14^th Asia Pacific Pediatrics Congress

Biography

Jo Thomson began her paediatric nursing career 20 years ago in England, before moving to New Zealand in 2003. She has worked in a variety of hospitals in Auckland and settled for the last 10 years at Kidz First Childrens’ Emergency Department at Middlemore Hospital (CMDHB). Jo has completed her Research Masters in Nursing from the University of Auckland in 2019. She is passionate about health promotion and in particular health inequalities due to childhood obesity in the South Auckland children. She is a wife and mother of two adolsecent boys who loves to combine exercise with coffee and socialising.

Research Interest

Pediatrics