Larissa Hon is a doctoral candidate at the University of Canterbury. Her research examines the autonomic regulation of infants in their first months of life. She is also interested in the interplay between parent-infant autonomic co-regulation, parent-infant emotional connection, as well as early parenting behaviours.
Professor Lianne Woodward is a professor at the University of Canterbury. Her multidisciplinary research is aimed at understanding the developmental processes that place children at risk of adverse cognitive, educational, motor and mental health outcomes. These processes include the effects of adverse pregnancy and birth exposures, brain injury, parenting and psychosocial factors.
Professor Chris Pretty is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Canterbury. His research interests are predominantly focused towards bioengineering and mobile robotics. Within bioengineering, his primary interest is in model-based therapeutics, which is at the intersection of engineering, clinical medicine, and physiology. He is involved with the modelling, sensing, and control of dynamic physiological systems for clinical medicine, especially in the critical care environment. His research has particular emphasis on solutions that provide significant, improved clinical outcomes for patients and reduced cost/effort for clinicians.
Melissa Hanses is a doctoral candidate at the University of Canterbury. She is also a Senior Nursing Lecturer at the Ara Institute of Canterbury, and a nurse practitioner.
Chris Cameron is a doctoral candidate at the University of Canterbury.
Infants' Regulation & Coregulation with Mothers 