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Cheryl Davies ImageSenior Practice Fellow
Ngāti Raukawa / Ngāti Mutunga ki Te Wharekauri

Contact

Tel +64 4 939 4629
Email c.davies@otago.ac.nz or cheryl@kokiri-hauora.org.nz

Research interests and activities

Cheryl Davies (Ngāti Raukawa / Ngāti Mutunga ki Te Wharekauri) is a Māori Health Researcher with Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare and also in the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) research group.

Cheryl has managed the services of the Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust over the past 32 years and has worked in Māori health over the past 40 years. She has a keen interest in research that prioritises action aimed at improving outcomes and reducing inequities for Māori communities.

Publications

Davies, C., Devan, H., Reid, S., Haribhai-Thompson, J., Hempel, D., Te Aho-White, I. J., & Te Morenga, L. (2025). “When you're in pain you do go into your shell”: A community-based pain management programme co-designed with Māori whānau to address inequities to pain management: A qualitative case study. Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104760 Journal - Research Article

Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). He Rourou Whai Painga: A collaborative community based research partnership testing the impact of a New Zealand Mediterranean dietary pattern on cardiometabolic health and wellbeing [Invited]. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) 58th Annual Conference: Kotahitanga. (pp. 23-24). Retrieved from https://www.nsnzconference.co.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). A Mediterranean dietary pattern intervention does not improve cardiometabolic risk but does improve quality of life and body composition in an Aotearoa New Zealand population at increased cardiometabolic risk: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.16030 Journal - Research Article

King, P., Cunningham, R., & Davies, C. (2024, September). TIAKI: Community wellbeing for whānau with lived experience of prison. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Waitangi, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Chisholm, E., Logan, A., Aspinall, C., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., Johnson, E., & Pierse, N. (2024). “Freedom to move through the house”: How a healthy housing initiative improves quality of life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), 100190. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100190 Journal - Research Article

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