45 | Dr. Jin Russell on faith, community child health & developmental paediatrics

Dr. Maple Goh

Dr. Jin Russell is a Consultant Developmental Paediatrician at Starship Children's Health (@drjinrussell). Jin graduated from the University of Auckland medical programme in 2007 with distinctions in paediatrics, medicine, surgery, general practice, and psychiatry. Jin completed specialist training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Community Child Health, with expertise in developmental-behavioural paediatrics and child population health. Jin's PhD research is with Growing Up in New Zealand in the field of life course epidemiology. Jin has won competitive research grants and clinical awards, including a New Zealand Health Research Council Clinical Training Fellowship, a 2020 Starship Foundation Fellowship, a Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Excellence Award, the W W Phillips Prize in Medicine and the Senior Prize in Biology. Her research interests are in the developmental health of populations, with a focus on the early years, life course epidemiological methods and the social determinants of health. Her research skills include advanced epidemiology and biostatistics for quantitative analysis. She believes that inequities in early developmental health can unjustly impact how capabilities form within children, and that addressing these inequities is essential to creating flourishing societies. Her PhD supervisors are Professor Susan Morton and Professor Cameron Grant. Jin has held several medical leadership positions within The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, including as a previous member of the inaugural College Council, and previous Co-Chair of the NZ Trainees' Committee. She is a Board Member of The Parenting Place. 

In this episode, we discuss the training involved for community child health and paediatrics, her work in this space, taking time off to pursue her phD, how her Christian faith and medicine have intersected for her, COVID and her church community, and navigating the boundaries and principles of Twitter. 

As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected].

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