Professor Jacquie Kidd brings an extensive clinical background in nursing and expertise in qualitative, whānau-focused Māori health equity research. She has considerable expertise in co-design and kaupapa Māori research in the areas of community-focused solutions to health inequities and health literacy.

Jacquie 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.