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Trecia Wouldes

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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

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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

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References

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  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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