Professor Jacquie Kidd (Ngāpuhi) brings a clinical background in nursing and almost two decades of expertise in qualitative, whānau-focused Māori health equity research. Her research is usually based in a co-designed kaupapa Māori approach in the areas of community-focused solutions to health inequities and organisational health literacy. She has led several large research projects including Health literacy for Māori in palliative care; Oranga Tū: prostate cancer for tāne Māori; and Hā Ora: the community phase within a larger project to improve early diagnosis of lung cancer for Māori. Her current work includes lung cancer screening for Māori, whānau hauora assessment in the cancer pathway, and anti-racism praxis in healthcare.