Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu is from Leone and Savaia in Samoa. She is currently a Director of Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa | Centre for Pacific and Global Health at the University of Auckland and a Principal Analyst for TIRIA, an evaluation and research consultancy firm in New Zealand. Her expertise and area of research include Pacific health, Pacific development and human geography. She has experience in conducting large scale multi-national research projects in the Pacific and recently completed a Climate (Im)mobility in the Pacific project involving seven Pacific countries and territories.