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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...
12 Aug 2025
Bioprinting breakthroughs
A small team of Otago researchers has a bold ambition: to bioprint harvested human stem cells, enabling orthopaedic surg...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...