Richie Poulton

Richie Graham Poulton CNZM FRSNZ (born 1962)[1] is the director of the University of Otago's Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit, which runs the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (also known as the Dunedin Study). He is also a professor of psychology at the University of Otago and the co-director of their National Centre for Lifecourse Research.[2]

Poulton received his master's degree in science and his postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology from the University of Otago. In 1985–86, he worked as a research assistant on the Dunedin Study, helping Terrie Moffitt assess 13-year-old study participants.[3] In 1995, he received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He became director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit of the University of Otago in 2000, and was awarded a personal chair in the School of Medicine there in 2006. He founded the National Centre for Lifecourse Research in 2007, and has been its co-director since then. He also founded the Graduate Longitudinal Study, New Zealand in 2011.[2] In 2015, he was appointed chief science adviser of the Ministry of Social Development in the New Zealand government.[4]

In 2004, Poulton received the New Zealand Association of Scientists' Research Medal and the Health Research Council of New Zealand's Liley Medal for Excellence in Health Research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2010, and was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017. He was named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.[2]

Poulton is married to clinical psychologist Sandhya Ramrakha, with whom he has a 16-year-old daughter.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Poulton, Richie G. (Richie Graham) (1962-)". Trove. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Richie Poulton, CNZM FRSNZ". Dunedin Study. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  3. ↑ Poulton, Richie; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Silva, Phil A. (2015-04-03). "The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study: overview of the first 40 years, with an eye to the future". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 50 (5): 679–693. doi:10.1007/s00127-015-1048-8. ISSN 0933-7954. PMC 4412685. PMID 25835958.
  4. ↑ Chisholm, Donna (February 2017). "Finding the key to successful ageing". North & South. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  5. ↑ Davie, Sandra (2017-10-08). "How well will a kid fare in life? Study offers clues". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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