Biography
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Iris is a Consultant Health Psychologist with extensive experience in developing mental and physical health wellbeing programs to patients, their families, staff, and communities. Iris is a pioneer in her clinical field as one of the first New Zealand trained Health Psychologists from the University of Auckland and is a highly sought-after subject matter expert on a myriad of health psychology related work. Iris supervises Health Psychologists and other Allied Health Clinicians. She works as the Consultant Transplant Health Psychologist for the New Zealand Heart and Lung Transplant Service for over 20 years to date. In addition to her role in transplantation, Iris is the Clinical Lead, Psychology for a team of dedicated Health Psychologists in Cardiovascular and Critical Care Medicine Departments to improve health outcomes for patients and their families. Iris and her team are committed to diminishing health inequities for Māori, Pacific, and other minority groups.
Iris is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland. She is an Intern Psychologist Supervisor and is a clinical placement supervisor of Pre-Interns from the Post-Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology at the University of Auckland.
Iris is the President of the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) and has previously held Executive positions within the NZPsS. Iris is also the founding member of the NZPsS’s Institute of Health Psychology for which she is the Chairperson.
