Our people
The Gambling and Addictions Research Centre's key staff include AUT researchers and postgraduate student researchers.
Oliver Birch
Research Fellow
Aaron Drummond
Associate Member
University of Tasmania
Grace Wang
Associate Member
University of Southern Queensland
Past and present students
- Cath Healey (DHSc)
Working research title: Poipoia te kākano kia puawai - Nurture the seed and it will blossom. - Bonny Mathe Helms (PhD)
Research title: Exploring the role of Alcoholics Anonymous in Alcohol Use Disorder treatment in New Zealand. - Sony Jinu (MHPrac)
Research title: Exploring what contributes to effective collaboration between opioid substitution treatment service (OST service) providers and other health care providers in New Zealand which aims to optimise health and wellbeing outcomes for opioid substitution treatment clients.
- Alexander Stevens II (PhD)
Research title: StandingTallNZ - An indigenous psychology approach to develop and E-health website to support Māori and Pacific men, their support people and community groups affected by male childhood sexual violence. - Edmond Fehoko (PhD)
Research title: From games to gambling - An exploratory study of Tongan born and New Zealand-born male perceptions and experiences of gambling and problem gambling in New Zealand. - Bhavya Barot (MHSc)
Research title: The potential for one or more easy-to-learn breathing techniques to be used as a treatment adjunct for Gambling Disorder: A scoping review. - Laura Tongalea-Nolan (MHPrac)
Research title: Exploring the experiences of Pacific peoples within Twelve Step Programmes.
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