David is a qualified epidemiologist (MMedSci, PhD, MACE), with over 15 years of experience in global health.
He has served on projects with UNDP, WHO, Partners In Health, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.
David is New Zealand-based but he has lived and worked in multiple Pacific countries including the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. His specialties are climate change and health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), renewable energy technologies, health sector sustainability, and human nutrition/food security.