Alehandrea Raiha Manuel (Ngāti Pōrou) – Fulbright NZ Science and Innovation Graduate Award

Alehandrea Raiha Manuel will research equity and telehealth in Indigenous ear and hearing healthcare at the University of Arizona in Tucson Arizona, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas towards a PhD at the University of Auckland.

Alehandrea graduated with a BHSc and PGDipPH (Distinction) in 2012 from the University of Auckland, and a MAudSt in 2014 from the University of Queensland.