Professor, Māori Indigenous Health Innovation (MIHI)
Professor, Department of Psychological Medicine
About Cameron Lacey
Dr Cameron Lacey (Te Atiawa), is Head of Department of the Māori Indigenous Research Innovation, and is a Professor and Psychiatrist within the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch. Cameron is also the Clinical Director of Research for Te Whatu Ora, Waitaha.
His research has a focus on improving equity of access and outcomes for Māori, with a strong track record of clinical and research experience working with Māori and whānau. His research focuses on Hauora Māori (Māori Health) and mental health and indigenous medical education.
Cameron is Principal Investigator on four Health Research Council (HRC) funded projects investigating Māori and mental illness. His former roles include a Psychiatrist in old age psychiatry and the Medical Director for West Coast District Health Board.
Teaching
Undergraduate medical curriculum
Postgraduate short courses
- MIHI 501 RANZCOG
- MIHI 501 Health Professionals
Other teaching responsibilities
- Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
- Māori Mental Health
Research interests
- Hauora Māori
- Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy and Parkinson's Disease
- Psychosomatic Medicine
Professional activities
- Rural Psychiatry – West Coast
- Neuropsychiatry
Summary of past work history
Cameron began psychiatry training in Christchurch and after being awarded a Ministry of Health Henry Rongomau Bennett Scholarship worked with Te Korowai Atawhai. He completed advanced training in neuropsychiatry in Melbourne as the Lundbeck Neuropsychiatry Fellow. He completed a PhD on the psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy. He returned to Christchurch in 2008 to work with MIHI and West Coast DHB. His Hauora Māori research includes the Hauora Manawa Community Heart Study and the determinants of wellbeing and healthy ageing for Māori in a longitudinal cohort study.