
Our People
Ā mātou tangata
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari kē he toa takitini
Success is not the work of one, but the work of many

Transitional Management Group
Rōpū Whakahaere
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Brigid Ryan
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Auckland
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Catherine Hall
Chief Executive at Alzheimers NZ
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Dean Robinson
Research Operations Manager at the University of Auckland
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Denise Taylor
Director of the Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology
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Ian Kirk
Professor of Psychology at the University of Auckland
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John Reynolds
Professor of Anatomy at the University of Otago
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Makarena Dudley
Clinical Psychologist specialising in Māori health and Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Auckland
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Nick Garrett
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at AUT, specialising in kaupapa Māori methologies
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Nicola Kayes
Director of the Centre for Person Centred Research and Professor of Rehabilitation at the Auckland University of Technology
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Peter Williamson
Rautaki Hononga/Māori Strategic Framework Facilitator for the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Otago
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Rita Krishnamurthi
Deputy Director of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences at the Auckland University of Technology
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Simon Hoermann
Senior Lecturer for the School of Product Design at the University of Canterbury
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Stephanie Hughes
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Brain Health Research Centre at the University of Otago
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Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki Makaurau, Ngāti Porou
Research Fellow in the School of Nursing, University of Auckland, and founding member of the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group
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Toni Pitcher
Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago and the New Zealand Brain Research Institute
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Vanda Symon
Pharmacist and Research Fellow at Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health at Otago

Operations team
Mana Whakahaere
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Cliff Abraham
BA, PhD; FRSNZ
University of OtagoABP Co-Lead; Professor of Psychology at the University of Otago, previous Co-Director of Brain Research New Zealand
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Peter Thorne
BSc, DipSci, PhD; CNZM
University of AucklandABP Co-Lead; Professor of Physiology and Audiology at the University of Auckland, previous Co-Director of Brain Research New Zealand
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Julie Wharewera-Mika
Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Whānau-a-Apanui
DClinPsy
University of AucklandABP Co-Lead; Senior Clinical Psychologist and Health Researcher with Manu Ārahi – The Flying Doctor, previous Brain Research New Zealand
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Janet Digby
BA
University of AucklandProject Manager with experience in business and non-profit sectors, including advocacy, strategy development and implementation and data.
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Sophie Mathiesen
Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine
BSc Hons
University of OtagoABP Business Support Coordinator, and member of ABP FLAG