Vanessa Speed Email and Phone Number

I do pretty much everything.

The most recent position during my time spent in New Zealand, I worked with the Maori Innovations team, providing and administrating grants to health providers catering primarily to Maori patients and scholarships to Maori students pursuing careers in health-related fields. Our goals included decreasing the discrepancy between Maori and European ethnicity health. There was a high degree of contact with the Maori community - part of my role involved adapting Ministry standards to better suit the… Show more The most recent position during my time spent in New Zealand, I worked with the Maori Innovations team, providing and administrating grants to health providers catering primarily to Maori patients and scholarships to Maori students pursuing careers in health-related fields. Our goals included decreasing the discrepancy between Maori and European ethnicity health. There was a high degree of contact with the Maori community - part of my role involved adapting Ministry standards to better suit the particular community. I was involved in most parts of the contracting and monitoring process, as well as promotion and advertising of scholarship and grant opportunities. Show less