Dr Ofa Dewes
MBA, PhD
o.dewes@auckland.ac.nz
Dr Ofa Dewes is an Associate Investigator with the Maurice Wilkins Centre. She is interested in ethnic-specific research and evaluation studies among Pacific population groups across the life-span especially in the areas of people development, type 2 diabetes and obesity, ageing, and activating communities for better health and education outcomes.
Ofa was born and raised in Suva, Fiji, and is part-Rotuman, Tongan and Tuvaluan, with affiliation to Ngati Porou.