Debra Waters
Debra Waters | |
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| Other names | Debra Lynn Waters |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Healthy ageing, sarcopenia |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico University of Otago |
Debra Lynn Waters is a New Zealand exercise physiologist and medical researcher in the field of health ageing, director of Gerontology Research and professor at the University of Otago.
Academic career
With a BS and PhD,[1] exercise physiologist Waters moved from the University of New Mexico, where she retains the role of adjunct professor,[2] to the University of Otago in New Zealand in 2005.[3] In December 2019 Waters was promoted to full professor at the University of Otago with effect from 1 February 2020.[4][5] Waters has led research into falls prevention through the Steady As You Go programme since 2010.[6] Early in 2019 Waters and Louise Parr-Brownlie were appointed joint directors of New Zealand's Ageing Well National Science Challenge. The programme conducts research into health ageing, including ageing and Māori and researchers in universities across New Zealand participate.[7] Waters became editor-in-chief of the Australasian Journal on Ageing in January 2021.[8][2] She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Frailty & Aging[9] and an editor of Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research.[10]
Selected works
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References
- ↑ "Professor Debra Waters". University of Otago. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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- ↑ "Professor Debra Waters". Age Concern New Zealand. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Promotions celebrate Otago academics' contributions". Otago Daily Times Online News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Associate Professor Debra Waters". Age Concerns Everyone Conference 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "New Heads to lead Ageing Well National Science Challenge". University of Otago. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Australasian Journal on Ageing". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Editorial board". The Journal of Frailty & Aging. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Editorial board". Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research. Retrieved 16 February 2021.