Lois J. Surgenor is a New Zealand clinical psychologist and academic. Her research focuses on eating disorders and traumatic brain injury. As of 2021 she is a full professor at the

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Academic career

Surgenor has a MA and diploma of clinical psychology from the

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. She has practised as a registered clinical psychologist since the late 1980s. She joined the University of Otago in 1996 and in 2002 she completed a

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at Otago. She was promoted to full professor with effect from 1 February 2019.

Selected works

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References

External links

"Journeys through eating disorders"
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