PhD students
Meet some of our PhD students and read about their research
Current PhD students

Adela Černigoj
PhD in Health Psychology: Re-acculturation: Individual, intergroup and cultural determinants of re-entry stress

Aneta Cram
PhD in Health: Exploring Indigenous Evaluation Frameworks

Benjamin Werkmeister
PhD in Health Service Delivery: Telehealth, protect the bubble: mental health service delivery during COVID-19 (Clinician perspectives)

Dan Archer
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: Mobile apps to support sleep health and emotional wellbeing

Ibolya Rumi
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: The Design and Analysis of Regulatory Policy Options for Private Health Insurance in New Zealand

Kahurangi Dey
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: Exploring the influences of school food on the lives of tamariki in Aotearoa

Liz McKibben
PhD in Health: The Pratyahara Paradox; Sense Withdrawal and an Aesthetic of Wellbeing in Contemporary Yoga

Ragnar Anderson
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: Parents and young people’s communications about sex and sexuality: meaning-making and affect

Roya Gorjifard
PhD candidate in Public Health: Teleworking as New Work Norm

Tram Nguyen
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: Immigrants’ grief and bereavement during pandemic
Maggie Shippam
PhD in Public Health: The Health and Wellbeing of Young Adults with ADHD
PhD alumni

James Mbinta
PhD in Health: Herpes Zoster: Epidemiology and Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety

Russell Pine
PhD in Health and Wellbeing: A Casual Video Game to Support Young Adolescents' Psychological Well-being in Aotearoa

Tarra K. McNally
Moving beyond dusty guidelines: developing a national clinical practice guidelines dissemination and implementation model for New Zealand’s maternity system

Sandra Souto Pereira
PhD in Health Psychology: An exploration of primary healthcare provision for trans and gender diverse people in Aotearoa New Zealand