Sally Merry
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Sally Merry | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sally Nicola Merry |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Child psychiatry |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | |
Sally Nicola Merry is a New Zealand child psychiatry academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland and holds the Cure Kids Duke Family Chair in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.[1]
Merry obtained her PhD from the University of Auckland. The title of her 2006 doctoral thesis was Population-based approaches to reducing depression in adolescents in New Zealand.[2]
Merry rose to full professor in 2015,[3] and has been involved in the development and evaluation of the SPARX video game for young persons with mild to moderate depression, stress or anxiety.[4] In 2014, Merry was named as the NEXT Woman of the Year in the Health & Science category.[5]
