{{short description|New Zealand professor of paediatrics}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox academic |honorific_prefix = |name = Innes Asher |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} |image = Innes Asher (cropped).jpg |alt = |caption = Innes Asher |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = |known_for = |spouse = |children = |relatives = |awards = <!--notable national level awards only--> |signature = |signature_alt = |education = |alma_mater = |thesis_title = |thesis_url = |thesis_year = |doctoral_advisor = |influences = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> |discipline = Paediatrics |sub_discipline = |workplaces = University of Auckland |doctoral_students= <!--only those with WP articles--> |notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> |main_interests = |notable_works = |notable_ideas = |influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> |website = }} '''Monica Innes Asher''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand paediatrician. She is professor of paediatrics at the University of Auckland.
== Early life == Asher studied at the Auckland Medical School (1968 to 1973). She also undertook postgraduate study in Paediatrics in Auckland, Whakatāne, Ruatoki and at the Montreal Children's Hospital for three years. She also specialised in respiratory medicine in Montreal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/faculty/about/news-and-events/news/2016/4/29/professor-innes-asher-steps-back.html|title=Professor Innes Asher steps back - The University of Auckland|website=www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>
== Career == Asher has been a committee member and health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group for 20 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1803/S00036/warm-congratulations-to-professor-innes-asher.htm|title=Warm congratulations to Professor Innes Asher {{!}} Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>
In 2016 she stepped down as Head of the University of Auckland's Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, after being in the role for more than 13 years.<ref name=":1" />
In May 2018 she was appointed to the Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoctored/cpag-welcomes-appointment-professor-innes-asher-welfare-expert-advisory-group|title=CPAG welcomes appointment of Professor Innes Asher to Welfare Expert Advisory Group|work=New Zealand Doctor|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en}}</ref>
She is the chairperson of the Global Asthma Network Executive Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalasthmanetwork.org/about/description.php?ID=1|title=Contact Details|website=www.globalasthmanetwork.org|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>
===Honours and awards=== * In the 2003 New Year Honours, Asher was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to paediatrics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2003 | title=New Year honours list 2003 |date=31 December 2002 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref> * In 2007, the Health Research Council awarded her the Liley Medal for her research leadership.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hrc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2007%20Liley%20Medal%20final_0.pdf|title=Childhood asthma and allergy researcher awarded HRC's prestigious Liley Medal|access-date=14 October 2018|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122102349/http://hrc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2007%20Liley%20Medal%20final_0.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * In 2017, she was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".<ref name="royalsociety">{{cite web |title=150 Women in 150 Words |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/ |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> * In 2018, she received the New Zealand Medical Association’s Chair’s Award for 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzma.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/advocate-on-child-poverty-honoured|title=Advocate on child poverty honoured - New Zealand Medical Association|website=www.nzma.org.nz|access-date=2018-10-14|archive-date=14 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091353/https://www.nzma.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/advocate-on-child-poverty-honoured|url-status=dead}}</ref> The award was in recognition of her work to raise awareness of poverty as a key cause for acute and chronic ill-health among children.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links == * [https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/i-asher University of Auckland profile]
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