Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Professor Kath McPherson

Professor Kath McPherson

Kath McPherson is Professor of Rehabilitation (Laura Fergusson Chair) at the Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, AUT University in Auckland. She completed a PhD at the University of Edinburgh exploring how individuals and their families recover and adapt after moderate to severe brain injury. From 1997-2001, Kath worked at the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit at University of Otago - Wellington, then taking up a post as Reader in Rehabilitation at the University of Southampton. She returned to New Zealand (AUT) in 2004 building a research, teaching and consultancy programme focused on improving interventions and outcomes for people experiencing with disability. Current projects are funded by the Accident Compensation Corporation, the Health Research Council, the UK-NHS and a number of charitable organisations. Kath provides the commentary for Rehabilitation Research Review.

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