Kathryn McPherson

Kathryn Margaret McPherson is a New Zealand medical researcher and administrator. As of 2018 she is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology[1] and chief executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand.[2]

Kathryn Margaret McPherson
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Scientific career
Fieldsrehabilitation
InstitutionsAuckland University of Technology
Thesis

Academic career

After training as a nurse in Australia and a midwife in Scotland, McPherson did a 1998 PhD from the University of Edinburgh titled 'Functional recovery after brain injury rehabilitation' . McPherson moved to Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, receiving many research grants and holding numerous posts,[1] including the board of Work and Income.[3]

Since 2015 McPherson has been chief executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand.[4][5][6][7]

McPhersons' research focuses on rehabilitation and return-to-work, especially after brain injuries and events.

Selected works
  • Lord, Susan E., Kathryn McPherson, Harry K. McNaughton, Lynn Rochester, and Mark Weatherall. "Community ambulation after stroke: how important and obtainable is it and what measures appear predictive? 1." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 85, no. 2 (2004): 234-239.
  • Feigin, Valery L., Alice Theadom, Suzanne Barker-Collo, Nicola J. Starkey, Kathryn McPherson, Michael Kahan, Anthony Dowell et al. "Incidence of traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: a population-based study." The Lancet Neurology 12, no. 1 (2013): 53-64.
  • McPherson, K., L. Headrick, and F. Moss. "Working and learning together: good quality care depends on it, but how can we achieve it?." BMJ Quality & Safety 10, no. suppl 2 (2001): ii46-ii53.
  • Young, Amanda E., Richard T. Roessler, Radoslaw Wasiak, Kathryn M. McPherson, Mireille NM Van Poppel, and J. R. Anema. "A developmental conceptualization of return to work." Journal of occupational rehabilitation 15, no. 4 (2005): 557-568.
  • Levack, William MM, Kathryn Taylor, Richard J. Siegert, Sarah G. Dean, Kath M. McPherson, and Mark Weatherall. "Is goal planning in rehabilitation effective? A systematic review." Clinical rehabilitation 20, no. 9 (2006): 739-755.

References
  1. "Professor Kathryn Mcpherson - Research - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz.
  2. "Contact Us | Health Research Council". Hrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "New Board to oversee Work and Income performance". beehive.govt.nz.
  4. "AUT University Professor named as HRC's new Chief Executive | Health Research Council". Hrc.govt.nz. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. "Staff". Cmdt.org.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. Farrell, Simon (2 February 2018). "Why it's important to fund unconventional health research - The Listener". Noted.co.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. "Health Research Council of New Zealand | NZ Government". Govt.nz. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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