Patricia Priest
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AlmamaterUniversity of Oxford
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Patricia Priest | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
| Thesis | Antibacterial use and antibacterial resistance in the community (2001) |
Patricia Priest is a New Zealand public health scientist and epidemiologist who is Professor of Public Health in Medicine at the University of Otago. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Priest served as an advisor to the New Zealand Ministry of Health. She was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize in 2010. As of 2024 Priest is the Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Health Sciences at the university.
Priest was a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford.[1] She investigated the relationship between prescribing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the community.[2]
