Professor Keith Petrie

Keith Petrie is Professor of Health Psychology at Auckland University Medical School.  Keith Petrie worked as a clinical psychologist in medical settings before taking up a faculty position in Auckland. His early work in pain clinics and medical wards sparked his interest in the field of health psychology and, in particular, the different ways patients cope with medical symptoms and treatment.  His research group also does work on adherence to treatment, psychoimmunology, symptom reporting as well as the placebo and nocebo response.  In 2015 Professor Petrie was made a Fellow of the Royal Society and was the recipient of the Durie Medal, which is awarded to New Zealand’s pre-eminent social scientist.


Professor Petrie provides expert commentary on Patient Psychology Research Review.

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