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Hannah Cooper

Dr Hannah Cooper is a Public Health Physician in the Health Intelligence and Surveillance Group.

Qualifications

Hannah earned her MBChB and MHSc from the University of Auckland, and MPH (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

About

Hannah is public health physician and Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine. She completed her medical training and public health training in New Zealand. Prior to undertaking her specialist training, she worked in infectious disease surveillance at the New York City Department of Health. She has expertise in epidemiology and infectious disease surveillance.