Clive Aspin completed his public health training in New Zealand where he is affiliated to Ngati Maru in his tribal area of Hauraki.

He comes to the position of Research Director of SCIPPS with an extensive background in Maori and indigenous public health research. His research has focused on issues related to the Maori health and disability workforce, as well as indigenous sexuality and the resilience of indigenous communities. He also has a strong research interest in the impact that HIV has had on indigenous communities.

He is the lead investigator on a collaborative project with teams in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, investigating the impact of STIs and BBVs on indigenous communities in the three countries.

Clive has extensive governance experience gained from membership of a number of boards, most notably the Health Research Council of New Zealand. He held the inaugural position of Executive Research Officer at Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand’s Maori centre of research excellence at the University of Auckland and played a key role in setting up the infrastructure of the centre. He was also the Founding Editor of AlterNative, an international peer-reviewed journal of indigenous scholarship.