Health and medical research is recognised worldwide as being integral to quality health care systems. Waitematā DHB, as the largest and fastest growing DHB in the country, has a number of research groups involved in collaborative clinical trials and innovative research.
Listed below are groups actively researching. Click on the group name for more information. Contact details are included, where available. Alternatively enquiries can be directed to research@waitematadhb.govt.nz .
Pain neurophysiology, personalised pain medicine, postoperative delerium, postoperative orthostatic intolerance, rehabilitation for chronic pain, complex regional pain syndrome.
• Dr Debbie Bean
• Dr Daniel Chiang
• Dr Lindsay Gray
• Dr Michal Kluger
• Dr David Rice
• Dr Nav Sidhu
• Dr Natalie Tuck
Waitematā Pain Services has strong research and teaching ties with Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute.
• Seema Vinish, CNS Quality Improvement & Research, 09 4868920 ext 44941 or 021 679553, seema.vinish@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Monica Skarin, Senior Research Officer, 027 8732708, monica.skarin@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Michelle Wang, CNS Research Chronic Pain Team, 022 1307861, michelle.wang@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Dr Alice Wang, Research Assistant, 021 0607319, alice.wang2@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Jill Collier, Senior Research Officer, 09 4868920 ext 48944 or 021 0314757, jill.collier@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Cholesterol management, heart failure treatment, coronary artery disease treatment, atrial fibrillation treatment.
• Dr Nezar Amir
• Dr Colin Edwards
• Dr Patrick Gladding
• Dr Hamish Hart
• Dr Tony Scott
• Dr Andrew To
Enquiries to the Cardiology Research Unit coordinator Grainne McAnnalley or Cathy Hulbert on (09) 4868920 ext 43501 or text 021 1789971, email grainne.mcannalley@waitematadhb.govt.nz or cathy.hulbert@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Community acquired pneumonia, intravenous fluid therapy, community cardiac arrest, antibiotic therapy.
• Dr Jonathan Casement
• Dr Robert Everitt
• Dr Janet Liang
• Dr Ywain Lawrey
• Dr Lesley Maher
• Dr Duncan Reid
• Robert Russell, Research Coordinator, email icuresearch@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Diabetes research into novel therapeutic treatments in people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes for glucose control, cholesterol and weight management as well as diabetes renal disease. Endocrinology research – Acromegaly.
• Dr Michelle Choe
• Dr Rick Cutfield
• Dr Catherine McNamara
• Dr Carl Peters
• Dr Simon Young
• Narrinder Shergill, Clinical Nurse Specialist, email narrinder.shergill@waitematadhb.govt.nz , phone 021 453579
Simulation based learning, epilepsy, family violence interventions, systems research, positive psychology and wellbeing, adverse events in ED, discrimination, equity, access to mental health care.
• Dr Johanne Egan
• Dr Andrew Ewens
• Dr Kim Yates
Enquries to the Director of Emergency Medicine Research, kim.yates@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Frailty: quality and provision of care in residential aged care; retirement villages and their residents – epidemiology, morbidity, service use; diverticular disease; driving in older people; vital signs remote monitoring; medicines optimisation in older people; multiple comorbidity
Enquiries to martin.connolly@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Malignant haematology, lymphoma, myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Castlemans disease.
• Dr Anna Elinder-Camburn
• Dr Henry Chan
• Dr Merit Hanna
• Dr Ross Henderson
• Dr Eileen Merriman
• Leo Gonzalez-Perez, Clinical Nurse Specialist, email leo.gonzalez-perez@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Amelia Turnwald, Research Co-ordinator, email amelia.turnwald@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Diabetic foot infections, endocarditis, home parenteral antibiotics (OPIVA), surgical site infections in colorectal and orthopedic surgery, Clostridium difficile.
• Dr Nick Gow
• Dr Hasan Bhally
Enquiries to hasan.bhally@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Coronary artery disease, invasive coronary diagnostic tests and therapy, novel devices, cutting edge technologies and pharmacotherapies for use in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.
• Dr Guy Armstrong
• Dr Seif El-Jack
• Dr Tim Glenie
• Dr Ali Khan
• Hector Gonzales, Research Co-ordinator, email hector.gonzales@waitematadhb.govt.nz , phone 021 777560
The centre of Māori Health Research Excellence leads and collaborates with other researchers and research teams to address Māori health equity, the Tiriti o Waitangi being at the core of the Centre’s activities.
The Centre has a broad research mandate focusing primarily on mātauranga and tikanga Māori, and health equity. Through collaboration and partnerships the Centre is involved in cancer, cardiology, diabetes, child and women’s health, mental health, and genetics and genomic research projects.
• Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish
• Dr Jonathan Koea
• Dr Helen Wihongi
Enquiries to the Director of Māori Health Research, email hkwresearch@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Alcohol and drug behaviour interventions, neuroimaging, neurodevelopmental disorders, depressive disorder, psychoendocrinology.
• Dr Susanna Galea-Singer
• Dr Vicki Macfarlane
• Dr Wayne Miles
• Dr Frederick Sundram
Enquiries to research@waitematadhb.govt.nz
We provide services at the interface between mental health and the criminal justice system, in the courts, prisons, community and secure hospital contexts. We welcome research to improve services and outcomes for service users, in all these domains.
• Prof Brian McKenna, phone 021 100 093 or email brian.mckenna@aut.ac.nz
Hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, joint replacement, prevention of surgical site infection, robotic surgical techniques.
• Mr Ali Bayan
• Mr Robert Elliot
• Mr Bill Farrington
• Mr Peter Poon
• Mr Robert Sharp
• Mr Rupert Van Rooyen
• Mr Matt Walker
• Mr Simon Young
• Idah Chatindiara, Research Assistant (Mr Poon only), email idah.chatindiara@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Screening programmes, mHealth interventions, smoking cessation, diabetes self-management, Māori health gain, employment for people with serious mental illness.
• Dr Karen Bartholomew
• Dr Robyn Whittaker, Institute for Innovation & Improvement (i3)
Enquiries to research@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN)
• Dr Naveed Ahmed
• Dr Janak de Zoysa
• Dr Emad Maher
• Beula Vincent, Research Nurse, phone 09 4868920 ext 43977 or email beula.vincent@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Mary Baker
Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), stroke outcomes.
• Dr Nicholas Child
• Dr Kristine Ng
• Dr Joe Singh
• Sue Austin, Research Nurse, email StarUnit@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Upper gastrointestinal, bariatric, breast, colorectal, neuroendocrine and carcinoid tumours, melanoma and skin cancer, bio banking.
• Mr Michael Booth
• Mr Richard Harman
• Mr Mike Hulme-Moir
• Mr Jonathan Koea
• Mr Richard Martin
• Dr Mike McCrystal Oncologist
• Mr Siraj Rajaratnam
• Sherry Nisbet, Surgical Research Nurse Specialist, phone 09 4868920 ext 47233 or sherry.nisbet@waitematadhb.govt.nz
• Bronwen Jones, Bariatric Nurse Specialist
• Katie Garmonsway, Clinical Nurse Specialist