Trecia Wouldes
Academic background
Theses
  • Superstitious behavior: attribution of negative and positive events (1991)
  • Methadone maintenance during pregnancy : the consequences of low-dose vs high-dose for the fetus, the neonate and the infant (2001)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland

Trecia Ann Wouldes (born 1946) is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, specialising in the developmental effects of drug exposure in pregnancy.

Academic career

Wouldes completed an MA in psychology in 1991,[1] and a PhD titled Methadone maintenance during pregnancy: the consequences of low-dose vs high-dose for the fetus, the neonate and the infant, both at the University of Auckland.[2] Wouldes then joined the faculty of the university, rising to full professor in 2021.[3][4]

Wouldes is a developmental scientist, and has researched the effect on infants of methamphetamine and methadone use during pregnancy.[5][6][7] She is part of the IDEAL Study, a collaboration with researchers at Brown University and several other US universities to investigate the effects of P use on infant development, and since 2005 has been the study's director.[8] She has also collaborated with researchers at Victoria University of Wellington and Ngāti Pāhauwera to investigate the treatment of methamphetamine dependence in Māori women.[8]

Wouldes is involved in the Liggins Institute, where she was part of an award-winning team, led by Professor Jane Harding, investigating gestational diabetes and neonatal hypoglycaemia.[9][10][8] Wouldes is also part of an international study to look at resilience in migrant youth.[8]

As of 2024, Wouldes is Associate Dean of Equity for the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, and head of the Department of Psychological Medicine.[8][11]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Trecia Ann Wouldes (Q50295553).

References

  1. ^ Wouldes, Trecia Ann (1991). Superstitious behavior: attribution of negative and positive events (MA thesis). University of Auckland.
  2. ^ Wouldes, Trecia Ann (2001). Methadone maintenance during pregnancy : the consequences of low-dose vs high-dose for the fetus, the neonate and the infant (PhD thesis). University of Auckland.
  3. ^ University of Auckland (2021). Calendar (PDF). University of Auckland. p. 923.((cite book)): CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ "Inaugural Lecture: Professor Trecia Wouldes - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "How does methadone affect unborn babies? - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Life starts as struggle for tiniest victims of the P epidemic". NZ Herald. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. ^ Lee Umbers (23 January 2024). "One P-exposed baby born every week". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Professor Trecia Wouldes • Cure Kids". www.curekids.org.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  9. ^ University of Auckland (6 October 2011). "Stunning win for Deputy Vice-chancellor". Uninews. Vol. 41, no. 17. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2024 – via yumpu.com.
  10. ^ "Recognition for Liggins research into newborns with low blood sugars - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Contact us - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

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