| Nicola Kayes | |
| Other Names: | Nicola M. Kayes |
| Fields: | health psychology |
| Workplaces: | Auckland University of Technology |
| Education: | University of Auckland |
| Alma Mater: | Auckland University of Technology |
| Thesis1 Title: | Physical Activity Engagement in People with Multiple Sclerosis |
| Thesis1 Url: | https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10292/1211/KayesNM.pdf |
| Thesis1 Year: | 2011 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Kathryn McPherson |
Nicola M. Kayes is a New Zealand health psychologist, director of the Centre for Person Centred Research and professor of rehabilitation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
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".[1] She completed a PhD at AUT titled "Physical activity engagement in people with Multiple Sclerosis" in March 2011.[2]
In November 2019, Kayes was promoted to full professor at AUT.[3] As of 2021 she is immediate past president of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association[4] and a principal investigator with Brain Research New Zealand.[5]