Innes Asher

Asher has been a committee member and health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group for 20 years.^[2]

In 2016 she stepped down as Head of the University of Auckland's Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, after being in the role for more than 13 years.^[1]

In May 2018 she was appointed to the Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group.^[3]

She is the chairperson of the Global Asthma Network Executive Group.^[4]

• In the 2003 New Year Honours, Asher was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to paediatrics.^[5]
• In 2007, the Health Research Council awarded her the Liley Medal for her research leadership.^[1][6]
• In 2017, she was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".^[7]
• In 2018, she received the New Zealand Medical Association’s Chair’s Award for 2017.^[2][8] The award was in recognition of her work to raise awareness of poverty as a key cause for acute and chronic ill-health among children.^[2]

• University of Auckland profile