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

  • Brigid Ryan

    Brigid Ryan

    Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Auckland

  • Catherine Hall

    Catherine Hall

    Chief Executive at Alzheimers NZ

  • Dean Robinson

    Dean Robinson

    Research Operations Manager at the University of Auckland

  • Denise Taylor

    Denise Taylor

    Director of the Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology

  • Ian Kirk

    Ian Kirk

    Professor of Psychology at the University of Auckland

  • John Reynolds

    John Reynolds

    Professor of Anatomy at the University of Otago

  • Makarena Dudley

    Makarena Dudley

    Clinical Psychologist specialising in Māori health and Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Auckland

  • Nick Garrett

    Nick Garrett

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at AUT, specialising in kaupapa Māori methologies

  • Nicola Kayes

    Nicola Kayes

    Director of the Centre for Person Centred Research and Professor of Rehabilitation at the Auckland University of Technology

  • Peter Williamson

    Peter Williamson

    Rautaki Hononga/Māori Strategic Framework Facilitator for the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Otago

  • Rita Krishnamurthi

    Rita Krishnamurthi

    Deputy Director of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences at the Auckland University of Technology

  • Simon Hoermann

    Simon Hoermann

    Senior Lecturer for the School of Product Design at the University of Canterbury

  • Stephanie Hughes

    Stephanie Hughes

    Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Brain Health Research Centre at the University of Otago

  • Tess Moeke-Maxwell

    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

  • Toni Pitcher

    Toni Pitcher

    Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago and the New Zealand Brain Research Institute

  • Vanda Symon

    Pharmacist and Research Fellow at Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health at Otago

Operations team

Mana Whakahaere

  • Cliff Abraham

    Cliff Abraham

    BA, PhD; FRSNZ
    University of Otago

    ABP Co-Lead; Professor of Psychology at the University of Otago, previous Co-Director of Brain Research New Zealand

  • Peter Thorne

    Peter Thorne

    BSc, DipSci, PhD; CNZM
    University of Auckland

    ABP Co-Lead; Professor of Physiology and Audiology at the University of Auckland, previous Co-Director of Brain Research New Zealand

  • Julie Wharewera-Mika

    Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Whānau-a-Apanui

    DClinPsy
    University of Auckland

    ABP Co-Lead; Senior Clinical Psychologist and Health Researcher with Manu Ārahi – The Flying Doctor, previous Brain Research New Zealand

  • Janet Digby

    Janet Digby

    BA
    University of Auckland

    Project Manager with experience in business and non-profit sectors, including advocacy, strategy development and implementation and data.

  • Sophie Mathiesen

    Sophie Mathiesen

    Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine

    BSc Hons
    University of Otago

    ABP Business Support Coordinator, and member of ABP FLAG