Fiona Alpass | |
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| Alma mater | Massey University |
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| Fields | gerontology |
| Institutions | Massey University |
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| Doctoral advisor | Nigel Long |
Fiona Margaret Alpass ONZM is a New Zealand academic at Massey University. [1]
Alpass completed a master's degree at Massey University in 1992, looking at how anger management and social contact can modulate the effects of alcohol and tobacco use. [2] After a 1994 PhD titled The Effects of Organisational Change in the Military: A Comparison of Work Related Perceptions and Experiences in Military and Non-military Environments at Massey University, Alpass started working at Massey and rose to full professor in 2013. [3] [4]
Alpass has had a number of externally funded research projects, [3] and a longitudinal ageing studying run jointly with Christine Stephens, also at Massey. [5] [6] [7]
In the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours, Alpass was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to health psychology and seniors. [8]
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