Jan 2024 - 28 Feb 2026
  • GRANT
    23/184 Protecting hapu mama and pepi from vaccine-preventable diseases
    Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2026
  • GRANT
    Protecting hapū māmā and pēpi from vaccine-preventable diseases
    University of Otago1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2025
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    Towards a comprehensive understanding of the inequeties in water fluoridation in New Zealands drinking water: a nationwide geospatial and longitudinal study
    New Zealand Dental Association1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2025
  • GRANT
    Examining vaccine effectiveness of two and three doses of Comirnaty mRNA vaccine during the 2022 Omicron wave in Aotearoa
    Auckland UniServices Ltd.7 Nov 2022 - 3 Nov 2023
  • GRANT
    (Andrew Kindon) Determinants of abdominal aortic aneurysm risk in New Zealand
    Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2025
  • GRANT
    Do the environments young people grow up in promote of obstruct mental health? A nationwide geospatial study
    Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
  • GRANT
    Cumulative impacts of air pollution exposure on adult physical and mental health
    Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Jun 2022 - 30 Nov 2024
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    Travel grant for the International Medical and Geography and Symposium
    Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust26 Apr 2022 - 31 Jul 2022
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    Generating evidence to improve uptake and equity in maternal immunisation
    Health Research Council (HRC)1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2023
  • GRANT
    Estimating distance to the nearest pharmacy using STATNZ meshblock
    University of Otago1 Feb 2021 - 1 Feb 2022
  • GRANT
    Te matatini o te horapa: a population-based contagion network for Aotearoa NZ. 24 months, (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Health Research Council1 Feb 2021 - 1 Feb 2023
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  • GRANT
    Modelling the associations between drowning incidents and environmental risks across the United Kingdom: developing rigourous evidence policy
    Leeds Trinity University1 Mar 2020 - 30 Apr 2020