Summer Studentship project enhances cultural awareness
Elishia Mako (Ngāi Tahu, Tūhoe, Tainui) is putting the CHI team through their paces in an effort to generate base-line data on cultural awareness, existing attitudes and practices in the group.
Kaupapa Māori and governance for CHI
A new kaupapa Māori research group has been established within the Christchurch Heart Institute (CHI) to help ensure equity in heart health for Māori.
Research professor by day, citizen astronomer by night
Friday 17 March 2023
A University of Otago, Christchurch academic and citizen scientist has contributed to a research paper about NASA’s first planetary defence test by capturing data about an asteroid in his backyard.
Off-Campus: Peering into deep space
Thursday 29 September 2022
Off-Campus profiles the diverse and inspiring out-of-office pursuits of Otago staff. This week, Department of Medicine research professor and keen astronomer John Pickering
Professor Vicky Cameron – chasing genes and climbing mountains
Thursday 27 January 2022
Professor Vicky Cameron has devoted her distinguished University of Otago career to scientific discovery, or, in her own words, “the hunting of tiny things”.
Christchurch medical graduand juggles study and motherhood
Friday 10 December 2021
Malisa Mulholland is too modest to call herself a trailblazer but the final stages of her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) certainly paved the way for other medical students to follow in her footsteps.
A call for New Zealanders – reach out to protect the health of the elderly with the move to Level 3
Wednesday 1 September 2021
A University of Otago geriatrician and researcher is calling on neighbours and extended family to reach out to support older New Zealanders potentially struggling with their physical and mental health, with the imminent shift to Level 3 lockdown for much of the country from Wednesday.
COVID-19 antibodies and heart health, focus of new study
Thursday 12 August 2021
Christchurch researchers are aiming to get a handle on the number of Kiwis exposed to COVID-19 and how long antibodies to COVID-19 may last as part of a Government-funded study.
PERT research network continues to develop
Thursday 8 July 2021
Almost 10 years ago a dietitian and two palliative care physicians attended a journal club about nutrition and cancer.
Raising awareness of Māori heart health
Thursday 8 July 2021
The Christchurch Heart Institute (CHI), Rangahau Manawa o Ōtautahi, is working alongside the Māori community to raise awareness of heart health and to implement research to support the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease among Māori.
Keeping on track
Friday 12 March 2021
Professor Vicky Cameron ran the Buller Half Marathon recently, coming second in the 65+ age group.
New Māori Research Adviser at the Christchurch Heart Institute
Friday 12 March 2021
The Christchurch Heart Institute (CHI) has recruited a Māori Research Adviser to help them appropriately respond to the cultural best practices of Te Ao Māori (all things Māori).
A gut response
Friday 12 March 2021
Working in a lab to help further research into the relationship between the microbiome and cardiovascular disease, may not be how many young people would want to spend their summer.
Medical student’s summer of research
Friday 12 March 2021
Fergus Allan was going to be an accountant when he left Palmerston North Boys' High.
Gold Medal for Research
Friday 8 January 2021
Professor Chris Charles has received the University of Otago Gold Medal for Research.
CHI receive Research Group Award
Thursday 17 December 2020
Christchurch Heart Institute is the 2020 recipient of the University of Otago Research Group Award.
Medical student experiences motherhood and postnatal depression before graduation
Tuesday 15 December 2020
When Rebecca Pascoe graduated from medical school last weekend there was an unanticipated but much appreciated person in attendance.
Christchurch Simulation Centre celebrates its 10 Year anniversary
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Staff and students from the University’s Christchurch campus recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its Simulation Centre.
Centres for Research Excellence
Tuesday 27 October 2020
The Christchurch Heart Institute is excited to be part of a new cardiovascular Centre for Research Excellence (CoRE), aiming to close a seven-year gap in life expectancy for Māori and Pacific people, compared with other New Zealanders.
Welcome to the CHI!
Tuesday 6 October 2020
We warmly welcome Dr Wendy Ip to the CHI team, as Laboratory Manager in the Omics Lab.
Super charging heart hormones
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Dr Nicola Scott and Associate Professor Miriam Rademaker of the CHI’s Preclinical Lab have won funding from the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF; $109,252) and the Heart Foundation ($154,802), to investigate how to maximize the effects of heart hormones.
Heart health risk of premature birth
Tuesday 6 October 2020
The heart health of adults born prematurely, and their mothers, is the focus of a new collaborative study between the CHI and Dr Sarah Harris, specialist neonatal paediatrician. Dr Harris has been awarded a Heart Foundation project grant of $300,000.
Personalised healthcare
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Dr Sarah Appleby has been awarded a Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF) grant ($109,719) and a Heart Foundation project grant ($150,000), for her work that will explore novel biological markers for the detection and follow up of heart failure in patients that also have conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation.
Pasifika heart health
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Research Fellows Dr Moritz Lassé and Dr Allamanda Faatoese have been awarded a two-year Heart Foundation project grant ($157,549) to support their study looking at concentrations of the heart health marker, NT-proBNP, in Pasifika.
Celebrating Heart Foundation Fellowships
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Dr Janice Chew-Harris of the Translational Biodiscovery Lab and Evie Templeton, who is nearing the end of her PhD in the ‘Omics Lab, have both been awarded Heart Foundation Research Fellowships.
