The Collaborative has the capacity to undertake:
- Academic research with the aim of creating new knowledge
- Commissioned research with the objective of meeting the needs of the commissioning body
- Community research with the focus of working in partnership with community organizations to meet the research needs of the organization
The Collaborative has recently formed a Resarch Sub-Commitee, chaired by Ria Schroder and Mark Turner, which has invited a vaiety of researchers to be part of the group. The purposes of the group are:
- to ensure a high standard of research activity in youth health and development by providing ethical guidelines, supervision and peer support.
- to develop an overall research strategy in youth health and development for the Collaborative.
- to provide opportunities for dissemination of results, and to involve youth and the community in research
Researchers involved in the sub-committee are:
Ria Schroder - youth AOD research qualitative methodology
Mark Turner - mental health early intervention clinical research and evaluation, quantitative methodology
Bryce Hamilton - social research and marketing methodology focus on qualitative
Sarah Mckay - qualitative methodology, community development research
Catherine McGee - database construction and data entry
Lynn Briggs - sociology, interest in refugee and migrant mental health
Hannah Dunlop - youth worker doing evaluation research
Edward Coughlan - Sexual health physician, medical director of the sexual health clinic in Christchurch clinical research
Jane Higgins - sociology Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University advisory to the Committee
Cathy Willowstarr - sociology and mental health interests
Sue Quinn - undertaking projects through Presbyterian Support
Kelly Pope - young person in training interested in mental health and social justice

