Associate Professor Elizabeth du Preez from the School of Clinical Sciences has been awarded the 2024 NZ Psychological Society Public Interest Award. The award recognises valuable contributions to psychology in the service of the public interest in areas or issues of concern to psychologists.
In its announcement, the society said that Dr du Preez has “worked tirelessly as an activist scholar and practitioner in service of the Rainbow communities”. “She has instigated the policies and statements of our major psychology institutions to uphold the needs of the LGBTIQA+/Takatāpui communities. Dr Elizabeth du Preez’s work has had a significant positive public impact on the discipline and practice of psychology.”
