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10 Dec 2025

Otago announces 32 new professors


Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...

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12 Aug 2025

Bioprinting breakthroughs


A small team of Otago researchers has a bold ambition: to bioprint harvested human stem cells, enabling orthopaedic surg...

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25 Jun 2025

Smart Ideas projects set to benefit NZ


Otago projects on glowworms, natural hazards, heart attacks and reconstructive surgery have all received funding from th...

Laura Veenendaal

15 May 2025

New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Research Grant Application Success


Laura Veenendaal, a student at the University of Otago, Christchurch’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskel...

11 Apr 2025

UOC student wins prestigious American Chemical Society Award


Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Max Yavitt, from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and M...

Professor Tim Woodfield, Director, CReaTE, standing alongside the REGENHU R-GEN 200 3D Bioprinter.

07 Feb 2025

UOC CReaTE group signs with major EU Horizon research project


A cutting-edge research team at the University of Otago, Christchurch has been chosen as an international partner in a m...

Clara Fergus

29 Nov 2024

Emerging UOC researchers awarded HRC grants


Four Christchurch researchers have received Health Research Council (HRC) grants to advance their careers in the fields...

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21 Nov 2024

Dr F. Max Yavitt Awarded Prestigious Marsden Fast Start Grant


The Department of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Medicine is thrilled to announce that Dr. F. Max Yavitt has been awar...

Drs Christoph Goebl, Nina Dickerhof, Janice Chew-Harris Max Yavitt

07 Nov 2024

Major Marsden Fund grants awarded to UOC researchers


Four University of Otago Christchurch, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Ōtautahi researchers involved in cancer, pneumonia and cardi...

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10 Oct 2024

Dr Axel Norberg wins KiwiNet Emerging Innovator award


Dr Axel Norberg, a recently completed PhD student from the CReaTE Research Group, has been awarded the KiwiNet Emerging...

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13 Sep 2024

Bio Medical Research career opportunities highlighted at DARE event to inspire high school students


The Otago University, Christchurch Campus recently hosted the DARE (Discover, Achieve, Research, and Engage) event, an i...

Edmond Fehoko and his daughter Nancy Laumanu Pole-Fehoko.

07 Aug 2024

Project hopes to shift Pacific ideas on food


Making positive shifts today to improve the nutrition of Pacific communities in the future is the hope of a University o...

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