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Verna Stavric

Verna Stavric

Lecturer and Research Officer

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext7060

Email: verna.stavric@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
Room AB111, AUT North Shore Campus, 90 Akoranga Drive, Northcote 0627, Auckland, New Zealand

Postal Address:
School of Rehabilitation & Occupation Studies
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand



Address for blogs:
Facebook living well health disability page


Qualifications:

BSc (PT), MHSc (Hons)

Memberships and Affiliations:

New Zealand Registered Physiotherapist (NZRP)
Member of the New Zealand College of Physiotherapists (MNZCP)

Biography:

Verna graduated with a BSc(PT) from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1992 and worked in both Canadian and New Zealand hospital and rehabilitation settings until joining AUT in 2003. She completed her MSc(Hons) in 2007 and has joined the Person Centred Research Centre in the School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies.

Teaching Areas:

Undergraduate Physiotherapy programme

Current Research Projects:

  1. The Living Well Project-Understanding factors involved with the prevention of obesity and obesity-related conditions in the  disabled population
    Investigators: Kath McPherson, Nicola Kayes, Suzie Mudge et al
    Funding: Health Research Council and Ministry of Health
  2. Goals and Self Regulation Skills in Brain Injury Rrhabilitation: An RCT
    Investigators: Kath McPherson et al 
    Funding: Health Research Council
  3. Systematic Review Investigating Behavioural Change Techniques to Improve Physical Activity in People with Chronic Conditions
  4. SCIPT E Learning Committee-International Group of Physiotherapists  with expertise in spinal cord injury rehabilitation putting together an online learning package for improving spinal cord injury treatment

Last updated: 12 Apr 2011 10:18am

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