Professor Indigenous Health Research, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Māori Strategic Leader, Brain Research NZ, University of Auckland Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Private Practice
Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, Māori New Zealander
Dr Elder is Māori of Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi descent. She is the Professor of Indigenous Health Research at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, the Māori Strategic Leader for Brain Research NZ and a Fellow of RANZCP. She is a former Eru Pomare Post-Doctoral Fellow, funded by Health Research Council of New Zealand. Dr Elder’s clinical work is in youth forensic psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. Her PhD and Post-Doc developed recovery approaches for Māori with traumatic brain injury. She is a member of the NZ Mental Health Review Tribunal and Board member of Emerge Aotearoa.
