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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

Ruiz, B., Broadbent, J. M., Thomson, W. M., Ramrakha, S., Boden, J., McLeod, G., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., & Poulton, R. (2025). Caries trajectories from childhood to adulthood associated with mental disorders in midlife. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12665 Journal - Research Article

Hobbs, M., Deng, B., Woodward, L., Marek, L., McLeod, G., Sturman, A., … Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Eggleton, P., … Boden, J. (2025). Childhood air pollution exposure is related to cognitive, educational and mental health outcomes in childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal birth cohort study. Environmental Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121148 Journal - Research Article

Deng, B., Boden, J., Ye, N., Morgenroth, J., Campbell, M., Eggleton, P., McLeod, G., & Hobbs, M. (2025). Life in green: Associations between greenspace availability and mental health over the lifecourse: A 40-year prospective birth cohort study. Environment International, 195, 109223. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109223 Journal - Research Article

Bell, C., Sulaiman-Hill, R., Tanveer, S., Porter, R., Dean, S., Schluter, P. J., Beaglehole, B., & Boden, J. M. (2024). Factors associated with mental health outcomes in a Muslim community following the Christchurch terrorist attack. BJPsych Open, 10, e209. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.774 Journal - Research Article

Deng, B., McLeod, G., Mackenbach, J. D., Dhakal, B., Eggleton, P., Marek, L., … Boden, J., & Hobbs, M. (2024). Typologies of residential mobility in childhood and associations with sociodemographic characteristics: A prospective birth cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Child Indicators Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12187-024-10175-w Journal - Research Article

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