Rate My Professor Justine Camp

Camp earned her PhD in 2021 from the University of Otago with the thesis "Te Tautarinui o Matariki: A whānau health compass," which developed the first Kāi Tahu-created health model for whānau across the lifespan and generations, funded by Brain Research New Zealand. Her Master's degree examined the impact of type 2 diabetes on whānau. Research specializations include whānau wellbeing, type II diabetes mellitus impacts on families, big data research, data sovereignty, Māori perspectives in health teams, paediatric sleep health, and obesity prevention, particularly for Māori and Pacific communities. She has led projects such as Moemoeā (Māori-led sleep project), Te Kāika DiRECT (type 2 diabetes remission study), Restoring the balance (women's heart health), and Whakatipu. Key publications include "Sleep and parenting in ethnically diverse Pacific families in southern New Zealand" (Sleep Health, 2022), "Further reductions in the prevalence of obesity in 4-year-old New Zealand children" (International Journal of Obesity, 2022), "The measurement of young children's nocturnal sleep health and associations with caregiver-reported behaviours" (Sleep Health, 2024), "Experiences and Acceptability of a Weight Loss Intervention for Pasifika Adults Living With Overweight or Obesity" (Nutrients, 2024), and "A DiRECT approach to weight loss in a culturally diverse, low-income population" (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 2025). Her work promotes Māori flourishing in health sciences academia and research.