Ngaire Kerse

Ngaire Kerse MNZM
Kerse in 2020
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	University of Auckland
Thesis	Health promotion and older people : a general practice intervention study  (1998)
Doctoral students	Valerie Wright-St Clair

Ngaire Margaret Kerse MNZM is a New Zealand medical academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Auckland.[1]

Academic career

After a 1998 PhD titled 'Health promotion and older people : a general practice intervention study' at the University of Melbourne, Kerse moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Notable students include Valerie Wright-St Clair.[9]

In the 2020 New Year Honours, Kerse was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to seniors and health.[10]

Selected works

• Ram A, Kerse N, Moyes SA, Muru-Lanning M, Wham C (2020). "Dietary Protein Intake and Determinants in Māori and Non-Māori Octogenarians. Te Puāwaitanga o Ngā Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu: Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand". Nutrients. 12 (7): 2079. doi:10.3390/nu12072079. PMC 7400903. PMID 32674307.
• Cameron ID, Dyer SM, Panagoda CE, Murray GR, Hill KD, Cumming RG, Kerse N (2018). "Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020 (1). doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005465.pub4. PMC 6148705.
• Patterson SM, Cadogan CA, Kerse N, Cardwell CR, Bradley MC, Ryan C, Hughes C (2014). "Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 (10): CD008165. doi:10.1002/14651858.cd008165.pub3. PMID 25288041.
• Arroll B, Khin N, Kerse N (2003). "Screening for depression in primary care with two verbally asked questions: cross sectional study". BMJ. 327 (7424): 1144–1146. doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7424.1144. PMC 261815. PMID 14615341.
• Elley CR, Kerse N, Arroll B, Robinson E (2003). "Effectiveness of counselling patients on physical activity in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial". BMJ. 326 (7393): 793–796. doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7393.793. PMC 153098. PMID 12689976.

References

1. "Professor Ngaire Kerse - The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
2. "Monday Memo: 24 June 2019". New Zealand Doctor. 10 February 2025.
3. "Focus should be on elderly abilities, not disabilities, disease and death, study finds". Stuff. 7 June 2019.
4. "University aims to make med students' rural placements good experience for all". New Zealand Doctor. 10 February 2025.
5. "How to prevent loneliness at Christmas: Eat with an older person". Stuff. 22 December 2018.
6. "The century club: Life as a 100-year-old and beyond". Stuff. 10 May 2018.
7. ZB, Newstalk. "Study may have found answer to a long life". ZB.
8. "Is there a doctor in the house? Aged care and the GP". New Zealand Doctor.
9. Wright-St Clair, Valerie A. (2008). 'Being aged' in the Everyday: uncovering the meaning through elders' stories (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/3080.
10. "New Year honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.