See below for profiles of members of the Institute of Healthy Ageing's patron, governance group, management group and research collaborators.
Profiles are being added as they become available.
Patron - Sir Peter Gluckman | |
Sir Peter Gluckman KNZM, FRS, FMedSci, FRSNZ (born 1949) is a New Zealand scientist who is the first chief science advisor to the New Zealand prime minister. He was the professor of Paediatric and Perinatal Biology and director of the National Research Centre for Growth and Development (now called 'Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development'), hosted by the University of Auckland, until mid 2009. He was formerly head of the Department of Paediatrics and dean of the University's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences as well as the founding director of the Liggins Institute. In 2007 he was appointed programme director for Growth, Development and Metabolism at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences. He also holds honorary chairs at National University of Singapore and the University of Southampton. He is the only New Zealander elected to the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academies of Science and a Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences of Great Britain. |  |
Governance GroupBarbara Garbutt - chair and Waikato DHB representative | |
| Barbara (Barb) Garbutt is the group manager for Older Persons and Rehabilitation, and Population Health within the Waikato District Health Board. This is a senior management position, reporting directly to the chief operating officer. As group manager, Barb is responsible for the business leadership and development of each service. Originally from the UK, Barb has worked in a number of senior management and strategic roles across the health sector. Barb holds a Master in Health Management (through the University of Auckland) and a post graduate Diploma in Management Studies (through the University of Waikato). |  |
Gráinne Moss - NGO aged residential care representative | |
| Gráinne Moss has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare in the public and private sector and is managing director of Bupa Care Services New Zealand. Gráinne has a BSc (Hons) from Liverpool University and an MBA (Hons) from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. |  |
Peter Hausmann - NGO Home care support services representative | |
| Peter is chief executive, executive director and a shareholder of HHL Group, the parent company of Healthcare of New Zealand, as well as chair of the Freedom Medical Alarms, Healthcare Rehabilitation Limited boards, and director of Pharmacy 547. He successfully led the organisation through a through a period of significant growth and development. Under his direction, Healthcare of New Zealand has transitioned from an organisation focused on home care and aged hospitals to New Zealand’s largest provider of community-based health, rehabilitation and disability services. |  |
Matthew Parsons - University of Auckland | |
| Matthew holds the position of Professor in Gerontology, a joint appointment between Waikato DHB and The University of Auckland. He has a PhD and Masters in Ageing from Kings College London, a Hons degree in Psychology and Human Biology and is a registered nurse. Matthew has been significantly involved in the guiding older person and disability services in New Zealand for the last 15 years. |  |
Peggy Koopman-Boyden - University of Waikato | |
| Professor Koopman-Boyden CNZM is Professor of Social Gerontology at the National Institute of Demography and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), The University of Waikato. She has undertaken research and advised government and local bodies on older people and ageing for over four decades. She currently leads an MBIE research project on Active Ageing; is chair of AgeWISE, an advisory committee to the Waikato DHB; chair of the Hamilton City Council’s Older Person’s Advisory Panel; and a life member of Age Concern. She has also held senior management positions as deputy vice chancellor (University of Waikato), CEO of a Crown Research Institute, and co-founder/director of a private language school. |  |
Sue Hayward - Chief | |
| Sue is a NZ trained nurse with a post graduate diploma in Health Management (Massey) and a Masters in Health Science (Otago). She has held nursing leadership positions at Christchurch Women’s Hospital and then Christchurch Hospital, before joining Waikato DHB. As director of nursing and midwifery Sue provides professional advice to the chief executive and the wider organisation in all matters related to the profession of nursing and midwifery. Her national involvement in workforce development sits well with the Institute of Healthy Ageing as there is increasing focus on the right skills to meet the growing population’s needs. |  |
Pippa Mahood - Community | |
| Pippa Mahood came to New Zealand in 1976, after training trained as a state registered nurse in the UK and being in charge of an inpatient hospice facility there. In 1981 she formed the Waikato Community Hospice Service, was a board trustee for 27 years, and was made a life member of Hospice Waikato in 2008. Pippa was also on the inaugural Hospice New Zealand board for six years. Pippa served on the Hamilton City Council for 27 years, retiring from the council in October 2013. She is currently in her fourth term as an elected member of the Waikato District Health Board. She continues to play an active role in the Hamilton and Waikato community, and holds several positions on a wide variety of organisations and boards. |  |
Lindsay Pooley - Waikato DHB Allied Health representative | |
| Lindsay Pooley is assistant group manager for physical Allied Health, responsible for the operational leadership and management of the allied health services. Lindsay trained as a physiotherapist in the UK, and has worked in both private and public sectors in the UK and NZ. Lindsay holds a BSc in Physiotherapy from Newcastle University, UK and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the University of Waikato, NZ. |  |
Management groupPhil Wood | |
Dr Phil Wood, BMedSci, MBChB, FRACP is a geriatrician and clinical unit leader in Older Persons and Rehabilitation and in Primary-Secondary Integration at at Waikato District Health Board. He also holds a part time role as geriatrician in Waitemata DHB. He has a long standing focus on service development within an academic framework. |  |
Stephen Jacobs | |
Stephen Jacobs, PhD, DipTchg, BA is a researcher and lecturer at the School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland. Stephen received a PhD in Medicine developing a process to assist planners and funders design, implement, performance manage, and evaluate health services for older people. His main focus now is working to assist nurses develop and exercise clinical leadership and change management skills, and researching how organisational management can best support nurses at the point of care to be highly effective health professionals. |  |