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Nicola Kayes

New Zealand health psychologist and rehabilitation researcher

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Academic career

Kayes graduated from the University of Auckland with a BSc in 1997 and MSc in 1999 for her thesis titled "The Role that Illness Perceptions Play in the Adjustment to Multiple Sclerosis". She completed a PhD at AUT titled "Physical activity engagement in people with Multiple Sclerosis" in March 2011.

In November 2019, Kayes was promoted to full professor at AUT. As of 2021 she is immediate past president of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association and a principal investigator with Brain Research New Zealand.

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