Contact the communications team on 021 647 878 or communications@massey.ac.nz.
Massey University has many academics with research interests and expertise relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expertise: Zoonotic diseases (infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites that spread between animals – usually vertebrates – and humans).
Contact: 027 909 8802 D.T.S.Hayman@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Epidemiology, managing zoonotic diseases, national wildlife disease and vector-borne disease surveillance strategies.
Contact: +64 27 381 2268 j.s.mckenzie@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Testing, food supply, rural health, veterinary, animals, implications for the food industry, epidemiology and modelling.
Contact: +64 21 245 5305 N.P.French@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Modelling the epidemiology of infectious diseases. Uses innovative mathematics to work out how they might spread and to develop strategies for control. His work has included research on the spread of swine flu (Influenza A (H1N1) virus) in 2009, and on SARS in 2003.
Contact: 021 623366 M.G.Roberts@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Infectious disease modelling, health data, statistics.
Contact: +64 21 770 470 m.p.cox@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Macroeconomics, economic policy, regional development, international trade. Impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand and the global economy.
Contact: +64 (06) 356 9099 ext. 84022 M.Berka@massey.ac.nz
- In Taiwan on a research trip until late June
Expertise: Marketing, international marketing, immigrant enterprises, Asian cultures and the business community and perceptions of New Zealand among Asian consumers. Can discuss the impact of COVID-19 on business with China and its trading partners.
Contact: 00 886 0917350616 (Taiwan); or skype: henrychung00; h.chung@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: International business, international trade, how multinational corporations and exporters/importers can manage such risks such as COVID-19.
Contact: 027 591 3309 d.boehe@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Director of a research group that studies workplace wellbeing, workplace bullying, including cyberbullying, changing work practices, including remote working.
Contact: 021 107 0585 d.c.tappin@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Employee relations and human resources.
Contact: 022 456 9009 J.Parker@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Immigration, racism, population, and New Zealand’s changing demography. Able to comment on racism and xenophobia in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact: 021 422 881 p.spoonley@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Disaster management, human responses to warnings, crisis decision-making and the role of public education and participation in building community resilience and recovery. His work has included research on risk communication around the swine flu (Influenza A (H1N1) virus) in 2009.
Contact: 027 452 4000 D.M.Johnston@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Natural hazard preparation, disaster prep, perceptions, preparedness, community resilience, emergency management and warnings, earthquakes, psychology.
Contact: 027 284 9478 j.becker@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Psychologist with a specific focus on how populations cope with the challenges of disasters.
Contact: 027 678 37 30; m.f.mooney@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Health psychology, elderly, aging population, social isolation of older people.
Contact: +64 21 242 3904 C.V.Stephens@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Leadership, crisis communication, leading through a crisis, workplace equity.
Contact: +64 21 439 445 S.E.Wilson@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Political analysis, including the handling of COVID-19 by Government and the impact the pandemic may have on the upcoming General Election.
Contact: 021 113 8720; L.G.Duncan@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Immune system, sleep patterns and difficulty in isolation.
Contact: +64 22 407 9020 R.Gibson@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Psychological consequences of occupational trauma for workers in high-risk occupations including first responders. Psychological resilience/coping strategies, psychological consequences of trauma/stress.
Contact: +64 21 779 241 I.deTerte@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Elderly, older adults’ healthy ageing and alcohol consumption.
Contact: +64 21 105 0798 A.J.Towers@massey.ac.nz
Expertise: Clinical Psychology, child behaviour in lockdown, parenting.
Contact: +64 21 572 967 k.j.ross@massey.ac.nz
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