Students and their projects
Postgraduate students
- Alex Forsyth (DHSc). Supervisors: Felicity Bright, Jacquie Kidd
Does Inter Professional work improve outcomes for Māori in a rural health setting? - Andy Schmidt (DHSc). Nicola Kayes (Advisor).
.Utilisation of a cultural-based outcome measure in musculoskeletal injury in an Aotearoa/New Zealand context. - Annabel Grant. Supervisors: felicity Bright (2nd).
Social inclusion for people with dementia - Anne McLeod (DHSc):Supervisor: Nicola Kayes (Advisor).
Embedding relationship centred practice in District Health Boards. - Beryl Davies (PhD). Supervisors: Nicola Kayes (2nd).
Working in Partnership: A realist evaluation. - Bobbie-Jo Wilson (DHSc). Supervisors: Nicola Kayes (Advisor).
How is Cultural Safety measured at a structural level to help reduce on-going inequities in health care? A measurement tool development. - Carolyn Wilson. Supervisors: Felicity Bright (2nd).
How do clinical educators conceptualise good communication in final year physiotherapy students? - Claire Freeman (PhD). Supervisors: Jo Fadyl, Barbara Gibson.
Social and cultural constructions of power wheelchairs. - Daren Mills (PhD). Supervisors: Joanna Fadyl. (2nd).
Family/whanau consultation under Section 7A of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act, 1992: A Foucauldian discourse analysis. - Darren Mills (PhD). Supervisors: Joanna Fadyl (2nd).
Family/whanau consultation under Section 7A of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act, 1992: A Foucauldian discourse analysis. - Elizabeth James (PhD). Supervisors: Liz Smythe, Deb Payne .
An exploration of the professional relationship between caseload midwives and the women they care for. - Fay Amaral (PhD). Supervisors: Chris Krägeloh, Marcus Henning, Fiona Moir .Investigating career self-efficacy and rumination in relation to career indecision and depressive symptomology, in young adults transitioning from school, an investigation in New Zealand.
- Gary McNicholl (DHSc). Supervisors: Duncan Reid, Felicity Bright
The value of allied health activity in a hospital setting in New Zealand. - Geena Stanley. Supervisors: Felicity Bright (2nd). Designing accessible and acceptable documents for ethical research with people with aphasia.
- Jane George (DHsc). Supervisors: Peter Larmer, Nicola Kayes.
Understanding the complexities of recruitment and retention of Allied Health Professionals in rural health settings - Joanna Thorogood (DHSc). Supervisors: Deb Payne, Nicola Kayes, Priya Parmar
What are the experiences of Medical Imaging Technologists regarding the introduction and ongoing use of new technology? - Jonathan Armstrong (DHSc). Supervisors: Nicola Kayes, Felicity Bright
How do people with brain injury reintegrate into their communities on return home from in-patient rehabilitation? - Karol Czuba (PhD). Supervisors: Nicola Kayes, Alain Vandal .
Improving outcomes for support workers in aged care. - Madhusudan Vyas (DHSc). Supervisors: Nick Garrett, Gareth Terry
The impacts of a novel radionuclide therapy on the overall Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with end-stage metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). - Marcelle Nader-Turner (DHSc). Supervisors: Gareth Terry (1st).
Pornography's Influence on the Adolescent Victim Narrative: Is Emotional Literacy the Answer? - Melissa Evans (PhD). Supervisors: Clare Hocking, Richard Siegert .
What are the rehabilitation interventions provided to stroke patients living in the community in New Zealand and why are they chosen? - Melissa Rowthorn (PhD). Supervisors: Chris Krägeloh, Jason Landon, Oleg Medvedev.
Developing a mental health module for the WHOQOL-BREF. - Nicola Power (PhD). Supervisors: Deb Payne, Simon Walters, Jo Fadyl.
Constructions of human touch in health practice: A poststructural discourse analysis. - Praveen Nirmala (PhD). Supervisors: Chris Krägeloh, Loulin Huang, Jaishankar Bharatharaj.
Improving measurements of Acceptance and Acceptability of Social, Educational and Therapeutic robots. - Sandy Rutherford (PhD). Supervisors: Clare Hocking, Alice Theadom, Kath McPherson.
Managing after stroke. - Shivanthi Balalla (PhD). Supervisors: Chris Krägeloh, Richard Siegert, Oleg Medvedev.
Enhancing instrument precision and modelling the effect of comorbidities on outcomes after traumatic brain injury: a case-control analysis. - Snehaa Chand (PhD). Supervisors: Felicity Bright, Margaret Jones, Deborah Payne .
Becoming a different me: Applying an autoethnographical approach to the lived experience of having a brain haemorrhage as a teenager. - Soheila Mohammadyari (PhD). Supervisors: Robert Wellington, Nicola Kayes, Dave Parry.
Promoting self-management: Development and evaluation of a digital behaviour change intervention for stroke survivors. - Stephanie Cox (PhD). Supervisors: Clare Hocking, Deborah Payne.
Housing. - Steve Ellery (DHSc). Supervisors: Duncan Reid, Steve White, Nicola Kayes.
Exploring the views of physiotherapists and people with low back pain in New Zealand to find out what influence outcomes - Tanja Glucina (PhD). Supervisors: Chris Krägeloh, Pani Farvid, Kelly Holt.
Contemporary chiropractic profession in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Crystallising practice, typologies and outcomes - Tracy May. Supervisors: Felicity Bright (1st).
Enabling equitable access to telehealth services in South Auckland. - Verna Stavric (PhD). Supervisors: Nicola Saywell, Nicola Kayes.
Shoulder Pain Intervention delivered over the interNet (SPIN) after Spinal Cord Impairment (SCI) - Vicki Fryer (DHSc). Supervisors: Valerie Wright-St Clair, Felicity Bright, Jo Conaglan.
The lived experience of waiting for community occupational therapy services.
- Adrienne Priday (MHSc). Supervisors: Deborah Payne .
An interpretive descriptive study exploring a holistic co-located pregnancy care model - Angela Upsdell (MHSc). Supervisors: Gwyn Lewis, Gareth Terry
New Zealand resident Sāmoan health and illness beliefs about chronic pain and healthcare management. - Clint Good (MPhil). Supervisors: Felicity Bright.
Body communication in musculoskeletal physiotherapy - Dympna Murphy (MPhil). Supervisors: Alice Theadom, Sandy Rutherford
Factors influencing work productivity in adults with Myotonic Dystrophy - Hannah Sames (Masters in Design). Supervisors: Gareth Terry (3rd).
- Josie Timmins (MHSc). Supervisors: Nicola Kayes (1st).
Hand therapists’ experiences and perspectives of professional support in hand therapy training. - Katie Hayden (MHSc), Supervisors: Alice Theadom, Richard Siegert.
A retrospective qualitative study of the perceived effects of mindfulness-based interventions in a chronic pain setting. - Lisa McAulay (MHSc). Supervisors: Jo Fadyl, Gareth Terry .
Enacting multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation in New Zealand - Pary Vaghefi (MALS). Supervisors: Ineke Crezee, Felicity Bright
Communicative patterns in speech and language therapy sessions conducted with adults in telehealth settings in New Zealand. - Ulima Tofi (MHealthPractice). Supervisor: Nicola Kayes (1st).
Thriving as Maaori & Pasifika Allied Health professionals in the first 2 years of practice in a DHB setting.
Some of our recent graduates
- Helen Cunningham, PhD (2020)
Discourse and Design of CPAP Therapy Masks for OSA: Applying Foucault to Product Design Research https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/13139 - Guy Collier, PhD (2020)
Getting Old and Forgetting Things: Design anthropology and the medicalisation of mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/13261 - Bernadette Solomon, DHSc (2019)
The meaning and experience of recovery-oriented practice for mental health nurses: A phenomenological study.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12611 - Gilbert Azuela, PhD (2019)
Organisational case studies of sensory modulation implementation in adult acute mental health services.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12608 - Kaberi Rajendra, PhD (2019)
Recovery for South Asian immigrants accessing New Zealand mental health services.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12728 - Nusratnaaz Shaikh (2019)
Community Integration After Traumatic Brain Injury: Conceptualisation and Measurement
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12601 - Rory Christopherson (2019)
Return-to-Work Expectations and Workplace Supports in New Zealand: Injured Workers' Perspectives
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12774 - Galia BarHava Monteith, PhD (2018).
“The difference between being looked at and being seen”: an indepth consideration of experiencing the whole person therapeutic approach for chronic illness.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/11773 - Caroline Stretton, PhD (2018)
Walking for wellbeing after stroke: Building a treatment theory to improve real-world walking.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/11649 - Ema Tokolahi, PhD (2017)
An occupational therapy group intervention: Randomised control evaluation of a community-based occupational therapy group for children with anxiety.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10466 - Yui Man (Vickie) Li Ogilvie (2017)
Validity of the Nijmegen Questionnaire for Hyperventilation Syndrome
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10587 - Christine Cummins, MHSc (2016)
Neurorehabilitation: A disciplined disciplining discipline.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10218 - Ann Sezier, MPhil (2016)
The Experience of Chronic Subjective Dizziness: A Qualitative Exploratory Study.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10105 - Alexis Channon (2016)
Hearing from Children: Exploring Children's Experiences of Parental Traumatic Brain Injury
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10498 - Felicity Bright, PhD (2015)
Reconceptualising engagement: a relational practice with people experiencing communication disability after stroke.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/9754 - Karol Czuba, MPhil (2015)
Understanding formal caregivers and work stress.
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/9831 - Megan Bishop (2015)
Understanding the therapeutic alliance in stroke rehabilitation
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/9095 - Felicity Bright (2011)
Exploring hope in people with Aphasia following stroke
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/2467
Research associates
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