Our members
Information and contact details for the members of the Assisted Dying Research Network.
We welcome enquiries from people wanting to get involved in assisted dying research. You also can learn about members’ areas of expertise regarding potential postgraduate supervision.
Our members are available for media comment.
The Assisted Dying Research Network is affiliated with the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington but our members are from institutions across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Co-chairs
Senior Research Fellow
School of Health
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Health
Dr Jeanne Snelling
Medical Law Specialist
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago
Kaumātua
Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke
Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand (SCENZ) member
Senior Lecturer in Te Reo Māori Education, University of Canterbury
Network members
Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
Māori/Public Health speciality
Senior Lecturer in Education, Health and Human Development, University of Canterbury
Dr Gary Cheung (PhD FRANZCP MBChB)
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist at Auckland District Health Board.
Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, University of Auckland
Janine Penfield Winters, M.D
Palliative Medicine Specialist
Senior Lecturer, University of Otago
Professor Kate Diesfeld
Professor of Law
School of Public Health and Interprofessional Studies at Auckland University of Technology
Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell (Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki, Ngāti Porou)
Research Fellow
School of Nursing, University of Auckland
Professor Ben White
Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation
Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Lindy Willmott
Professor of Law
Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Jackie Robinson
Member of SCENZ
Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Auckland
Kate Reid
Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury
Leanne Manson (Ngāti Tama ki te Tauihu, Te Ātiawa)
Dr Aida Dehkhoda
PhD in Psychology
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Maata Wharehoka (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kuia)
Voluntary euthanasia advocate, trained nurse & tikanga Maori Kahu Whakatere deathing, death and after death practitioner
Associate Professor Richard Egan
Co-Director Social & Behavioural Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine
Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago
June Atkinson
Senior Analyst
Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Dr Jo Scott-Jones
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network Medical Director
Dr James Jap
Medical Director and Palliative Care Physician
Tōtara Hospice
Dr Cam McLaren
Medical Oncologist & Founder of VADANZ (Voluntary Assisted Dying Australia & New Zealand) based in Melbourne, Australia
Dr Melissa Carey
Research Fellow / Senior Lecturer
School of Nursing, University of Auckland / University of Southern Queensland
Associate Professor Margaret Sandham
Senior Clinical Psychologist and Registered Nurse
School of Psychology, Massey University
Research assistant
Ellan Baker
Research Assistant
School of Health