The Awhina  Waitemata Health Campus at North Shore Hospital is a step closer, with the appointment of Director, Dr Janice Chesters.

Janice comes to us from Monash University in Victoria, Australia, where she was an Associate Professor.

Vastly experienced and widely published, Janice began her role at the DHB December 2010. Her goal is to shift individual units to a high performing team by early March 2011.

She says she thinks of it like an orchestra: members of the music team are individually talented and fully expert. They train and practice as individuals, as sub groups, and as a whole team. They must succeed at each level to remain part of the whole team. They will all be leaders and followers. They will have training to performance ratios and take advice from a number of coaches.
 

Dr Wayne Miles did his basic medical training in Dunedin and Christchurch graduating MBChB in 1972. Specialty training in psychiatry resulted in MRANZCP in 1982. Assisted by a Medical Research Council of New Zealand Training Fellowship he also obtained an Otago MD in 1982, his research area being psychoendocrinology.

From 1990 until 2003 he was Director of Mental Health Services for the Waitemata area. He continued a clinical research interest in addiction, being principal investigator of a number of research trials as well as providing supervision for other researchers. He has continued an association with the Auckland University School of Medicine and is currently Clinical Associate Professor.

Wayne has had an interest in and commitment to service improvement through promotion of evidence-based practice so was keen to accept the offer to develop the Knowledge Centre as a hub for the facilitation of new knowledge and the translation of this knowledge into practice.

Contact Wayne on (09) 486 8920 Ext 2098 or wayne.miles@waitematadhb.govt.nz.

Greg started his career as a horticultural researcher before turning his hand to a professional research management career. This has involved setting up a research office in New Zealand’s largest research-active polytechnic, before joining Waitemata DHB in late 2004 in a research support services role. Greg’s discipline expertise is in genetics and physiology.

Greg is active in the professional body for research managers, serving on the NZ Chapter Committee as well as the Professional Development Committee, and also organised their annual conference in Auckland in 2003. He has extensive networks among research managers and administrators in New Zealand and Australia, and brings these to the CRRC Director role.

His goal for CRRC is to build the staff, expertise and research activity of the unit, with strategic relationships with other researchers in clinical and academic settings throughout New Zealand. Integral to this is the connection with Auckland regional mental health and addiction services to place CRRC at the forefront of applied research that will reap benefits for health consumers.

Contact Greg on (09) 838 1882 or  greg.pringle@waitematadhb.govt.nz.