Voluntary Faculty
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsHelen Hamer
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2026
Risk Redux? Therapeutic Risk Taking and the Role of Supported Decision Making in Mental Health Settings
Hamer H, Lampshire D, Thom K, Sutton D, MacIntyre G, Cogan N. Risk Redux? Therapeutic Risk Taking and the Role of Supported Decision Making in Mental Health Settings. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing 2026, 35: e70234. PMID: 41706438, PMCID: PMC12915700, DOI: 10.1111/inm.70234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health systemHuman rights-based approachHuman rights principlesMental health legislationDecision-making regimesRights-based approachCulture of risk aversionTrauma-informed perspectiveRights principlesWestern jurisdictionsHealth legislationDefensive practiceIndividual autonomyCoercive practicesMental health settingsSelf-determinationSupport decision makingDecision-makingRecovery-oriented careDecision-making processHealth systemTherapeutic risk-takingRights-based careAutonomyHealth settings
2025
‘Flipping the Chair’: A Satellite Model for Dental Education in Rural and Remote Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand
Lansdown K, Han H, Fernandez D, Cleland T, Martin M, Hamer H, Khareedi R. ‘Flipping the Chair’: A Satellite Model for Dental Education in Rural and Remote Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Journal Of Rural Health 2025, 33: e70138. PMID: 41457466, DOI: 10.1111/ajr.70138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuckland University of TechnologyRemote communitiesDental educationAuckland UniversityInnovative education modelFirst-year studentsComprehensive oral health educationModel of dental educationWorkforce shortagesAotearoa New ZealandHealth educationTeaching experienceHigher educationOral health educationEducational settingsEducational outcomesRemote educationEducation modelUniversity of TechnologyGraduating cohortsStudentsEducationInitiative cohortAcademic studiesCollaborative initiativesA journey towards a trauma informed and responsive Justice system: the perspectives and experiences of senior Justice workers
Cogan N, Tse D, Finlayson M, Lawley S, Black J, Hewitson R, Stergiou C, Aziz S, Hamer H, Short C. A journey towards a trauma informed and responsive Justice system: the perspectives and experiences of senior Justice workers. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2025, 16: 2441075. PMID: 39760261, PMCID: PMC11705546, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2441075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma-informed practicesService usersRisk of re-traumatisationRe-traumatisationImplementation of trauma-informed practicesReflexive thematic approachStaff well-beingService user perspectivesWell-beingQualitative research designThematic approachImplementing trauma-informed practicesOvercome barriersAudio-recordedOrganisational levelSemi-structuredService deliveryService settingsStrengths-basedWork environmentExperiences of practitionersTraumatic responsesBody of researchGrowing body of researchResearch design
2024
Allyship or coalition? :
Lampshire D, Hamer H. Allyship or coalition? :. The Ethnographic Edge 2024, 7: 57-67. DOI: 10.24135/ee.v7i2.278.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Guest editorial
MacIntyre G, Hamer H, Reis G, Bellamy C. Guest editorial. Journal Of Public Mental Health 2023, 22: 93-97. DOI: 10.1108/jpmh-09-2023-162.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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