For Immediate Release - Media Release
4 December 2019
Dr Scott Metcalfe awarded NZMA Fellowship
On Tuesday evening 3 December 2019 at an event held at NZMA House in Wellington, Dr Scott Metcalfe was awarded a New
Zealand Medical Association Fellowship, by NZMA President Dr Sue Hayde.
Scott is currently the Chief Advisor Population Medicine and Deputy Medical Director for the government medicines
funding agency PHARMAC with a focus on populations and epidemiology – especially health need and health equity
assessment, and medicines and health services prioritisation.
Scott is Chair of the Policy Committee of the NZ College of Public Health Medicine. He is also a member of the NZMA
Specialist Council and has previously served as an NZMA Board member.
Drs Rhys Jones and Alex Macmillan from OraTaiao the NZ Climate and Health Council had this to say: “Scott was one of the
founding members of OraTaiao and co-convenor from 2010 (when OraTaiao was incorporated) until 2013. He was on the
Executive Board from the start until 2018 and was instrumental in building a health professionals’ movement on climate
change and health in Aotearoa. In 2009 he led a call to action with a manuscript coauthored by likeminded health
professionals on climate change and health, was published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, and with 60 further
supporting signatories. This paper was the catalyst for the development of OraTaiao: NZ Climate & Health Council. During his leadership on OraTaiao he was instrumental in bringing health professional organisations and
colleges behind a health-focused action on climate change at a national level and this included our own New Zealand
Medical Association. His robust and deep analysis about what is a fair share for New Zealand’s emissions reductions has
informed national organisations and policy-makers.”
Scott is a well-respected author, having led or co-authored over 70 medical research manuscripts including:
• Fast, fair climate action crucial for health and equity to
• Combating antimicrobial resistance demands nation-wide action and global governance and most recently:
• Te Wero tonu - the challenge continues, Māori access to medicines update.
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