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Raising happy, healthy teenagers – it can be the biggest parental challenge. But how do I know if I’m getting it right? Join our leading clinical researchers as they share the latest thinking on the importance of sleep, the perils of social media, vaping, eating disorders and fad diets. 

Date: Wednesday 9 August 2023
Time: 5.30pm - 7.00pm (5.45pm start)
Venue: University of Otago, Christchurch (2 Riccarton Avenue - Main Campus Building)

Welcome:
Professor Tony Walls
Research for Children Aotearoa

Speakers:
Professor Richard Porter
Teenagers and young people often sleep during the day rather than at night. Should parents should worry about this? – and what they might do about it?
Professor Richard Porter is Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch and a Consultant Psychiatrist. He is an expert in the treatment of depression and bipolar disorder and has a particular interest in the role of sleep and circadian rhythm disturbance in mental health problems.

Associate Professor Philip Pattemore
Vaping
Philip has recently retired as Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Otago, Christchurch and Paediatric Respiratory & General Specialist at Christchurch Hospital, Te Whatu Ora, New Zealand.  His research interests are in childhood asthma epidemiology, effects of tobacco smoking and vaping on children and young people, and clinical pathology of cystic fibrosis.  He is engaged in a study of the impact among high school students of an educational video presentation about vaping on attitudes and expressed intentions towards vaping.

Associate Professor Jenny Jordan
Eating Disorders and my teenagers’ faddish diet 
Jenny works in the Clinical Research Unit (UOC) on psychotherapy trials and related research. Jenny considers she has the perfect job, working at the intersection of research, teaching and practice, each informing the other, with the overarching aim of improving eating disorder and other mental health outcomes.
Jenny will highlight risks our teenagers face that may put them at risk of eating disorders and outline actions that can be taken to mitigate those risks.

Dr Jenni Manuel
Raising kids to be mentally resilient – friends, screen time and social media
Dr Jenni Manuel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Māori Indigenous Health Innovation and the Department of Psychological Medicine. She has teaching responsibilities in both departments and has special research interest in Māori mental health equity, psychotherapy, and improving specialist mental health service delivery. She has over 15 years’ experience in the mental health field including youth mental health. She draws from knowledge as a researcher, therapist, and mother of three.

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