Dr Seini Taufa is the Research and Evaluation Lead for Moana Research.  Dr Taufa was previously based at the University of Auckland where she taught for over ten years within the departments of Social and Community Health and Pacific Health, School of Population Health.

 She also worked part-time as the research lead for TAHA Well Pacific Mother and Infant Service and as the Pacific analyst for the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. 

Dr Taufa continues to work as an evaluator for TOKO Collaborations (an ethnic specific suicide prevention programme) and on projects such as Taulanga – building health literacy about rheumatic fever in South Auckland. 

Her extensive research expertise has enabled her to gain skills as a research fellow for the NZ Child and Youth Epidemiology Services, acquiring further skill sets as both a qualitative and quantitative researcher.  

Dr Taufa serves in various advisory groups which include The Village Collective and the Pacific Police Advisory Group.