Denise Lucy Wilson is a New Zealand health academic. She is currently a full professor of Māori health at the

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. She is a fellow of the

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Academic career

After a background in nursing Wilson did an MSc titled'' 'Through the looking glass: nurses' responses to women experiencing partner abuse''' and

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titled '''Ngā kairaranga oranga / The weavers of health and wellbeing: a grounded theory study at the

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. She then moved to the

, rising to full professor. She has received media coverage for her work on

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. She is a keynote speaker at the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) Conferences organised by World Committee.

Awards

In 2019 Wilson was elected a fellow of the

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. In March 2021, she was made a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her research is "greatly contributing to efforts to reduce health disparities of Māori and other Indigenous people globally".

Selected works

* Wilson, Denise, and Stephen Neville. "Culturally safe research with vulnerable populations." '' Contemporary Nurse'' 33, no. 1 (2009): 69–79. * Huntington, Annette, Jean Gilmour, Anthony Tuckett, Stephen Neville, Denise Wilson, and Catherine Turner. "Is anybody listening? A qualitative study of nurses' reflections on practice." '' Journal of Clinical Nursing'' 20, no. 9‐10 (2011): 1413–1422. * Wilson, Denise. "The significance of a culturally appropriate health service for Indigenous Māori women." ''Contemporary Nurse'' 28, no. 1-2 (2008): 173–188. * Wilson, Denise, and Stephen Neville. "Nursing their way not our way: Working with vulnerable and marginalised populations." ''Contemporary Nurse'' 27, no. 2 (2008): 165–176. * Wilson, Denise, and Pipi Barton. "Indigenous hospital experiences: a New Zealand case study." ''Journal of Clinical Nursing'' 21, no. 15‐16 (2012): 2316–2326.

Personal life

Wilson is

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, of Ngāti Tahinga descent.

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* Living people New Zealand women academics Massey University alumni Academic staff of the Auckland University of Technology Waikato Tainui people New Zealand nurses New Zealand medical researchers Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand Māori academics New Zealand Māori women academics {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing