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 Joseph Boden

BA cum laude (Psychology), Boston University
MA PhD(Psychology), Case Western Reserve University

Email joseph.boden@otago.ac.nz

Joe is the Principal Scientist of the Christchurch Health and Development Study. He trained as an experimental social psychologist and worked in the US, UK, and Australia, before coming to New Zealand.

He was awarded a Gold Medal for Research Excellence in 2017, and was a member of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Expert Panel on Cannabis.

Research Interests

  • The psychosocial causes and consequences of substance use, abuse, and dependence
  • Mental health and substance use epidemiology
  • The social and psychological determinants of maladaptive behaviour including aggression and violence.

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During its more than 30 years of existence, researchers from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) have published an average of one paper every month.
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Publications

Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Marek, L., Hobbs, M., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Boden, J., … Bowden, N. (2024). How healthy are the environments of tamariki and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study | He pēhea nei te hauora o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi Māori kei Aotearoa? He rangahau mokowā ā-nuku topenga ā-motu. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 71-98. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

Crossin, R., Dikstaal, J., McKerchar, C., Cleland, L., Beautrais, A., Witt, K., & Boden, J. M. (2024). Sex-specific analysis of acute alcohol use in suicides and reporting of alcohol as a contributor to suicide deaths in New Zealand 2007-2020: A cross-sectional study of coronial data. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1604), 62-72. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Ruhe, T., Marek, L., Bowden, N., Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Hobbs, M., … Richards, R., … Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2024). The natural and built environments where Pacific children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand live: A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study | Ngā taiao tūturu me ngā taiao hanga e noho ana ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi moananui-a-kiwi i Aotearoa: He ranahau mokowā ā-nuku motuhanga ā-motu. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 99-124. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

Eggleton, P., Campbell, M., Hobbs, M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Boden, J. (2024). Investigating misclassification in exposure to the Canterbury earthquake sequence using a birth cohort study | Te Whakatewhatewha i te Whakarōpūtanga Hē o te Noho Whakaraerae ki te Raupapa Rū Whenua o Waitaha mā te Whakamahi i te Rangahau Pūtoi Whānautanga. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 7-41. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Article

Noble, A. J., Adams, A. T., Satsangi, J., Boden, J. M., & Osborne, A. J. (2024). Prenatal cannabis exposure is associated with alterations in offspring DNA methylation at genes involved in neurodevelopment, across the life course. Molecular Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02752-w Journal - Research Article

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