Our members
We welcome enquiries from people wanting to get involved in assisted dying research. You also can learn about members’ areas of expertise regarding potential postgraduate supervision.
Our members are available for media comment.
The Assisted Dying Research Network is affiliated with the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington but our members are from institutions across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Co-chairs
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Dr Jeanne Snelling
Medical Law Specialist
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago
Kaumātua
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Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke
Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand (SCENZ) member
Senior Lecturer in Te Reo Māori Education, University of Canterbury
Network members
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Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
Māori/Public Health speciality
Senior Lecturer in Education, Health and Human Development, University of Canterbury
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Dr Gary Cheung (PhD FRANZCP MBChB)
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist at Auckland District Health Board.
Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, University of Auckland
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Janine Penfield Winters, M.D
Palliative Medicine Specialist
Senior Lecturer, University of Otago
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Professor Kate Diesfeld
Professor of Law
School of Public Health and Interprofessional Studies at Auckland University of Technology
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Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell (Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki, Ngāti Porou)
Research Fellow
School of Nursing, University of Auckland
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Professor Ben White
Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation
Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Lindy Willmott
Professor of Law
Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Dr Jackie Robinson
Member of SCENZ
Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Auckland
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Leanne Manson (Ngāti Tama ki te Tauihu, Te Ātiawa)
Pou Tohu Mātāmua Te Whaioranga—Principal Advisor at Te Pātaka Whaioranga—Pharmac
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Dr Aida Dehkhoda
PhD in Psychology
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
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Associate Professor Richard Egan
Co-Director Social & Behavioural Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine
Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago
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June Atkinson
Senior Analyst
Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Dr Cam McLaren
Medical Oncologist & Founder of VADANZ (Voluntary Assisted Dying Australia & New Zealand) based in Melbourne, Australia
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Melissa Carey (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Huri)
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor Margaret Sandham
Senior Clinical Psychologist and Registered Nurse
School of Psychology, Massey University
Research assistant
Acknowledgements
Remembering Whaea Maata Wharehoka (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kuia), whose wairua continues to inspire us.
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Maata Wharehoka (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kuia)
Voluntary euthanasia advocate, trained nurse & tikanga Maori Kahu Whakatere deathing, death and after death practitioner