Professor Terryann Clark's (RN, MPH, and PhD) specialist expertise is in youth health, youth mental health, nursing, public health and the wellbeing of tamariki me taitamariki. She is committed to advocating for the health of taitamariki/rangatahi through her research and advocacy across a wide range of health and social issues.

Terryann Clark holds the Cure Kids Professorial Chair in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the School of Nursing, Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. Her work is deeply embedded in health research, focusing on generating evidence to inform service delivery, legislation, and policies that impact the health and well-being of rangatahi. Professor Terryann Clark has also recently joined the Board of Ember Innovations (January 2025), bringing her expertise to support innovative approaches in health and wellness.

Terryann has been part of the Adolescent Health Research Group for the last 25 years, surveying over 36,000 secondary school students in Aotearoa to monitor well-being and emerging issues Youth19 - A Youth2000 Survey. Also, a recent study exploring the influence of whanungatanga on rangatahi well-being Rangatahi Māori — Youth19 - A Youth2000 Survey. Terryann utilises a range of skills and knowledge gained from her research, her nursing experience as a wahine Māori with a disability and as a mama to address and amplify the needs of taitamariki and improve whānau Māori well-being.

Terryann is part of a wider Indigenous network of scholars and leaders. She completed her PhD and Fellowship in Adolescent Health at the University of Minnesota between 2003 and 2007 and a three-year Summer Fellowship of Indigenous Social Determinants of Wellbeing from The Centre for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University, USA. These fellowships enable her to be part of global Indigenous networks that actively strive to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples.

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