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Trecia Ann Wouldes (born 1946) is a New Zealand academic,and is a full professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland,specialising in the developmental effects of drug exposure in pregnancy.
Wouldes completed an MA in psychology in 1991, [1] and a PhD titled Methadone maintenance during pregnancy:the consequences of low-dose vs high-dose for the fetus,the neonate and the infant,both at the University of Auckland. [2] Wouldes then joined the faculty of the university,rising to full professor in 2021. [3] [4]
Wouldes is a developmental scientist,and has researched the effect on infants of methamphetamine and methadone use during pregnancy. [5] [6] [7] She is part of the IDEAL Study,a collaboration with researchers at Brown University and several other US universities to investigate the effects of P use on infant development,and since 2005 has been the study's director. [8] She has also collaborated with researchers at Victoria University of Wellington and Ngāti Pāhauwera to investigate the treatment of methamphetamine dependence in Māori women. [8]
Wouldes is involved in the Liggins Institute,where she was part of an award-winning team,led by Professor Jane Harding,investigating gestational diabetes and neonatal hypoglycaemia. [9] [10] [8] Wouldes is also part of an international study to look at resilience in migrant youth. [8]
As of 2024,Wouldes is Associate Dean of Equity for the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences,and head of the Department of Psychological Medicine. [8] [11]