Mike O'Brien

Mike works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Southern District Health Board’s Infection Prevention and Control Team.

He has many years experience nursing, including as a Public Health Nurse, Emergency Department Nurse, and as part of the Global Emergency Response Team for the aid group Médecins Sans Frontières.

Mike is completing a Master in Public Health at the Otago University School of Medicine in the Department of Social and Preventative Medicine.  He has worked as a Health Promotion Advisor for Southern District Health Board. Mike worked backstage on the show ‘Maui – One Man Against The Gods’, applying his rock climbing and rope skills to make actors fly.  He is the current Chairperson of THETA.