Rate My Professor Jubilee Rajiah

Dr. Jubilee Rajiah serves as a consultant psychiatrist in the Mental Health and Wellbeing team at Student Health Services, University of Otago, where she has been providing care to students since joining the team in 2002. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) from the University of Madras in India, awarded in 1984, and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) in 2003. Originally from India, Rajiah migrated to New Zealand approximately 13 years prior to 2008. In addition to her role at the University of Otago in Dunedin, she works part-time with the Southern District Health Board's North Community Mental Health Team and maintains a very limited private practice. Her professional contributions extend to clinical support in research settings, including assistance with over-the-phone clinical assessments for a study on the impact of mobile mindfulness meditation on university students' mental health outcomes.

Rajiah's special interests encompass social and cultural psychiatry, reflected in her scholarly work such as a book review of 'Schizophrenia, Culture, and Subjectivity: The Edge of Experience' published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry in 2005, and an article entitled 'India 1947-2007: A Reflection' featured in Scope (Art), issue 3, in November 2008. She has provided independent expert clinical advice to the Health and Disability Commissioner, including in a 2022 decision regarding the provision of culturally appropriate mental health care, where she assessed standards related to cultural safety, whānau involvement, medication monitoring, and referrals to appropriate services. Rajiah has also engaged in public and professional forums, participating as a speaker at events such as the Otago Polytechnic Education Code of Practice Symposium on cross-border students' wellbeing and mental health challenges in 2025, and community panels addressing mental health topics. Her work supports student wellbeing through direct psychiatric care and contributions to culturally sensitive practices in mental health services.