Our people

• Didar Fahim
  Topic: From exposure to engagement: How outdoor and sunlight behaviour relates to motivation, lifestyle, and loneliness in mid to later adulthood.
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Charlotte Jelleyman
• Saskia Vosper
  Topic: Establishing Physical Match Demands of Female Youth New Zealand Footballers during International Tournaments
  Supervisors: Tom Stewart, Matt Cross
• Te Awhitu Wilson
  Topic: Understanding Māori perspectives of active lifestyles: a multi-generational study
  Supervisor: Lisa Mackay

• Abdelaziz Adjali
  Topic: Exploring the utility of c-peptide as a surrogate marker for insulin in the early diagnosis of hyperinsulinaemia and/or type 2 diabetes
  Supervisors: Caryn Zinn, Catherine Crofts
• Chloe Alderton
  Topic: Reclaiming Play: Adolescent Girls’ Play as a Developmental Right in Aotearoa, New Zealand Secondary Schools
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Charlotte Jelleyman
• Mehdi Barati
  Topic: How do urban regeneration and its route-level enviroThe role of accessibility measures in mode choice: A focus on conventional and emerging mobility options
  Supervisors: Tom Stewart, Scott Duncan
• Peter Carter 
  Topic: Community Governance: A technology-based citizen engagement planning model in the Auckland context
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Ljubica Mamula-Seadon, Moushumi Chaudhury
• Lana Chisholm
  Topic: Examining the wellbeing of rangatahi impacted by new urban regeneration projects in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, erica Hinckson, Charlotte Jelleyman
• Ali Ghazi
  Topic: Digital Twin Applications for Evaluating Sustainable Transportation Scenarios and Their Impacts on Public Health in New Zealand Cities
  Supervisors: Tom Stewart, Scott Duncan
• Julianne Joy McNeill
  Topic: An exploration into the dietary management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Supervisors: Caryn Zinn, Gael Mearns, Rebecca Grainger
• Cynthia Ncube
  Topic: Development and implementation of a custom smartphone app for improving behavioural time use and experienced wellbeing in adolescents.
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Tom Stewart
• Geoff Passfield
  Topic: Minimum effort, maximum return. Using sleep to improve lives
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield, Catherine Crofts
• Erin Porteous
  Topic: The impact of increasing connection to, and meaningful use of, outdoor green spaces in improving emotional wellbeing and growth mindset in young women/wahine
  Supervisors: Mike Brown, Charlotte Jelleyman, Grant Schofield
• Ben Reynolds
  Topic: The social and environmental determinants of ambulance demand in New Zealand 
  Supervisors: Tom Stewart, Bridget Dicker, Joey McGrath
• Waruna Weerasekera
  Topic: Explore the efficacy and acceptability of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) systems for improving the health of people with hyperglycaemia within New Zealand
  Supervisors: Caryn Zinn, Catherine Crofts
• Omid Zamani
  Topic: Spatial Time-Use Compositions and Urban Wellbeing: Integrating AI and GIS to Identify Built Environment Influences on Health Inequities in Auckland
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Tom Stewart

PhD

• Elias Cohen  Topic: Applied mobilities and the creation of healthy participatory futures concerning urban regeneration on community wellbeing in Aotearoa-New Zealand Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Jennifer Nikolai
• Siona Fernandes Topic: When culture speaks: Exploring Indian migrant PA and sedentary behaviour in Australia (and New Zealand) Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Lesley Ferkins
• Anantha Narayanan
  Topic: Application of data science methodologies to explore, predict and model wellbeing outcomes using the New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).
  Supervisors: Tom Stewart, Scott Duncan, Gail Pacheco
• Wendy Pirie
  Topic: Investigate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a potentially scalable and sustainable teacher led physical activity programme in early childhood and early primary school years in New Zealand
  Supervisors: Nigel Harris, Scott Duncan, Anderw Gibbons
• Sylvia North (2024)
  Topic: Hyperinsulinaemia in pregnancy and dietary Implications for gestational diabetes
  Supervisors: Caryn Zinn, Catherine Crofts
• Wendy Reynolds (2023)
  Topic: Yoga as a Self-Management Tool: The flow-on effect of Yoga to Physical Health, Psychological Wellbeing, and Positive Health Behaviours
  Supervisors: Elizabeth Du Preez, Nigel Harris
• Yasmine Elmahdy (2022)
  Topic: Towards more sustainable marine mammal tourism: An assessment of New Zealand's marine mammal tourism management regime
  Supervisors: Mark Orams, Michael Lueck
• Leila Hedayatrad (2022)
  Topic: Disentangling the combined effects of 24-hour time use behaviours on childhood physical and mental wellbeing: a compositional data analysis
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Tom Stewart
• Joey McGrath (2022)
  Topic: Measuring Cricket Fast Bowling Workload Using Inertial Measurement Units
  Supervisors: Jono Neville, Tom Stewart
• Stephven Kolose (2021)
  Topic: New Zealand Defence Force Anthropometry Survey: Variations in Kinanthropometry and Implications for the New Zealand Defence Force
  Supervisors: Patria Hume, Grant Tomkinson, Tom Stewart
• Tamara Bozovic (2021)
  Topic: Quality of the walking environment and difficulties to access local destinations
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Melody Smith, Tom Stewart
• Gazal Bharara (2020)
  Topic: Positive Mental Health of Adolescents: Facilitators and Inhibitors
  Supervisors: Aaron Jarden, Scott Duncan, Erica Hinckson
• Geeta Sharma (2020)
  Topic: Benefits and feasibility of an integrated dance programme in the New Zealand primary school curriculum
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Jennifer Nikolai, Tom Stewart
• Gayle Souter-Brown (2020)
  Topic: The effects of a nature play design intervention on health, wellbeing and educational development in preschool children
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Scott Duncan
• Moushumi Chaudhury (2017)
  Topic: Public open space attributes in relation to children’s independent mobility experience in urban neighbourhoods in Auckland, New Zealand
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Melody Oliver-Smith
• Julie Bhosale (2015)
  Topic: Understanding Children’s Independent Mobility
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Grant Schofield
• Caroline Dickson (2015)
  Topic: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Pacific Island adolescent girls with a physical disability
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Nick Garrett
• Saeideh Aminian (2015)
  Topic: Interrupting sedentary behaviour in children
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Will Hopkins
• Marcelo Castillo (2013)
  Topic: Teachers’ workplace: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Andrew Kilding
• Leslie McGrath (2013)
  Topic: Effects of the Environment on Physical Activity in New Zealand Children
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Will Hopkins
• Elizabeth Duncan (2008)
  Topic: Obesity and its determinants in girls from five ethnic groups
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield, signatory supervisor: Erica Hinckson

Masters

• David Amisola
  Topic: Evaluating health professionals and recovered patients’ views on antipsychotic medication, lifestyle, and other treatments
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield
• Alicia Clegg
  Topic: An outcomes evaluation of group health coaching using low carb advice to manage type 2 diabetes in a high need primary care setting.
  Supervisors: Caryn Zinn, Grant Schofield
• Amanda Holyer
  Topic: The protective effects of hyperbaric oxygen on ionizing radiation injury - A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
  Supervisor: Tom Stewart
• Louise McGrath
  Topic: An evaluation of the level of human intervention present in the diets of 18-35 year old male NZ rugby Union players in Northland NZ using digital journalling, the NOVA food classification system and HISS app.
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield, Caryn Zinn
• Shayne Taupo
  Topic: Effect of supervised exercise on state anxiety
  Supervisors: Nigel Harris, Lance Dalleck
• Fern Pereira (2023)
  Topic: Auditing the healthiness and eco-friendliness of year 6 students' lunchboxes in socio-economically diverse Auckland schools
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield, Tom Stewart
• Christine Wardle (2023)
  Topic: Adolescent Brain Health and Diet
  Supervisors: Grant Schofield
• Tanya Cleland (2022)
  Topic: Exploring the oral health attitudes and practices of adolescent mothers: A case study
  Supervisors: Patricia Lucas, Carolyn Cairncross
• Olivia Malamatenios (2022)
  Topic: Feasibility of using digital photography with a food processing classification system to improve quantification of food quality
  Supervisor: Grant Schofield
• Anantha Narayanan (2019)
  Topic: Application of Machine Learning in the Measurement of Free-living Physical Activity Behaviours
  Supervisors: Lisa Mackay, Tom Stewart
• Siona Fernandez (2016)
  Topic: When culture speaks: Indian immigrant families participation in sport and physical activity
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Lesley Ferkins
• Wasani Silva (2016)
  Topic: Challenges and facilitators influencing physical activity and sedentary behaviour among South Asian migrant women in New Zealand
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson, Kate Kersey
• Erika Ikeda (2013)
  Topic: Quality of life and self-report in children and adolescents with cognitive disability
  Supervisors: Erica HInckson, Chris Krageloh
• Amy Curtis (2012)
  Topic: A novel pressure sensor to objectively measure physical activity in children (New Zealand).
  Supervisors. Erica Hinckson
• Kara Faithfull (2011)
  Topic: The Effect of Intermittent Activity on Postprandial Lipemia in Children
  Supervisors: Erica Hinkcson, Caryn Zinn
• Rebecca Tegg (2008)
  Topic: Developing positive physical activity experiences, perceptions and habits:  A soccer-based intervention study in children
  Supervisors: Erica Hinckson
• Purvi Chhichhia (2008)
  Topic: Interrelationships among diet, energy expenditure, body composition and risk factors for lifestyle disease in Indian pre-adolescents
  Supervisors: Elaine Rush, Erica Hinckson
• Adrian McPherson
  Topic: Physical Activity and Cognition: An analysis of the relationship in primary school children
  Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Lisa Mackay
• Jonathan Ward
  Topic: Associations among greenspace exposure, time in neighbourhood, physical activity, and childhood development.
  Supervisor: Scott Duncan
• Amanda Reid
  Topic: Wellbeing in New Zealand: A reliability and validity study of the New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index
  Supervisor: Scott Duncan