May 01, 2018
Boost to long life research career
An Otago University researcher has received of the first $500,000 Maori health research emergency leader fellowships to continue her work on what contributes to Maori well being over the long term.
Dr Reremoana Theodore from Ngapuhi is co-director of the university’s National centre for Lifecourse Research.
The fellowship covers three projects looking at the benefits of kaupapa Maori early childhood education over time, the impact of education on the wellbeing of young Maori, and whether there are any extra health benefits from a tertiary education.
She says New Zealand has a lot of data from long term studies, but more research is needed into Maori outcomes.
"What can we be looking at, starting in early life, that is going to have a really positive effect on our rangatahi and as we get older that we are ageing positively as well so what can we look at in our early life that is going to impact on our health and well being in the long term,"Dr Theodore says.
Another of the emerging leader fellowships went to another Ngapuhi scholar at Otago, Dr Jason Gurney, to fund his work on strategies to improve the quantity and quality of life for Maori cancer patients.
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