Kate Madeleine MacKrill
BSc MHealthPsych Auckland
Research | Current
PhD Thesis
Title: Understanding the dimensions of the nocebo effect
Research Interests
- Placebo & nocebo effects
- Illness perceptions
- Medicine branding
- Patient-practitioner communication
Teaching | Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant - HLTHPSYC 122 Behaviour, Health and Development
Guest Lecturer - Professional and Clinical Skills Course, year 3 medical programme
Guest Lecturer - Master of Health Psychology, year 1 programme
Distinctions/Honours
Bagnall Doctoral Student International Mobility Scholarship - 2020
Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Early Career Travel Grant - 2019
University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship - 2018
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Postgraduate Students' Association Travel Grant - 2018
Fertility Associates Prize - 2017
Committees/Professional groups/Services
- American Psychological Association Division 38 Health Psychology
- International Association of Applied Psychology
- Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies
- Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine
- New Zealand Psychological Society
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- MacKrill, K., Groom, K. M., & Petrie, K. J. (2020). The effect of symptom-tracking apps on symptom reporting. British journal of health psychology, 25 (4), 1074-1085. 10.1111/bjhp.12459
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Keith Petrie, Katie Groom - Dalbeth, N., Douglas, M., MacKrill, K., Te Karu, L., Kleinstäuber M, & Petrie, K. J. (2020). The impact of the illness label 'gout' on illness and treatment perceptions in Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders). BMC Rheumatology, 4 (1).10.1186/s41927-020-00120-z
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Nicola Dalbeth, Keith Petrie - MacKrill, K., Kleinstäuber M, & Petrie, K. J. (2019). The effect of rebranding generic medicines on drug efficacy and side effects. Psychology & health, 34 (12), 1470-1485. 10.1080/08870446.2019.1616088
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Keith Petrie - Petrie, K., MacKrill, K., Silvester, C., Dalbeth, N., & Pennebaker, J. (2019). OK Computer? A time analysis of Google searches about symptoms. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1 (2), 1-11. 10.32872/cpe.v1i2.32774
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/49141
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Keith Petrie, Nicola Dalbeth - MacKrill, K., Gamble, G., Bean, D., Cundy, T., & Petrie, K. (2019). Evidence of a media-induced nocebo response following a nationwide antidepressant drug switch. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1 (1), 1-12. 10.32872/cpe.v1i1.29642
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/49140
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg Gamble, Keith Petrie - MacKrill, K., & Petrie, K. J. (2018). What is associated with increased side effects and lower perceived efficacy following switching to a generic medicine? A New Zealand cross-sectional patient survey. BMJ open, 8 (10)10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023667
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Keith Petrie - MacKrill, K., & Petrie, K. (2018). PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF PATIENT CONCERN AND ITS EFFECTS IN MEDICINE BRAND CHANGES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. (pp. 2).
- Kleinstäuber M, MacKrill, K., & Petrie, K. J. (2018). Characteristics of individuals who prefer branded innovator over generic medicines: a New Zealand general population survey. Drugs and Therapy Perspectives, 34 (10), 478-483. 10.1007/s40267-018-0541-z
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Keith Petrie
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Contact details
Primary office location
M&HS BUILDING 507 - Bldg 507
Level 3, Room 3030
28 PARK AVE
GRAFTON
AUCKLAND 1023
New Zealand