Senior Research Fellow, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychological Medicine
Contact details
Email sarah.mckenzie@otago.ac.nz
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons), University of Glasgow (1995-1999)
- MPH, University of Otago (2009)
- PhD Public Health, University of Otago (2013-2017)
Research interests
- Men’s mental health and suicide prevention
- Men’s concussion and recovery
- Social determinants of mental health
- Mental health equity
- Critical suicidology
- Sociological methodology and research methods
- Arts-based and storytelling research methods
- Masculinities
- Gender relations
Research activities
- Picturing the invisible: a photovoice study of men’s lived experiences of concussion recovery (funded by Lotteries Health)
- Through the Eyes of Men: a photovoice study of men’s mental distress (funded by Marsden Fast-Start).
Visit the digital photographic exhibition - Reducing Male Suicide: Research Excellence Cluster led by University of British Columbia
- Men Building Intimate Partner Relationships: study led by the Men’s Health Program, University of British Columbia
Postgraduate supervision
- Angie Hoskins PhD – Effect of the menstrual cycle on suicide and suicidal behaviours
- Anna von Tunzelman PhD – Is some binge-drinking a form of deliberate self-harm?
- Renan Lopes de Lyra PhD – Suicide exposure among first responders
Publications
McKenzie, S. K., Mathieson, F., Das, T., Genuchi, M. C., & Oliffe, J. L. (2024). Understanding men's lived experience of mental distress through metaphors. American Journal of Men's Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15579883241260920 Journal - Research Article
Oliffe, J. L., Gao, N., Kelly, M. T., Shim, A., Yap, C. Y. L., Sharp, P., & McKenzie, S. K. (2024). Picture this: Men building intimate partner relationships. Health Education Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00178969241281157 Journal - Research Article
Sharp, P., Zhu, P., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., McKenzie, S. K., Seidler, Z. E., Rice, S. M., & Oliffe, J. L. (2024). Men's peer support for mental health challenges: Future directions for research and practice [Perspective]. Health Promotion International, 39, daae046. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daae046 Journal - Research Other
McKenzie, S. K., Kelly, M. T., Cooney, E., & Oliffe, J. L. (2023). Men's accounts of anxiety: A photovoice study. SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 4, 100356. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100356 Journal - Research Article
McKenzie, S. K., Roguski, M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2023). Colonization drives silence and inequities in men’s mental illness. Nature Mental Health, 1, 609. doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00113-0 Journal - Research Other