Chris Cunningham is from the Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Te Atiawa and Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi tribes of Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is Professor of Maori & Public Health in the Research Centre for Hauora & Health at Massey University’s Wellington campus. Originally training in Quantum Chemistry, he has been a health researcher for over twenty-five years. Chris has a broad research portfolio covering public health and Maori health, with a focus on inequity, housing, longitudinal research and machine learning. Chris has supervised over 50 PhD and post-doctoral candidates. Current projects include Indoor Air Quality in NZ Schools, Indigenous Governance, Cultural Competency in Health Professional Education, Medications Use in Older Maori, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Exceptional Cancer Survivorship, Housing & Health and longitudinal research including Te Hoe Nuku Roa and Growing Up in New Zealand.