Jennie Lynne Connor (born 1958) is a New Zealand medical researcher and academic, and as of 2018 is a full professor and chair of preventive and social medicine at the

University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate u ...

Academic career

After a 2001 PhD titled ''Estimating the contribution of driver sleepiness to car crash injuries : the Auckland car crash injury study'' at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, Connor moved to the

, rising to full professor. Much of Connor's recent research focuses on the health effects of drinking. In the 2023 New Year Honours, Connor was appointed an

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ...

, for services to alcohol harm reduction.

References

Living people New Zealand women academics University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of the University of Otago New Zealand medical researchers 1958 births Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub