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Philippa Howden-Chapman
Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman CNZM QSO is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, and the director of the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.[5][6] EducationHowden-Chapman studied at the University of Auckland and was awarded a PhD in 1987. Her doctoral thesis was titled An evaluation of three treatment programmes for alcoholism: an experimental study with six- and eighteen-month follow-ups.[7] CareerHowden-Chapman started her career in secondary-school teaching, before moving to clinical psychology, and then public health. She has conducted a number of high-profile randomised control trials into various aspects of housing and health, in the process helping to build the evidence base for the later New Zealand-wide insulation programme. Howden-Chapman's Healthy Housing group conducted an analysis of the Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart programme which showed that overall it "will have a net benefit of $951 million dollars, and a highly favourable benefit cost ratio of 3.9:1."[8] Howden-Chapman was a member of the 2012 Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, which outlined a number of policy recommendations to tackle child poverty in New Zealand.[9] In December 2014, Howden-Chapman and her research programme were awarded the $500,000 Prime Minister's Science Prize. She was the first woman and the first social scientist to win the prize.[4][10] Howden-Chapman is the chair of the WHO Housing and Health Guideline Development Group.[6] She is also director of He Kāinga Orana, the Housing and Health Research Programme examining the link between housing quality and health, based in the University of Otago, New Zealand.[11] With a strong interest in reducing inequalities in the determinants of health, Howden-Chapman's research aims to identify and evaluate housing-related interventions to improve individual, family and community health.[11] Her research has had a major influence on housing, health and energy policy in New Zealand.[6] RecognitionIn the 2009 New Year Honours, Howden-Chapman was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to public health.[12] In November 2013, Howden-Chapman was made a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[13][14] In 2017, Howden was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[15] Howden-Chapman was named the Supreme Winner of NEXT Woman of the Year 2018 for her advocacy for healthy, warm and dry homes in New Zealand.[16] In October 2019, Howden-Chapman was appointed one of seven inaugural sesquicentennial distinguished chairs, or poutoko taiea, at Otago University.[17] In the 2021 New Year Honours, Howden-Chapman was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to public health.[18] She was awarded the 2021 Rutherford Medal for her healthy housing research.[19] Selected publications
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