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Sue Garrett 2023Senior LecturerDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice

Background and interests

Sue trained and worked as an occupational therapist before completing a Master of Public Health.

Since then, she has worked as a researcher on a variety of projects in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice.

Her research interests include youth health and she has experience with mixed methods. She recently took up a position as senior lecturer and commenced teaching in undergraduate medicine.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate

  • Co-convenor 6th year Trainee Interns general practice module
  • Teaching 5th year consultation skills
  • Teaching on the INVOLVE inter-professional programme

Research activities

Sue's research interests are in youth health, particularly youth sexual and mental health. She is skilled in a number of different research methodologies including evaluation, RCTs, surveys, qualitative analysis and analysing large datasets.

Publications

Imlach, F., & Garrett, S. (2025). Use of non-pharmacological approaches for migraine treatment: Results from the Migraine in Aotearoa New Zealand survey. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14, 4023. doi: 10.3390/jcm14124023 Journal - Research Article

Rose, S. B., McBain, L., Garrett, S. M., Bell, R., Innes, C., Te Whaiti, S., Tino, A., & Sykes, P. (2024). 'I felt so empowered, respected and shame free.': Let's test for HPV participants' experience of HPV primary screening. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC24118 Journal - Research Article

McInnarney, B., Imlach, F., Kennedy, J., & Garrett, S. M. (2024). Patient perceptions of barriers to effective migraine management in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(4), 347-356. doi: 10.1071/HC24020 Journal - Research Article

Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Ker, A., Pettie, M. A., & Garrett, S. M. (2024). Priorities for data collection through a prospective cohort study on gender-affirming hormone therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand: Community and clinical perspectives. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(3), 301-307. doi: 10.1071/HC23170 Journal - Research Other

Rose, S. B., Gardiner, T., Dunlop, A., Cole, M., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. M. (2024). Māori and Pacific young people's perspectives on testing for sexually transmitted infections via an online service: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(3), 258-269. doi: 10.1071/HC23136 Journal - Research Article

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