Richie Poulton
Richie Graham Poulton CNZM FRSNZ (born 1962)[1] is a New Zealand psychologist and 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]
Richie Poulton | |
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Born | 1962 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Education | University of Otago University of New South Wales Auckland Grammar School |
Known for | Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study |
Spouse(s) | Sandhya Ramrakha |
Children | One daughter |
Awards | Liley Medal (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical psychology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis | Appraisal of danger in agoraphobics and social phobics (1995) |
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 daughter.[5]
References
- "Poulton, Richie G. (Richie Graham) (1962–)". Trove. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- "Professor Richie Poulton, CNZM FRSNZ". Dunedin Study. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- Poulton, Richie; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Silva, Phil A. (3 April 2015). "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.
- Chisholm, Donna (February 2017). "Finding the key to successful ageing". North & South. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- Davie, Sandra (8 October 2017). "How well will a kid fare in life? Study offers clues". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
External links
- Faculty page
- Richie Poulton publications indexed by Google Scholar