Francesca Storey

Francesca is the Deputy Director and a Senior Research Fellow at Te Tātai Hauora o Hine – the National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa, which seeks to eliminate preventable harm and death for women and children and reduce health disparities.

Previously a senior neonatal nurse in a tertiary NICU, Francesca is a researcher involved in Kaupapa Māori approaches in the areas of women and infant’s health research, working closely with iwi (tribal kin groups) and health providers to address clinical and system-related health issues, seeking to eliminate Māori health inequities. Francesca is also a part-time PhD candidate examining the role of non-Indigenous researchers and clinicians working to advance Indigenous health equity.