Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 183 6894
- sharon.awatere@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow / Clinician / Osteopath
- Iwi affiliations
- Ngāti Porou / Ngāti Kahungunu
- Qualifications
- PhD (Health Science, Massey University, 2019); Master of Health Science (Distinction, Massey University, 2012); Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (Massey University, 2010); Bachelor of Osteopathy (2002)
- Research summary
- Tikanga-based research grounded in Kaupapa Māori theory for the Mindfulness-based chronic pain trial (MiNT trial) supporting kaumātua in Hawke's Bay.
- Teaching
- Clinical preceptorship and mentoring Māori clinical researchers and students.
- Memberships
- Osteopath Expert Adviser for the Health and Disability Commissioner Tribunal (HPDT); Ngā Pou Mana Executive Board Member.
- Clinical
- Registered Osteopath (OCNZ) Registered Acupuncturist (CMCNZ) delivering whānau-centred musculoskeletal and kaumātua pain care since 2002.
Research
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Māori Co-Investigator providing strategic oversight and Kaupapa Māori leadership for the Health Research Council-funded Mindfulness for Pain trial, alongside advanced aging, dementia, and community continence care research.
Additional details
Hawke's Bay Centre Lead and Co-First Named Investigator.
Publications
Burholt, V., Norton, Y., Awatere, S. A., & Daltrey, J. F. (2026). A 'personhood paradox': Care partners' experiences supporting people with dementia and incontinence. Dementia, 25(1), 65-84. doi: 10.1177/14713012251329545 Journal - Research Article
Burholt, V., Cheung, G., Awatere, S. A., & Daltrey, J. F. (2024). Incidence, prevalence, and risk for urinary incontinence for people with dementia in the community in Aotearoa New Zealand: An interRAI study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(11), 105285. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105285 Journal - Research Article
Burholt, V., Pillai, A., Cheung, G., Awatere, S. A., & Daltrey, J. (2024). Epidemiology of faecal incontinence for people with dementia living in the community in New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study using interRAI Home Care assessment data. Gerontology, 70(9), 930-939. doi: 10.1159/000539753 Journal - Research Article
Mani, R., Adhia, D. B., Awatere, S., Gray, A. R., Mathew, J., Wilson, L. C., Still, A., Jackson, D., Hudson, B., … De Ridder, D. (2024). Self-regulation training for people with knee osteoarthritis: A protocol for a feasibility randomised control trial (MiNT Trial). Frontiers in Pain Research, 4, 1271839. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1271839 Journal - Research Other
Burholt, V., Peri, K., Awatere, S., Balmer, D., Cheung, G., Daltrey, J., … Williams, L. A. (2023). Improving continence management for people with dementia in the community in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Protocol for a mixed methods study. PLoS ONE, 18(7), e0288613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288613 Journal - Research Other