Kathryn McPherson
{{Short description|New Zealand medical researcher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2018}}
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| fields = rehabilitation
| workplaces = Auckland University of Technology
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| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh
| thesis1_title = Functional recovery after brain injury rehabilitation
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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{{cite web|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/research/professors-listing/kathryn-mcpherson|title=Professor Kathryn Mcpherson – Research – AUT|website=www.aut.ac.nz}} and chief executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.govt.nz/contact-us |title=Contact Us | Health Research Council |publisher=Hrc.govt.nz |date= |accessdate=21 April 2018}}
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, including the board of Work and Income.{{cite web|url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-board-oversee-work-and-income-performance|title=New Board to oversee Work and Income performance|website=beehive.govt.nz}} Notable students include Matire Harwood.{{cite thesis |last=Harwood |first=Matire |year=2012 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Understanding and Improving Stroke Recovery for Māori and Their Whānau |publisher=OUR Archive, University of Otago |hdl=10523/2514}}
Since 2015 McPherson has been chief executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.govt.nz/news-and-media/media/aut-university-professor-named-hrcs-new-chief-executive |title=AUT University Professor named as HRC's new Chief Executive | Health Research Council |publisher=Hrc.govt.nz |date=24 November 2014 |accessdate=21 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cmdt.org.nz/staff-member/professor-kathryn-mcpherson |title=Staff |publisher=Cmdt.org.nz |date= |accessdate=21 April 2018}}{{cite web|last=Farrell |first=Simon |url=https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health/why-it-s-important-to-fund-unconventional-health-research/ |title=Why it's important to fund unconventional health research – The Listener |publisher=Noted.co.nz |date=2 February 2018 |accessdate=21 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/organisations/health-research-council-of-new-zealand/ |title=Health Research Council of New Zealand | NZ Government |publisher=Govt.nz |date=2 November 2017 |accessdate=21 April 2018}}
McPherson's research focuses on rehabilitation and return-to-work, especially after brain injuries and events.
Selected works
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Czuba, Karol J., Nicola Kayes, Kathryn McPherson. "Support workers' experiences of work stress in long-term care settings: a qualitative study." International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 14 (1) (2019): 1622356.
References
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External links
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Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Academic staff of the Auckland University of Technology
Category:New Zealand medical researchers
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