Evidence-Based Health Practice

Valerie A. Wright-St Clair, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology,Duncan Reid, Associate Professor/Dean of Health, Auckland University of Technology,Susan Shaw, Associate Dean, Auckland University of Technology,Joanne Ramsbotham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology


Dr Valerie Wright-St Clair is Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation and Occupational Studies. Her research areas are occupational science, hermeneutic or interpretive phenomenology, understanding the everyday experience of aging, measuring everyday occupations and gerontology.

Duncan Reid completed his Master thesis investigating the influence of hamstring extensibility on the lumbar and pelvic angles in rowers. He has also been involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines for knee, shoulder and forearm injuries.

Susan Shaw is Associate Dean (Undergraduate), Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences - Director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.

Joanne Ramsbotham is Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology.

Dr Anita Bamford-Wade - Senior Lecturer, teaches Clinical Governance and Health Policy Applied papers and Organizational Change in the Doctor of Health Science programme at AUT University; Antoinette McCallin - Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences and a Director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, AUT University; Barbara McKenzie-Green - Senior Lecturer - Nursing, AUT University; Brenda Costa-Scorse - Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine and Emergency Management at AUT University; Brenda Flood - Senior lecturer within the School of Interprofessional Health Studies at AUT University and the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP); Caroline Day - Programme leader for the Bachelor of Health Science in Counselling at AUT University; Chris Krägeloh - Senior lecturer in psychology at Auckland University of Technology and recently finished a term as Head of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies; Colleen Higgins - Senior Lecturer teaching molecular genetics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels to Science and Medical Laboratory Science students, AUT University; David Nicholls - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, AUT University; Dawn Forman - Consultant and executive coach currently working in the United Kingdom. She is an adjunct professor at Curtin University, and AUT University and visiting professor at Chichester University; Deb Spence - Joint Head of Nursing, AUT University; Deborah Payne - Experienced supervisor of Masters and Doctoral thesis students, AUT University. She has a longstanding interest in women's health issues; Denise Wilson - Associate Professor M?ori Health and the Director of Taupua Waiora Centre for M?ori Health Research at AUT University; Felicity Bright - Speech-language therapist and doctoral candidate at AUT University. ; Grace Wong - Senior Lecturer in Nursing, AUT University; Director - Smokefree Nurses Aotearoa/New Zealand; Graham Howie - Senior lecturer and researcher within the discipline of paramedicine and emergency management at Auckland University of Technology; Heleen Reid (nee Blijlevens) - Programme Leader for the Occupational Science and Therapy Department at AUT University; Holly Perry - Medical laboratory scientist with over 30 years' experience in transfusion science, both in clinical diagnostics and in tertiary education. Holly teaches undergraduate students of medical laboratory science, specialising in Transfusion Science at AUT University; Jane Morgan - Lecturer in the School of Interprofessional Health Studies at AUT University; Janet Larkman - Programme Academic Leader - Nursing; senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University; Jason Landon - Senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology and the Gambling and Addictions Research Centre at AUT, and Programme Leader for the BHSc in Psychology degree; Judith McAra-Couper - Co-director of the Midwifery and Women's Health Research Centre at AUT University; Juliet Boon-Nanai - Equity Academic Pasifika Leader within the Faculty of Health and Environment and Science, AUT University. She is also a postgraduate supervisor in the Centre for Community Investment and Development within the Institute Public Policy; Kathryn McPherson - Professor of Rehabilitation (Laura Fergusson Chair) in the School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies and Director of the Person Centred Rehabilitation Centre at AUT University; Keith Tudor - Associate Professor at AUT University and Head of the Department of Psychotherapy; Keith Rome - Professor and co-Director of the Health & Research Rehabilitation Institute, AUT University with a clinical and academic background in podiatry; Kirk Reed - Head of Occupational Science and Therapy, AUT University; Lindsey White - Head of the School of Interprofessional Health Studies, AUT University; Litiuingi Lose 'Ahio - Health Science Teacher and an Equity Team Coordinator for M?ori and Pacific students at the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University; Elizabeth Smythe - Programme Leader of the Doctor of Health Science, AUT University; Naomi Heap - Clinical services manager of the Akoranga Integrated Health Clinic at AUT University; Nicola Kayes - Senior Lecturer, Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, Person Centred Research Centre, AUT University; Panteá Farvid - Lecturer in psychology at Auckland University of Technology and the Head of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies; Paula Kersten - Associate professor in rehabilitation and deputy director of the Person Centred Research Centre, AUT University; Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop - Professor of Pacific Studies at the Institute of Public Policy, AUT University; Peter Larmer - Head of the School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies, AUT University; Ray Gates - Aboriginal physiotherapist descended from the Bundjalung people of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia; Rhoda Scherman - Head of Research for the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, AUT University; Robin Sutcliffe - Teacher on the Bachelor of Health Science in Counselling at Auckland University of Technology; Rosemary Godbold - Until recently Rosemary was a senior lecturer in health care ethics and executive manager of AUT University's ethics committee. She is a registered nurse; Russell Millar - Associate Professor at the University of Auckland; Sandy Rutherford - Occupational therapist; Lecturer, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, AUT University; Shoba Nayar - Associate director of the Centre for Migrant and Refugee Research and a senior lecturer in postgraduate public health at AUT University; Sue Fyfe - Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Programme of Research into Higher Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University; Sue McNaughton - Lecturer, inter-professional papers in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, AUT University; Susan Cartwright - Scientific Affairs Manager for Colgate Oral Care in the South Pacific region based in Sydney; Wee-Leong Joe Chang - Clinical chemistry lecturer, AUT University; senior medical scientist at ADHB; Alice Theadom - Registered psychologist, based within the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences at AUT University and leads the traumatic brain injury research programme; Marion Hunter - Midwifery Lecturer, AUT University; doctor of health science candidate, AUT University.