Rate My Professor Aleisha Telford

On 20 July 2022, Aleisha Telford and colleagues Rhonda Drummond, Margaret Perley, Katherine Martin, Heather Parnell, and Mel Philip at Student Health Services received a gift basket and certificate from Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand MMR administrator Katie Holmquist. The recognition was for their mahi vaccinating Pasifika students against measles, mumps, and rubella as part of the Southern Measles Campaign. The team administered hundreds of MMR vaccinations that year. Outreach clinics were held at the University's Pacific Islands Centre, Māori Centre, and residential colleges. This effort addressed incomplete vaccination programmes in some Pacific islands lacking mumps coverage and prevented potential outbreaks around the university.