Rate My Professor Luke Pilkinton-Ching

Luke Pilkinton-Ching serves as Videographer and Photographer at the University of Otago, Wellington, within the Division of Health Sciences. In this capacity, he provides media production support to the Education Unit, delivering creative and engaging resource materials for teaching activities associated with the MBChB curriculum at the Wellington campus. His responsibilities include producing videos and photographs that enhance educational content, such as tutorials on creating academic posters using Microsoft PowerPoint and recording lectures for Moodle. These resources assist staff in designing, developing, maintaining, and evaluating the medical school curriculum, while also supporting professional development and representation on medical curriculum subcommittees.

Pilkinton-Ching is a co-investigator in the Co-Search COVID-19 Research Collaborative, housed in the Department of Public Health at University of Otago, Wellington. He contributes visual documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic and response through photography, videography, and graphic design, aiding research translation and communication. His work appears extensively in university outputs, including Public Health Expert Briefings on topics like avoidable hospitalisations, mask benefits, alcohol-related harm, and sunlight exposure. He has provided images for research articles in journals such as Emerging Infectious Diseases and Nutrition Reviews, as well as university news stories on health system pressures and joint research efforts in knee osteoarthritis. Pilkinton-Ching maintains a Google Scholar profile affiliated with the University of Otago, listing publications including 'The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos' (2020, with M. Baker and N. Wilson), 'New Zealand races to eliminate the coronavirus—again' (2020), and 'Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa'. His visual contributions support public health communication, enhancing the impact of research during the pandemic and beyond in the Health Sciences division.