Art in Practice III
Friday, 12 April 2013
An exhibition of recent works by graduates of the School of Art, Otago Polytechnic
Otago cancer researcher gains HRC Explorer Grant
Monday, 13 May 2013
A leading University of Otago researcher has gained Health Research Council (HRC) funding to investigate a new way to measure the aggressiveness of cancer cells using circular polarised light.
Medal mystery solved after 60 years' detective work
Friday, 3 May 2013
Jeanette Waters is “absolutely delighted” to have solved a mystery that has haunted her for 60 years, ever since she found a gold medal in an Auckland street as a 5-year-old, in her first week at school.
NZ outdoor workers poorly protected from the sun: Otago research
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
New Zealand outdoor workers are generally poorly protected from solar UV radiation, with only around one-third wearing sunscreen or a suitably protective hat, according to a University of Otago study published in the latest issue of the international Journal of Occupational Health.
Dunedin School of Medicine research supported by Lottery grants
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Dunedin School of Medicine researchers have gained $335,600 in new funding from the Lottery Grants Board to pursue research aimed at improving the health status of New Zealanders.
Researchers helping uncover sports drug cheats
Friday, 12 April 2013
Researchers from the Dunedin School of Medicine and the University of Otago, Christchurch are collaborating to develop a new test to assist the World Anti-Doping Agency uncover drug cheats in sport.
'So-called health foods' called into question
Sunday, 24 March 2013
University of Otago professor Jim Mann, an internationally respected researcher in human nutrition, has criticised ''so-called health foods'' that were actually ''not healthy'' and urged big reforms in supermarket food labelling.
Better outcomes for injured New Zealanders than ill ones
Monday, 18 March 2013
New Zealanders who fall ill experience significantly worse financial and work outcomes than those with a comparable injury, according to new University of Otago research. Dr Sue McAllister of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine led the research for her PhD, conducting a comparative study of 109 people under the age of 65 years who had a stroke and compared their outcomes with 429 people who had a similarly debilitating injury.
District health boards faced challenges prior to Christchurch quakes
Friday, 15 March 2013
Before the Christchurch earthquakes, emergency preparedness at district health board-level in New Zealand faced challenges that they needed to overcome, suggests a University of Otago study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today. However, the study – the first to address the issue of strategic healthcare emergency preparedness in New Zealand - found that disaster preparedness was adequate to deal with a major emergency– as occurred in Christchurch.
Healthcare system not 'what most NZers want today'
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
The private healthcare system relies on the public system when things go wrong, and should be more transparent about its fees, Prof Robin Gauld said in a lecture in Dunedin last night.
Car crashes overlooked killer of unborn babies in NZ
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Motor vehicle crashes involving mothers-to-be account for more than half of all New Zealand’s foetal deaths due to maternal injury, new University of Otago research reveals. In the first-ever study to describe foetal mortality due to vehicle crashes in this country, an Otago injury prevention researcher shows that of the 41 foetal and newborn deaths due to maternal injury between 1997 and 2008, 21 involved motor vehicle collisions, according to narrative data on the foetal death certificate.
Excessive TV in childhood linked to long-term antisocial behaviour
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to manifest antisocial and criminal behaviour when they become adults, according to a new University of Otago study published online in the US journal Pediatrics.
Having multiple sex partners linked to later drug and alcohol problems
Friday, 15 February 2013
The more sex partners young adults have the more likely they are to go on to develop alcohol or cannabis dependence disorders in young adulthood, according to new University of Otago research.
Otago researchers create online injured cyclist-door crash map
Thursday, 7 February 2013
A searchable online map showing where in New Zealand cyclists have been injured as a result of car doors opening has been created by University of Otago injury prevention researchers.
Otago researchers in major new study of TB and diabetes epidemics
Monday, 3 December 2012
University of Otago expertise is set to play a key role in European Commission (EC) funded research into links between infectious and non-communicable diseases – in this case tuberculosis (TB) and type 2 diabetes.
Otago study highlights how little is known about baby weaning method
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Starting babies on solids by letting them feed themselves pieces of food is a growing trend – yet there is scarce scientific research about the practice, putting healthcare professionals in a difficult position when giving advice, new University of Otago research suggests.
Sexual Health and Rugby World Cup 2011
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
A new in-depth analysis of sexual health clinic attendance and diagnoses during last year’s Rugby World Cup (RWC) reveals increased risk and harm for attendees who had sex related to this sporting event.
Serious assaults in NZ disturbingly high: Otago research
Friday, 12 October 2012
University of Otago researchers have found that serious assaults in New Zealand have been steadily rising and are now at disturbingly high levels, especially among young males, Maori and Pacific people, and those from deprived neighbourhoods.
Otago student gains Woolf Fisher Scholarship to Cambridge University
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
A top Otago medical student has gained a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship to support Cambridge University PhD study on blood flow regulation in brain-injured patients.
NZ’s shameful alcohol injury toll put under spotlight at major conference
Friday, 5 October 2012
Around one-quarter of injury deaths in New Zealand could be prevented if alcohol use was removed from the combination of factors causing these injuries, a University of Otago researcher told the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion held in Wellington this week.
Interventions can reduce falls in over-65s who live at home
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
There is now strong evidence that some interventions can prevent falls in people over the age of 65 who are living in their own homes, according to a comprehensive University of Otago-led review of research in the area.
