Makarena Diana Dudley, also known as Margaret Dudley, is a New Zealand clinical psychologist,

neuropsychologist Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of t ...

and academic, specialising in neuropsychology, dementia and

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health psychology research. She is currently one of the co-directors of the clinical psychology programme at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

. In 2016, Dudley became the first permanent Māori clinical psychology lecturer employed at the University of Auckland. Dudley's

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and

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Biography

Dudley was one of ten children growing up in central

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, attending Blockhouse Bay Intermediate and Lynfield College, leaving at 15. In 1970 Dudley joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force, being promoted to sergeant at 18. In 1980, Dudley wed and moved to Australia, having a child with her partner. By 1985 she and her partner had divorced, and Dudley raised her child solo while working as a courier driver and cleaner. In 1990, Dudley returned to New Zealand, studying at the

, funding her studies through Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa. By 1996 she had graduated with a post-graduate diploma in clinical psychology. After graduating, Dudley worked as a clinical psychologist in Auckland and Northland for 15 years. In 2008, she was awarded a fellowship to complete a doctorate in neuropsychology at the

University of Waikato , mottoeng = For The People , established = 1964; years ago , endowment = (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020) , chancellor = Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ , vice_chancellor = Neil Quigley , cit ...

investigating the efficacy of Attention Process Training during stroke recovery, which began as a part of the Stroke Attention Rehabilitation Trial (START), which she competed in 2011. After completing her doctorate, Dudley was employed by the

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, where she researched neuropsychology. In 2016, Dudley became the first permanent Māori clinical psychology lecturer employed at the

. In 2017, Dudley was named by Health Research Council of New Zealand as the principal investigator of a team to investigate misdiagnosis of Māori with dementia. By 2020, Dudley was still only one of four Māori neuropsychologists in New Zealand. In 2020, Dudley was awarded a fellowship by Alzheimers New Zealand, in order to further research on the impacts of dementia. As a part of this project, a smartphone app was released to help families identify early signs of mate wareware (dementia), while following

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