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Academic staff
- Professor Susanna Every-Palmer
Head of Department and Professor
Email susanna.every-palmer@otago.ac.nz - Associate Professor Mark Huthwaite
Associate Professor
Email mark.huthwaite@otago.ac.nz - Associate Professor Paul Skirrow
Email paul.skirrow@otago.ac.nz - Dr Francis Goodstadt
Senior Lecturer
Email francis.goodstadt@otago.ac.nz - Dr Adam Sims
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email adam.sims@otago.ac.nz - Dr Greg Spencer
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email greg.spencer@otago.ac.nz - Dr Matthew Jenkins
Senior Research Fellow
Email matthew.jenkins@otago.ac.nz - Dr Emily Cooney
Senior Lecturer
Email emily.cooney@otago.ac.nz - Dr Snita Ahir-Knight
Lecturer
Email snita.ahir-knight@otago.ac.nz - Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin
Associate Professor, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group
Email gabrielle.jenkin@otago.ac.nz - Dr Sarah McKenzie
Senior Research Fellow, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group
Email sarah.mckenzie@otago.ac.nz - Dr Christine Canty
Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Email christine.canty@otago.ac.nz - MaryAnn Stevens
Senior Lecturer
Email maryann.stevens@otago.ac.nz - Dr Alexia Pavlis
Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Email alexia.pavlis@otago.ac.nz - Dr Zara Mansoor
Senior Lecturer
Email zara.mansoor@otago.ac.nz - Dr Ben Werkmeister
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email ben.werkmeister@mhaids.health.nz - Dr Félix Lamarche
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email felix.lamarche@mhaids.health.nz - Dr Alex Walker
Teaching Fellow - World of Difference
Email alex.walker@otago.ac.nz
Affiliate staff
- Emeritus Professor Sarah Romans
Email sarah.romans@otago.ac.nz - Emeritus Professor Pete Ellis
Email pete.ellis@otago.ac.nz - Associate Professor Sarah Gordon
Affiliate Associate Professor - Associate Professor Elliot Bell
Honorary Associate Professor - Dr Mark Lawrence
Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Māori mental health - Associate Professor Fiona Mathieson
Affiliate Associate Professor
Email fiona.mathieson@otago.ac.nz - Dr Patrick Beverley
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Dr Cameron Castle
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Dr Stewart Quigg
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Rhiannon Watson
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Dr Georgia Ramsden
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Tracey Gardiner
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Oliver Hansby
Associate Senior Lecturer - Dr Tess Soulié
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Afiya Ali
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Silke Kuehl
Affiliate Senior Research Fellow - Dr Julie Artus
Affiliate Researcher - Tracey Gardiner
Affiliate Researcher - Dr David Chinn
Email david.chinn@mhaids.health.nz - Dr Justin Barry-Walsh
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Jackie Short
Affiliate Researcher - Ms Elizabeth Morton
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Renan Lopes de Lyra
Affiliate Researcher - Dr Irene Braithwaite
Affiliate Researcher / Senior Research Registrar - Rachel Thwaite
Affiliate Researcher
Professional staff
- Kerrie Harford
Operations Lead
Email kerrie.harford@otago.ac.nz - Maria Fitzmaurice
Administrator (EMDR Programme)
Email maria.fitzmaurice@otago.ac.nz
Email emdr.uow@otago.ac.nz - Clem Cizadlo
Administrator (CBT Programme)
Email clem.cizadlo@otago.ac.nz - Linda Smillie
Administrator (TI Programme)
Email linda.smillie@otago.ac.nz - Francesca Branch
Administrator (Neuropsychology Programme, Psychological Medicine Registrars)
Email francesca.branch@otago.ac.nz or neuropsychology.uow@otago.ac.nz - Luisa Acheson
Administrator (5th-year Psychological Medicine)
Email luisa.acheson@otago.ac.nz or psychmed5.uow@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate students
- Lynsey Sutton-Smith
- Anna von Tunzelmann
- Angie Hoskin
- Joanna Minster
- Rebecca Armstrong