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 Keith Petrie

Professor Keith Petrie

Keith Petrie is Professor of Health Psychology at Auckland University Medical School.  Keith Petrie worked as a clinical psychologist in medical settings before taking up a faculty position in Auckland. His early work in pain clinics and medical wards sparked his interest in the field of health psychology and, in particular, the different ways patients cope with medical symptoms and treatment.  His research group also does work on adherence to treatment, psychoimmunology, symptom reporting as well as the placebo and nocebo response.  In 2015 Professor Petrie was made a Fellow of the Royal Society and was the recipient of the Durie Medal, which is awarded to New Zealand’s pre-eminent social scientist.


Professor Petrie provides expert commentary on Patient Psychology Research Review.

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