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Research Fellow

BA, BSc(Hons), PhD (VUW)

Email michaela.pettie@otago.ac.nz

Research interests

Dr Michaela Pettie (Ngāti Pūkenga) is a Research Fellow on the EDGI study. She is investigating perspectives and experiences of eating disorders, especially the experiences for Māori and Rainbow/LBGTQIA+ community members. She is also working with tangata whenua and key communities to understand their needs and how they might support their whānau impacted by eating disorders.

Dr Pettie completed her studies in Behavioural Neurogenetics at Victoria University of Wellington. Her PhD was on the genetic and environmental factors involved in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Since completing her PhD, she has been working with people and communities. As a wāhine rainbow community member with disabilities, she is an advocate for those that are affected by trauma and chronic health issues. Over the last four years, she has worked with sexual abuse support organisations, especially the organisations who support the needs of men and members of the rainbow community.

Affiliations

Publications

Neely, E., & Pettie, M. (2025). Not/belonging as health promotion: The affective potentialities of human and non-human relationalities in mother-baby-assemblages. Social Science & Medicine, 371, 117865. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117865 Journal - Research Article

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., ..., & Opai, K. (2024). He Papakupu: Ngā Māuiui Kai: A Te Reo Māori glossary for eating disorders. Te Tira Wānaga Māuiui Kai. 10p. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ngamauiuikai Other Research Output

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B. M., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., & Opai, K. (2024). Ngā Māuiui Kai: Creating indigenous Māori terms for eating disorders in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Eating Disorders, 12, 205. doi: 10.1186/s40337-024-01179-6 Journal - Research Article

Ball, J., Pettie, M., Poasa, L., & Hoek, J. (2024). ‘You just wanna hit it … ‘cause like it smells like fun’: A qualitative investigation of adolescents’ experiences of nicotine vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2024.2424852 Journal - Research Article

Nip, J., Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., & Pettie, M. (2024). Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey. The Briefing, (29 November). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/vaping-prevalence-and-trends-important-findings-2023-24-nz-health-survey Journal - Research Other

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