20 Dec 2017
December 2017 newsletter available
The December issue of the BHRC newsletter looks at bionics, babies and brains
03 Nov 2017
Marsden Grants to five BHRC researchers
Five BHRC researchers awarded Marsden grants
25 Oct 2017
The Cost of Preterm Birth
Dr Max Berry, a researcher and neonatologist, discusses the real outcomes for pr...
09 Oct 2017
Honours for epilepsy research student
BHRC student Nadia Adotevi selected to speak at international epilepsy conferenc...
21 Sep 2017
BHRC student prize winners at AWCBR
BHRC PhD students Hannah Best and Ashwini Hariharan win prizes at AWCBR
14 Sep 2017
Psychoactive Substances in New Zealand
Dr Shakila Rizwan and Dr Andrea Vernall explain what the Psychoactive Substances...
12 Sep 2017
Challenging the mental health struggle
The inaugural Silverline Festival, being held next weekend on 15-16 September, i...
06 Sep 2017
Learning about learning
Simon Fisher's remarkable discovery about dopamine could change the way we look...
16 Aug 2017
And the winner is... and the winner is
Tamlin Conner, department of Psychology winner of OUSA Supervisor of the Year Aw...
24 Jul 2017
Getting the Meds Right
Medication for mental disorders such as anxiety and depression can be life-chang...
04 Jul 2017
Award winning student talks stress and success
Julia Gouws has won both the BMS dean's prize for best summer scholarship report...
03 Jul 2017
The Imaginative Brain
Professor Donna Rose Addis explains why memory and imagination are so entwined.
29 May 2017
Food and Exercise for a Healthy Brain
How do we keep our brains healthy as we age? Dr Liana Machado provides some answ...
19 May 2017
Public Lecture - Professor Donna Rose Addis
Professor Donna Rose Addis will be giving a public lecture, titled 'The Imaginat...
17 May 2017
Brain Week Interview with Andrew Clarkson
Dr Andrew Clarkson talks about his work developing a drug to treat stroke
15 May 2017
Quit or Persist?
Why do we give up when we should keep going?
03 May 2017
Art Competition - A Window Into The Brain
This year, in conjunction with our yearly conference, the BHRC is running an art...
13 Apr 2017
Calvin Kai Young - Mind Control
Dr Calvin Kai Young explains how our world is catching up to science fiction
06 Apr 2017
Brain Day Interview With Angus McMorland
Dr Angus McMorland explains how we can use brain signals to get around movement...
06 Apr 2017
Richard Prentice - 2017 Helen Rosa Thacker Scholar
Richard Prentice, our 2017 Helen Rosa Thacker scholar, is working on a way of ma...
06 Apr 2017
Counting Sheep - 10 Facts about Sleep
Dr Celia Lie and Regina Hegemann explain the importance of sleep
06 Apr 2017
What can babies tell us about vision?
Are babies born as a blank slate, or are we all predisposed to develop in specif...
15 Mar 2017
15 March 2017, Otago’s flagship research centres confirmed
The University of Otago has reconfigured the line-up of its flagship research ce...
14 Mar 2017
Raising awareness of chronic pain
fter many years of studying Parkinson’s, researcher Dr Louise Parr-Brownlie is m...
10 Mar 2017
How Many Brain Cells Do You Have?
Recent research puts to rest a 150 year old controversy about the number of cell...
08 Mar 2017
Moving within the Neuron - Dr Laura Gumy Seminar
Dr Laura Gumy, from the University of Otago anatomy department, talks about how...
08 Mar 2017
The Age of Bionics - Professor Rob Shepherd Seminar
Professor Rob Shepherd of the Bionics Institute explains recent research into co...
14 Feb 2017
Brain Week 2017 Programme
The programme for the 2017 Brain Week
14 Feb 2017
The Effect of Placebo on Heart Surgery Recovery
The placebo effect has been known to affect the mind, but can it help the body r...
14 Feb 2017
New Steps in Concussion Diagnosis
Explanations of new tests that can diagnose concussion
13 Feb 2017
Hannah Best's Batten Disease Research
Hannah Best, our 2017 Roche scholar, and how her PhD could help children with Ba...
03 Feb 2017
BHRC Researchers Praised in He Kitenga
Three BHRC researchers have been included in the University of Otago 2016 resear...
12 Jan 2017
2016 Roche Scholarship Awarded to Hannah Best
And the 2016 Roche Hanns Möhler Doctoral Scholarship goes to...
04 Jan 2017
BHRC researcher John Reynolds promoted to full professor
BHRC research John Reynolds promoted to full professor