Rate My Professor Shyamala Nada-Raja

Nada-Raja's research specializations encompass mental health epidemiology, violence and suicide prevention, eHealth interventions, and youth wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on the determinants of mental health among high school and university students, including Pacific students. Her projects draw on longitudinal data from the Dunedin Study and include the development of online wellbeing interventions, rural mental health studies, and harmonized app-based tools. She has served as Principal Investigator for the RID trial, Recovery via Internet from Depression, overseeing study design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination. Funding for her research team has been obtained from competitive grants by the Health Research Council, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Accident Compensation Corporation, and Lottery Health. Key publications include 'Suicide Attempt in Young People: A Signal for Long-term Care and Treatment' (2014), 'A Population-Based Study of Help-Seeking for Self-Harm in Young Adults' (2003), 'Self-Harmful Behaviors in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults' (2004), 'Folauga: A Model to Support the Retention and Success of Pacific Students in Higher Education in Aotearoa New Zealand' (2024), and 'First-Year Pacific Students’ Perception of Their Well-Being Journey at University in Aotearoa New Zealand' (2024). Her scholarly output has accumulated over 3,000 citations, underscoring its influence on public health and preventive medicine.