Jennie Connor

{{short description|New Zealand medical researcher and academic}}

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| fields = Preventive and social medicine

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| alma_mater = University of Auckland

| thesis1_title = Estimating the contribution of driver sleepiness to car crash injuries : the Auckland car crash injury study

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Jennie Lynne Connor {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 1958) is a New Zealand medical researcher and academic, and as of 2018 is a full professor and chair of preventive and social medicine at the University of Otago.{{cite web|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/dsm-psm/people/academic-search/profile/index.html?id=790|title=Department of Preventive and Social Medicine staff profiles|first=Department of Preventive and Social|last=Medicine|website=www.otago.ac.nz}}

Academic career

After a 2001 PhD titled Estimating the contribution of driver sleepiness to car crash injuries : the Auckland car crash injury study at the University of Auckland,{{cite thesis |title=Estimating the contribution of driver sleepiness to car crash injuries : the Auckland car crash injury study |url= https://catalogue.library.auckland.ac.nz/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=uoa_alma21189068130002091&context=L&vid=NEWUI&search_scope=Combined_Local&tab=books&lang=en_US | access-date=5 October 2021}} Connor moved to the University of Otago, rising to full professor. Much of Connor's recent research focuses on the health effects of drinking.{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/in-depth/376567/the-lifelong-health-hangover-of-teen-drinking|title=The lifelong health hangover of teen drinking|date=22 November 2018|website=Radio New Zealand }}{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/105735528/calls-for-bold-government-action-as-study-reveals-drinking-habits-of-pregnant-kiwi-women|title=Calls for 'bold' Government action as study reveals drinking habits of pregnant Kiwi women|website=Stuff |date=26 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12095720|title=23 per cent of New Zealanders drink while pregnant, study finds|first=Amy Wiggins|last=amy.wiggins@nzme.co.nz|date=26 July 2018|publisher=|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/06/revealed-new-zealand-regions-with-the-most-alcohol-deaths.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620084443/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/06/revealed-new-zealand-regions-with-the-most-alcohol-deaths.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2018|title=Revealed: New Zealand regions with the most alcohol deaths|newspaper=Newshub |date=20 June 2018|publisher=|via=www.newshub.co.nz}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/12/incontrovertible-evidence-coroner-s-plea-to-govt-to-change-legal-drinking-age.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207023205/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/12/incontrovertible-evidence-coroner-s-plea-to-govt-to-change-legal-drinking-age.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2018|title='Incontrovertible evidence': Coroner's plea to Govt to change legal drinking age|newspaper=Newshub |date=12 May 2018|publisher=|via=www.newshub.co.nz}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/96743605/alcohol-industry-downplays-cancer-link-study-finds|title=Alcohol industry downplays cancer link, study finds|website=Stuff |date=13 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/drinks/103090986/new-study-reveals-alcohol-is-more-dangerous-than-we-thought|title=New study reveals alcohol is more dangerous than we thought|website=Stuff |date=13 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/moderate-drinking-linked-cancer|title=Moderate drinking linked to cancer|first=Eileen|last=Goodwin|date=30 June 2016|website=Otago Daily Times }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/11/synthetic-drug-poisoning-on-the-rise-figures-show.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125062900/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/11/synthetic-drug-poisoning-on-the-rise-figures-show.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=Synthetic drug poisoning on the rise, figures show|newspaper=Newshub |date=25 November 2018|publisher=|via=www.newshub.co.nz}}

In the 2023 New Year Honours, Connor was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to alcohol harm reduction.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2023 |title=New Year honours list 2023 |date=31 December 2022 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=31 December 2022}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:New Zealand women academics

Category:University of Auckland alumni

Category:Academic staff of the University of Otago

Category:New Zealand medical researchers

Category:1958 births

Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit