Details
- Close date
- No date set
- Academic background
- Health Sciences, Humanities
- Host campus
- Dunedin
- Qualification
- PhD
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai
Overview
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship in the areas of Māori knowledge, whakapapa and health, as part of a Marsden-funded research project, “E kore au e ngaro – The enduring legacy of whakapapa”. The aim of the research project is to assess the socio-cultural impact of the interrelationship between whakapapa and genetic research.
Through the lens of whānau with a CDH1 mutation, this study will investigate:
- the role of whakapapa in empowering whānau
- experiences of whānau with a CDH1 mutation
- culturally-responsive genetic research
The three areas of research will shed light on how Māori can harness the power of their whakapapa for their physical well-being, as well as how scientists and the health-care system can engage more with whānau for better health outcomes.
The successful applicant will work on a project that explores the socio-cultural impact of genetic research on whānau Māori, in particular those with the CDH1 mutation, that contributes to the aims of this research project.