Debra Waters Explained

Debra Waters
Other Names:Debra Lynn Waters
Fields:Healthy ageing, sarcopenia
Workplaces:University of New Mexico
University of Otago

Debra Lynn Waters is a New Zealand exercise physiologist and medical researcher in the field of health ageing, director of Gerontology Research and professor at the University of Otago.

Academic career

With a BS and PhD,[1] exercise physiologist Waters moved from the University of New Mexico, where she retains the role of adjunct professor, to the University of Otago in New Zealand in 2005.[2] In December 2019 Waters was promoted to full professor at the University of Otago with effect from 1 February 2020.[3] [4]

Waters has led research into falls prevention through the Steady As You Go programme since 2010.[5] Early in 2019 Waters and Louise Parr-Brownlie were appointed joint directors of New Zealand's Ageing Well National Science Challenge. The programme conducts research into health ageing, including ageing and Māori and researchers in universities across New Zealand participate.[6]

Waters became editor-in-chief of the Australasian Journal on Ageing in January 2021.[7] She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Frailty & Aging[8] and an editor of Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research.[9]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Debra Waters. 2021-02-16. University of Otago. en-nz.
  2. Web site: Professor Debra Waters. live. 2021-02-16. Age Concern New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130101812/https://www.ageconcern.org.nz/Conference2020/Speakers/Day_one/Professor_Debra_Waters/Conference2020/allspeakers/Professor_Debra_Waters.aspx . 30 January 2021 .
  3. Web site: 2019-12-13. Promotions celebrate Otago academics' contributions. 2021-02-16. Otago Daily Times Online News. en.
  4. Web site: 2019-12-10. 30 new Professors for the University of Otago. live. 2021-02-16. University of Otago. en-nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404004225/https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago729509.html . 4 April 2020 .
  5. Web site: Associate Professor Debra Waters. live. 2021-02-16. Age Concerns Everyone Conference 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224152116/http://www.ageconcern.org.nz:80/Conference2018/Speakers/Day_Two/Debra_Waters/Conference2018/allspeakers/Debra%20Waters.aspx?hkey=6eb99372-e32b-49b2-b5b3-69f1bbabadd6 . 24 December 2018 .
  6. Web site: 2019-02-13. New Heads to lead Ageing Well National Science Challenge. live. 2021-02-16. University of Otago. en-nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307012038/https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago705461.html . 7 March 2021 .
  7. Web site: Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2021-02-16. Wiley Online Library. en.
  8. Web site: Editorial board. live. 2021-02-16. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103101222/http://www.jfrailtyaging.com/editorial-board.html . 3 January 2014 .
  9. Web site: Editorial board. 2021-02-16. Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research.

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