Caroline McElnay

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Caroline McElnay
QSO
McElnay in 2020
Director of Public Health
In office
2016–2022
Personal details
BornBushmills, Northern Ireland
Alma mater
OccupationPublic health official

Caroline Ann McElnay

QSO (/ˈmæk.ɪlˌneɪ/) is a medical officer in New Zealand.[1] She was the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2022, and chaired the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.[2]

Biography

McElnay, one of seven children, grew up on a farm in Bushmills, Northern Ireland.[3] She studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast and then public health at the University of Manchester.[4] During her studies in Manchester she completed a one-year exchange in New Zealand, including six months in Napier.[5]

She was appointed director of population health for

SARS virus in New Zealand and a listeria outbreak.[2]

McElnay was appointed to the role of director of public health at the Ministry of Health in 2016.[2]

McElnay's resignation as director of public health was announced to Ministry of Health staff in February 2022. Her last day in the role was 7 April.[6]

Honours and awards

Companion of the Queen's Service Order by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington
, on 25 May 2023

In the

Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to public health.[7]

Personal life

McElnay later moved with her husband to Napier in 1995.[3] She has three children.[4]

Publications

  • McElnay, C., & University of Manchester. (1991). The epidemiology of hip fractures in the elderly and the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation as a preventive strategy. Manchester: University of Manchester.[8]
  • McElnay, C., & Hawke's Bay District Health Board,. (2014). Health inequity in Hawke's Bay.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 61, bringing total to 708". TVNZ. 1 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^
    ISSN 1170-0777. Archived
    from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Witton, Bridie (25 September 2021). "Caroline McElnay - piloting the pandemic response". Stuff. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Meet the Irish woman near the top of New Zealand's Covid-19 response". The Irish Times. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "McElnay: Building the fence at the top of the cliff". Stuff. 2 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ^ Cheng, Derek (6 April 2022). "Public health exodus: Chiefs Caroline McElnay, Niki Stefanogiannis join Ashley Bloomfield in departing from Ministry of Health". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. OCLC 642940895. Archived
    from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. OCLC 911035887. Archived
    from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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