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Adjunct Associate Professor

Janya McCalman is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research at Central Queensland University, Australia. The core of her research resides in Indigenous health. Her expertise includes Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing, youth health, health services research, integrated care, health promotion and implementation research.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Leonie Walker was a principal researcher for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation from 2008 to 2017. Her research focuses on health promotion and the nursing workforce. Her expertise includes health inequalities, international health promotion, HIV/AIDS, addictions and diabetes.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Phil Wright is an internationally recognised expert on health risk management strategies. He has a strong leadership and planning background gained from extensive previous Defence career both within New Zealand and internationally. Appointed to Massey in December 2017, he develops and delivers papers on environmental health risk management in disasters.

Phil has recently joined the National Public Health Service in a health protection senior leadership role. He is a fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, a full member of the International Institute of Risk Safety Management and a Senior Health Officer for the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.

Professor Emeritus

Roger Lentle pioneered research methods in the field of digestive biomechanics. He has 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals, with more than 2,000 citations as well as an academic book 'The Physical Processes of Digestion’. He is co-editor in chief of the journal Food Digestion.

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Stuart McLaren teaches and conducts research in environmental and occupational health. He is the recipient of the prestigious Taiwan Fellowship 2019 awarded by the Government of Taiwan – an award not usually given to scientists.

He is based at the Kaohsiung Medical University's Research Center for Environmental Medicine, where he is undertaking research into noise and acoustics in early education, the first study of its kind in Taiwan.

– Honorary Research Associate

– Honorary Research Associate

– Professor Emeritus

School of Health Sciences researchers have broad expertise in the metabolic, biochemical, genetic and physiological factors that underlie cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function.

Staff: Blake Perry, Barry Palmer, Rachel Page.

Our research demonstrates the health benefits of:

• bioactive ingredients such as antioxidants and probiotics
• foods such as milk, fermented products, fruits, beverages.

We examine the bioactive effects on immune function, gut function, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, maternal health, sports performance and more.

Staff: Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick, Rachel Page, Marlena Kruger, Sharon Henare, Martin Dickens, Kaio Vitzel, Cheryl Gammon, Judy Thomas, Beth Mallard.

Our research focuses on molecular epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases, molecular diagnostics, human papilloma virus and cervical cancer, environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AR) and AR detection, and antibiotic stewardship.

Staff: Collette Bromhead, Barry Palmer.

Our researchers advocate for improved health outcomes for individuals, whānau and communities. Our work influences national and international health agendas.

Our expertise includes disability and rehabilitation, food security, environmental health, hauora Māori, maternal and child health, mental health and addiction, and occupational health and safety.

Staff: Andy Towers, Suzanne Phibbs, Christina Severinsen, Linda Murray, Geoff Kira, Bevan Erueti, Gretchen Good, Christine Roseveare, Watt Page, Nick Kim, Carol Stewart, Ian laird, Ravi Reddy.