Dr Moana Theodore
(Ngapuhi, Te Arawa)
BA, PGDipArts, PhD
moana.theodore@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 4171
HRC Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Research Fellow
Moana is a Research Fellow at the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Unit. Her current research focuses on predictors of high blood pressure, in particular using trajectory analysis to describe individual differences in the developmental course of blood pressure. Her other research interests include Maori health, children's cognitive development and dietary patterns.
Publications:
Theodore, R.F., Thompson, J.M.D., Waldie, K.E., Wall, C.R., Becroft, D., Robinson, E., Wild, C., Clark, P.M., Mitchell, E.A. (2009) Dietary patterns and intelligence in early and middle childhood. Intelligence 37: 506-513.
Theodore, R.F., Thompson, J.M.D., Waldie, K.E., Becroft, D., Robinson, E., Wild, C., Clark, P.M., Mitchell, E.A. (2009) Determinants of cognitive ability at 7 years: A longitudinal case-control study of children born small-for-gestational age at term. European Journal of Pediatrics, 168 (10): 1217
Theodore, R.F., Thompson, J.M.D., Wall, C.R., Becroft, D., Robinson, E., Clark, P.M., Pryor, J., Wild, C., Mitchell, E.A. (2006) Dietary patterns of New Zealand European preschool children. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119 (1235).