Antonia Lyons | |
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Alma mater | Massey University |
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Fields | social psychology, gender psychology |
Institutions | Massey University |
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Antonia Catherine Lyons is a New Zealand health psychology academic. [1]
Lyons completed her PhD at Massey University in 1996. Her first academic post was as lecturer in health psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK, from 1996 to 2002. She returned to Massey University (NZ; Albany and Wellington campuses) and rose to professor at this institution. [1] Lyons took up the role of Professor of Health Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in 2018, where she is also Head of School, School of Health.
In 2009, Lyons received a Marsden Fund grant to study young adults, their drinking and social media called 'Young Adults, Drinking Stories and the Cult of Celebrity.' [2] In 2004 Lyons received a fast-start Marsden Fund grant called 'Working hard, playing hard: Gender relations and alcohol consumption'.
Lyons contributes to blogs such as The Conversation [3] and Sciblogs.co.nz [4]
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