Are You Making a Meal Out of Research?: A Recipe for Research Success

About Cassie KhooGareth TerryGuy CollierSteve ReayTrent DallasValance Smith

Steve Reay is Pkeh and of English and descent. He is a Professor of Design and the director of Good Health Design a collaborative design studio at Auckland University of Technology New Zealand. As one of a multidisciplinary team whose aim is to develop better health and wellbeing experiences Steves research focuses on how the design of products and services may have a positive impact on peoples health and wellbeing.Cassie Khoo is a designer and researcher working at Auckland University of Technologys Good Health Design and Waitemat DHBs Institute for Innovation and Improvement (i3). Her background is in communication design specifically in branding and information visualisation. Her research focus is in design for health with a particular interest in the use of co-design to improve communication of information in healthcare.Guy Collier is a New Zealand-based design researcher with a background in social anthropology and human-centred design. He is currently working at Te Pkenga where his focus is on redesigning vocational learning experiences in Aotearoa.Gareth Terry is Pkeh and of English and Welsh descent. He is a senior lecturer in rehabilitation studies in the School of Clinical Sciences (Auckland University of Technology New Zealand) working out of the Centre for Person Centred Care. His research interests are broadly in the ways that bodies intersect with the social and his current research projects explore pain disability accessibility and gendered embodiment. He has written extensively about qualitative methods in particular reflexive thematic analysis.Trent Dallas is of Mori (Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Ngti Tukorehe) Scottish and Irish descent and an experienced Mori tertiary student support specialist - particularly in Health and Business fields he is passionate and driven to enable advancement in Mori communities through academic success. Currently he works in a Mori and Pacific Student Success role and is undertaking research to explore connections between wellbeing and Te Reo Mori at Auckland University of Technology New ZealandValance Smith is of Mori (Ngti Mahuta Te Parawhau Te Uriroroi Te Mahureure ki Whatitiri) English and Chinese descent. He is Kaihaut Tiriti Tiriti Strategist for AUT providing strategic leadership to the Vice Chancellors Office as well as academic and cultural leadership across Auckland University of Technology New Zealand. His current research includes mtauranga Mori solutions for Kauri Dieback and maramataka and its connection to physical activity.