Dr Tamlin Conner (Psychology)
Happiness; Wellbeing; Well-being; Emotions; Methodology; Experience sampling; Ambulatory assessment
Work: 64 3 479 7624
Email: tconner@psy.otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Cynthia Darlington (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Balance disorders; Recovery from neural damage; Sex differences in brain function
Work: 64 3 479 7265
Email: cynthia.darlington@otago.ac.nz
Dr Sebastian Filep (Tourism, Otago Business School)
Tourist behaviour and positive psychology; happiness and well being
Work: 64 3 479 5403
Email: sebastian.filep@otago.ac.nz
Professor Paul Glue (Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine)
Psychopharmacology; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical Trial Design; Translational Medicine; Clinical Pharmacology
Work: 64 3 474 7007 x 7367
Email: paul.glue@otago.ac.nz
Dr James Green (School of Pharmacy)
Lay perceptions of medicines - how people think about and make choices on medicine use; Direct to consumer advertising of medicines; Health behaviour change; Health seeking behaviour; Healthcare communication; Risk-taking behaviour; Sympton experience; Perceptions of Sauvignon blanc wine; Toilet graffiti
Work: 64 3 479 7325
Email: james.green@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jamin Halberstadt (Psychology)
Emotion-cognition interactions; Reasoning and judgement; Social cognition; Evolutionary explanations of averageness and attractiveness; Reasoning and decision making; Intuition; Evolutionary Psychology; Face perception; Experimental design and methodology
Work: 64 3 479 8289
Email: jhalbers@psy.otago.ac.nz
Dr Dione Healey (Psychology)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Preschoolers; Child Development; Temperament
Work: 64 3 479 7620
Email: dionehealey@psy.otago.ac.nz
Dr Jackie Hunter (Psychology)
Prejudice; Intergroup relations; Self-esteem
Work: 64 3 479 7619
Email: jhunter@psy.otago.ac.nz
Dr Louis Leland (Psychology)
Behavioural (industrial/workplace) safety; Community behaviour change; Child behavioural analysis and modification
Work: 64 3 479 7638
Email: leland@psy.otago.ac.nz
Dr Jane Millichamp (Psychological Medicine - Dunedin School of Medicine)
Brain injury rehabilitation; Clinical/behavioural psychology; Children's issues (impact of abuse, physical punishment on children; childhood and adolescent behaviour problems; impact of divorce/separation on children)
Work: 64 3 474 7007 x 8124 | Home: 64 3 479 0230
Email: jane.millichamp@otago.ac.nz
Dr Janice Murray (Psychology)
Face recognition; Age-related changes in perception of emotion in faces; Visual attention
Work: 64 3 479 8353
Email: jmur@psy.otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor David O'Hare (Psychology)
Human factors and ergonomics; Aviation human factors; Skill development and expertise; Decision making
Work: 64 3 479 7643
Email: ohare@psy.otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Kate Scott (Psychological Medicine)
Mental-Physical comorbidity (relationship between mental disorders and physical conditions); Health psychology (psychological factors in the development and consequence of physical disease)
Work: 64 3 474 0999 x 7369
Email: kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jeff Smith (College of Education)
Educational assessment; Psychology of aesthetics (how people look at paintings)
Work: 64 3 479 5467
Email: jeffrey.smith@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Lois Surgenor (Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch)
Psychological aspects of cancer treatment and recovery (psycho-oncology); Eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa; Clinical psychology professional issues; Regulation of health practitioners in NZ
Work: 64 3 364 0530 x 86433
Email: lois.surgenor@otago.ac.nz
Dr Nicola Swain (Psychological Medicine)
Pain; Psychological pain treatments ; Child well-being; Child birth ; Tone-deafness; Caregiver violence; Medical communication
Work: 64 3 474 7007 xtn 7299 | Home: 64 3 467 2131 | Mobile: 64 21 539 755
Email: nicola.swain-campbell@otago.ac.nz
Dr Rachel Zajac (Psychology)
Children's and adults' ability to provide accurate eyewitness testimony, and influencing factors ; Effect of cross-examination on eyewitness testimony; Children's and adults' ability to identify a perpetrator (e.g., through lineups), and influencing factors. ; Effect of discussions with other witnesses on eyewitness accuracy
Work: 64 3 479 3988
Email: rachelz@psy.otago.ac.nz
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