Postgraduate research opportunities, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Clinical orthopaedic research: Prediction of outcomes following hip and knee joint replacement

Clinical orthopaedic research: Prospective studies evaluating total joint arthroplasty and survival from the New Zealand National Joint Registry

Clinical orthopaedic research: Random controlled trials evaluating total joint arthroplasty and survival

Clinical orthopaedic research: Acoustic emission monitoring for detecting wear / failure in total joint replacement

Clinical orthopaedic research: Joint proprioception following total joint replacement

Clinical orthopaedic research: Measuring changes in bone mineral density in total hip and knee arthroplasty

Optimising mesenchymal stem cell niche for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

In vitro 3D culture models for mimicking native tissue organisation in vivo

3D Printing of nano-composite scaffolds for bone regeneration

Bio-assembly of organotypic 3D tissue models

In vivo evaluation of Additive Manufactured custom titanium orthopaedic implants

3D Biofabrication of osteochondral tissue engineered constructs for joint resurfacing

Translational Regenerative Medicine strategies for cartilage and bone repair

Total joint replacement and clinical outcomes

In vivo models for optimised medical device design

Optimisation of the implant-bone interface for stimulating bone formation

Additive manufacturing of porous scaffolds for stimulating bone formation

Spectral (MARS) micro-CT imaging of cartilage and bone health

In vitro 3D culture models for mimicking native tissue organisation in vivo

Optimising mesenchymal stem cell niche for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

In vivo evaluation of Additive Manufactured custom titanium orthopaedic implants

3D Biofabrication of osteochondral tissue engineered constructs for joint resurfacing

3D Printing of nano-composite scaffolds for bone regeneration

Translational Regenerative Medicine strategies for cartilage and bone repair

Socio-political issues and nursing

Nursing practice: Preceptorship / mentorship

Nursing practice: Ethics

Advanced nursing practice

Health professional education: Teaching practice

Health professional education: Inter-professional education

Health professional education: Simulation

Health professional education: Technology enhanced learning and teaching (TELT)

Health services delivery: Health technology

Health services delivery: Care delivery modes

Health services delivery: Innovation in health care

Health services delivery: Improving clinical outcomes

Quality systems and management

Health services delivery: Nursing workforce

Health service leadership and management

Self-management for long-term conditions with older adults

Gender health impacts

Cultural norms and wellbeing

Hormone replacement therapy and ageing

Host:pathogen interactions in the gut

Mental health of people with intellectual disability

Parents with intellectual disability

Primary health care for people with intellectual disability

People with intellectual disability negotiating the legal system

Advanced care planning for people with life limiting conditions

Sexuality and sexual health of people with intellectual disability

Body image of women with intellectual disability

Management of long-term conditions – Pacific Island populations

Pain management

Parents of children with long-term respiratory conditions

Management of long-term conditions: Healthcare and ageing population

Self-management for long-term conditions with older adults

Advanced aged assisted living and rest home care

Management of long-term conditions: Family-centred care

Management of long-term conditions: Mental health / psychological therapies

Development of nursing roles in chronic disease management

Management of long-term conditions: Research with older people

Effects of chronic heart disease on quality of life

Trends in management and outcomes of unstable angina and myocardial infarction

Have priority scores improved elective treatment of heart disease?

Circulating noncoding RNAs in heart disease

Proteomics of heart disease

Genetics / genomics, epigenetics, and heart disease in the New Zealand population

Neurohormonal aspects of cardiovascular disease – clinical studies

Neurohormonal aspects of cardiovascular disease – laboratory studies

The role of hormones regulating metabolism in cardiovascular disease

Cytokine signalling, neurohormones and intracellular signalling pathways in experimental myocardial infarction

Studies of vasoactive hormones in isolated perfused hearts

Biochemical and metabolic studies of BNP related peptides and their measurement in cardiovascular disorders

Effect of hormones on, and their responses to, bone growth

Identification of new circulating peptides: Their biological activity and diagnostic applications

Bioactivity of ‘new’ vasoactive hormones

Hormone-guided treatment of heart failure

Ventricular remodelling after myocardial infarction

Cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in heart disease

Vasoactive hormones and sympathetic interactions

Models of cardiac injury

Physiology of novel vasoactive peptides

Psychiatric pharmacogenetics: Genetic predictors of psychiatric medication side effects

Physical - Mental health interface

Psychological adaptation to medical illness

Personality disorders and treatment

Addiction and co-existing disorders: Behavioural addictions including gambling, sex and electronic media addictions

Cognitive impairment and mood disorders

Addiction and co-existing disorders: Addictive overeating

Addiction and co-existing disorders: Prevention and treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorder

Māori Mental Health

Longitudinal health and social outcomes: Developmental antecedents of mental health and addiction problems in adulthood

Anxiety disorders and treatment

Eating disorders

Host iron status and gastrointestinal disease

Gut bacteria and colorectal cancer

Epidemiological studies of colorectal cancer in New Zealand

Epidemiological and outcome study of anal cancer

Diverticular disease in Canterbury; patterns of presentation, predicators of recurrence and outcomes from surgery including quality of life.

Biomarkers and gastrointestinal disease

Outcomes of Colorectal cancer in New Zealand

Early onset colorectal cancer

Pain research: Experience of living with chronic pain (for example osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia)

Pain research: Mindfulness and positive psychology approaches to living with chronic pain

Pain research: Factors associated with resilience and living with persistent pain

Pain research: Clinical practice change and knowledge translation from theory to clinical practice in pain and pain management

Pain research: Chronic pain coping strategies and decisions associated with using strategies in daily life

Pain research: Clinical outcomes following major joint surgery, particularly examining factors associated with poor functional outcomes and/or post-surgical chronic pain (prospective studies)

Statistical methods

Evidence-based practice

Bayesian modelling

Health professionals and interprofessional boundaries

Health economics

Characterising the relationship between Legionella longbeachae and their amoebal hosts: implications for Legionnaires’ disease prevention

The Epigenetic Effects of Oxidative Stress

Paediatric Respiratory Diseases: Asthma epidemiology

Paediatric Surgery: Validation of 3D printed thorascopic model of surgical expertise in oesophageal atresia repair

Paediatric Gastroenterology: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Paediatric Infectious Diseases: Childhood vaccination

Paediatric Infectious Diseases: Infections in children

Is there a relationship between nutrition, microbiome and antenatal depression?

Clinically focused spectral x-ray projects include research into cardiovascular disease, cancer, bone health and nano-particle drug delivery

A focus on identifying micro-organisms in situ with antibody directed contrast targeting

Development of invasive aspergillosis mouse model for spectral CT imaging

Unravelling DNA damage in 3D Bioprinted Living Tissues

Analysis of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 using nanopore DNA sequencing system

Antibiotic failure in tuberculosis due to interactions with myeloperoxidase, an enzyme released by immune cells

Search for novel biomarkers for sepsis in the cat

Gene-modification of breast cancer cells for cancer imaging

Cancer genomics and inherited risk

Genomics of disease and drug responses