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Health Science Academic Staff

Aaron Hapuku

Lecturer

Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

BHSc Programme Coordinator

Fields of Research:

- Māori population health; whānau/hapū/iwi and community development
- Adoption and ...

Dr Arindam Basu

Associate Professor

Fields of Research:

- Telehealth and telemedicine
- Meta analysis and systematic review
- Educational ...

Cara Swit

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- child aggression and bullying
- problematic and healthy media use
- social development
- mental ...

Dr Cathy Andrew

Associate Professor

Executive Dean

Fields of Research:

- Nursing

Eileen Britt

Associate Professor

Motivating Behaviour Change Programme Coordinator

Fields of Research:

- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychological impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes
- Training and ...

Dr Isabel Jamieson

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Jalal Mohammed

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Health Management
- Health Leadership
- Health Policy
- Primary Health Care
- Healthcare ...

Kaaren Mathias

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Research Interests:

I am a public health physician and researcher with a wide range of research interests which include participation, inclusion and mental health in ...

Karey Meisner

Clinical Educator – Counselling

Kate Reid

Senior Lecturer

Palliative Care Programme Coordinator

Fields of Research:

- Palliative care
- Spirituality
- Leadership and Governance
- Oncology

Professor Laurie McLay

Associate Dean

Associate Dean – Research

Fields of Research:

- Sleep assessment and support
- Digital-delivery of supports for autistic children and their ...

Lianne Woodward

Professor

Fields of Research:

- Child development
- Preterm birth
- Prenatal substance exposure
- Brain ...

Lisa Emerson

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Child well-being and mental health
- Parenting
- Mindfulness-based therapies
- Parent-child ...

Mairin Taylor

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Programme Co-ordinator – Counselling

Research Interests:

Dr Mairin Taylor joined UC’s School of Health Sciences as a lecturer at the start of 2019. Prior to this, she worked as a research specialist and ...

Dr Mark Wallace-Bell

Senior Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Motivational Interviewing
- Training Motivational Interviewing
- Tobacco Control

Matt Hobbs

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Research Interests:

Dr. Matt Hobbs uses geospatial and population health methods to inform local and national public health policy to plan healthy places and reduce ...

Michael Tarren-Sweeney

Professor

Fields of Research:

- Developmental Psychopathology
- Mental health of children in foster, kinship and residential ...

Nicola McDonald

Lecturer (Teaching and Admin Only)

Philip Schluter

Professor

Leader of the Child Population Health Theme

Fields of Research:

- Population health
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Longitudinal studies
- Biostatistical ...

Dr Rachael Dixon

Senior Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- School-based Health Education
- Critical health literacy as fostered in school spaces

Raesha Ismail

Lecturer

Renee Santich

Lecturer - Teaching and Administration only

Sandy Kathryn Richardson

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Sarah Lovell

Associate Professor

Fields of Research:

- Sexual and reproductive health
- Health care workforce
- access to health services
- Community ...

Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs

Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:

Sarah is interested in severe conduct problems, complex developmental and mental health assessment and intervention, and the effects of early ...

Dr Shanee Barraclough

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Counsellor identities
- Counsellor education
- Social constructionist and post-structural ...

Dr Wendy Maddocks

Senior Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Nursing History
- Integrative Healthcare and Natural Therapies
- Indigenous NZ ...

Sport Science and Coaching Academic Staff

Dr Brad Hurren

Lecturer

Dr Brad Miles

Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Sport & exercise psychology
- Social cognition
- Psychological foundations of sport behaviour

Dr Carl Petersen

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Cricket
- Time-motion analysis
- Heat acclimation / acclimatisation
- Strength ...

Dr Chris North

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Outdoor and environmental education
- Minimum impact education
- Teacher ...

Gavin Blackwell

Sport Science Technician

Research Interests:

Current research project comparison of four blood lactate analyzers during anaerobic threshold.

Glenn Fyall

Senior Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Sport Coaching
- Physical Education
- Curriculum Development
- Policy
- Teacher Education
- Pedagogy

Jackie Cowan

Senior Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Sport Coaching Pedagogy
- Physical Education Pedagogy

Mark Drury

Senior Tutor

Nick Draper

Professor

Fields of Research:

- Sport and Exercise Science
- Exercise Physiology
- Concussion Mitigation
- Health and Physical ...

Nick Maitland

Lecturer

Sport Coaching Programme Coordinator

Fields of Research:

- Sociology of Sport
- Sport Marketing
- Sport and Media

Phillip Borell

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

Fields of Research:

- Māori and Pasifika Sporting Participation
- Contemporary Polynesian Masculinities
- Māori and ...

Piet van Hasselt

Lecturer (Teaching and Administration only)

Sport Coaching Programme Coordinator

Sarah-Kate Millar

Associate Dean

Fields of Research:

- Skill Acquisition
- Sports Coaching
- Performance Analysis
- Youth Sport
- Biomechanics
- Applied ...

Dr Sibi Walter

Lecturer

Fields of Research:

- Sports Medicine & Health
- Strength & Conditioning
- Cricket Science
- Sports Injury Prevention ...