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30 Nov 2023
Another major award for UOC Cancer Tissue Bank curator Helen Morrin
In what’s proving to be a stellar year for recognition of her commitment and ded...
30 Nov 2023
Otago Professional Practice Fellow wins Dental Hygienist of the Year
Kirsty Barltrop, a Professional Practice Fellow in the Bachelor of Oral Heath at...
29 Nov 2023
Professor Suzanne Pitama receives Indigenous medical education award
University of Otago, Christchurch, Dean and Head of Campus Professor Suzanne Pit...
28 Nov 2023
Otago part of national research platform
The University of Otago is a key member of a newly developed research platform d...
23 Nov 2023
Liley Medal for Otago-led research to prevent rheumatic fever
Leading epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker and his research team have been r...
23 Nov 2023
University of Otago, Christchurch 50th anniversary finishes with fun night
21 Nov 2023
Celebrating 20 years of Neuroendocrinology Centre
The Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE) will be hosting a 20th Anniversary Sympo...
16 Nov 2023
Study highlights discrimination of mental health patients due to clinician bias
A survey, carried out by University of Otago researchers, reveals a significant...
14 Nov 2023
Conference explores contributing to global health
Aotearoa’s international contributions to global health will be the focus of thi...
13 Nov 2023
FEATURE: Flagship research centre celebrates 20th anniversary
Making a real difference to the lives of people affected by diabetes and obesity...
10 Nov 2023
Treatment of heart attacks at rural and urban hospitals
Patients who go to urban hospitals after having a heart attack receive more time...
06 Nov 2023
Discarded teeth offer insight into Victorian-era New Zealand
Four years ago, hundreds of teeth from a past era were uncovered on an Invercarg...
03 Nov 2023
Anatomy Department provide care packages for tauira
Two Department of Anatomy academics have gone beyond the lecture theatre to ensu...
01 Nov 2023
Helen Morrin receives award for cancer research
After more than two decades as the Curator of Otago University’s He Taonga Tapu...
01 Nov 2023
Educational outcomes poorer for children with type 1 diabetes
Children in Aotearoa with type 1 diabetes have significantly poorer educational...
30 Oct 2023
Otago academic elected to TEU Committee
Professor Siân Halcrow, from the Department of Anatomy, has been elected as Te T...
30 Oct 2023
Otago researchers receive Fellowships
The impact of housing on mental health and how hormones regulate parents’ behavi...
27 Oct 2023
Fellowships awarded to five Otago researchers
Five University of Otago researchers are being celebrated with Royal Society Te...
26 Oct 2023
Early career researchers committed to making a difference
Areas ranging from pain management to the rise of pseudolaw are the focus for th...
25 Oct 2023
Strong public support for alcohol policy action
There is considerable support from New Zealanders for government to take policy...
20 Oct 2023
Māori lecturers selected for prestigious programme
Dr Wahineata Smith (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Waikato, Ngāti Ranginui), and PhD can...
18 Oct 2023
Critical step made for managing brushtail possums
Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum will benefit th...
16 Oct 2023
Research on female fertility receives grant from global consortium
Menopause is often described as puberty’s evil older sister, but can reproductiv...
16 Oct 2023
Tall Blacks doctor enjoys basketball culture
For someone who has never played basketball, Dr Hamish Osborne knows a lot about...
11 Oct 2023
World-leading virus hunter Professor Jemma Geoghegan honoured
It has been quite the journey these past few months for Otago Professor Jemma Ge...
10 Oct 2023
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman honoured by Distinguished Research Medal
Housing and health researcher Poutoko Taiea Sesquicentennial Distinguished Profe...
02 Oct 2023
Drug resistant diseases “ticking timebomb” in Oceania
An international group of researchers is calling for urgent intervention and sur...
29 Sep 2023
$1.1m for Otago researchers
Otago researchers will be getting to the heart of one of New Zealand’s biggest h...
29 Sep 2023
Centre for Neuroendocrinology wins Otago Research Group Award
Te Pokapū Mātai Taiāki Iaia, the Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE), believes t...
27 Sep 2023
Inequalities for Pasifika children highlighted
Pasifika children are disproportionately represented in Aotearoa New Zealand’s c...
22 Sep 2023
Remains bring stories of the Otago goldfields to life
Findings from the skeletal remains of miners laid to rest in Otago cemeteries in...
21 Sep 2023
Otago Medical School Research Society celebrates rich history
For more than 100 years, the Otago Medical School and its Research Society have...
20 Sep 2023
PCARN is bringing palliative care researchers together
Just two months since its July launch, the Palliative Care Aotearoa Research Net...
19 Sep 2023
More than $32 million MBIE research funding for Otago
University of Otago researchers have been awarded more than $32 million in the l...
19 Sep 2023
Otago researchers rewarded for excellence
The breadth and strengths of University of Otago research were on display when t...
18 Sep 2023
Dr Chris Paton on WHO’s Digital Health Initiative
The World Health Organisation launched a Global Initiative on Digital Health at...
13 Sep 2023
Otago Professor new chair of Health Research Council’s Māori Health Committee
The University of Otago’s Professor Emma Wyeth (Kāi Tahu, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama,...
05 Sep 2023
Lecturers celebrated for ‘making a difference’
University of Otago lecturers have today been recognised for their teaching exce...
05 Sep 2023
Professor Debbie Hay made new Associate Dean Space
Professor Debbie Hay has been appointed the new Associate Dean (AD) Space for th...
04 Sep 2023
Medic volunteers her way to an ‘outstanding’ nomination
From running a successful beach clean-up at St Kilda to mentoring young women in...
29 Aug 2023
From Chile to New Zealand and beyond, doing science from a wheelchair
Originally from Chile, Karla Araya-Castro is a biotechnologist and visiting post...
25 Aug 2023
Ketamine may help treat depression but use should not become widespread – editorial
Ketamine can be used to manage treatment-resistant depression but researchers wa...
25 Aug 2023
Otago represents at ultimate frisbee world champs
We’ll give them this – they've got spirit!...
24 Aug 2023
First HSFY Admissions event a success
The Division of Health Sciences recently hosted the first of what will become an...
22 Aug 2023
Mummification practice of ancient populations latest focus of Otago bioarchaeologist
Professor Siân Halcrow’s work has taken her to some of the most significant arch...
18 Aug 2023
Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie appointed Departmental Science Advisor to MBIE
Highly regarded University of Otago researcher, senior leader and wahine toa Pro...
18 Aug 2023
Medical student investigates rheumatic fever threat in Canterbury
Christchurch-based Samoan medical student Taliah Su'a understands the harsh real...
18 Aug 2023
PhD grad on new evidence for eye drops used in preterm infants
Lisa Kremer’s (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, and Waitaha) walk across the graduation sta...
16 Aug 2023
Possum contraceptive to protect the environment
PhD graduand Ravneel Chand caps off his postdoctoral studies this weekend, havin...
08 Aug 2023
Laboratory research finds gluten caused brain inflammation
In what is believed to be a world first discovery, University of Otago researche...
07 Aug 2023
Is Ozempic the miracle weight loss drug?
If Ozempic or similar medicines were funded for weight loss it would take consid...
07 Aug 2023
New prestigious role for Professor Jemma Geoghegan
After a global search, Professor Jemma Geoghegan has been appointed the Webster...
07 Aug 2023
Otago physiotherapy students volunteering as sports medics for over 20 years
For more than 20 years Otago physiotherapy students have been volunteering weeke...
04 Aug 2023
Multiple symptoms in veterans could indicate PTSD – study
A pattern of symptoms in veterans has emerged in a University of Otago study tha...
04 Aug 2023
Tauira flourish in by-Pacific, for-Pacific research initiative
Three Pacific tauira traded rest for research as they embarked on their biomedic...
02 Aug 2023
Continuity of care needed from the ‘front of the pathway’ to the back
After undergoing cancer treatment, many survivors deal with a range of psycho-so...
31 Jul 2023
Prestigious international appointment for Otago Emeritus Professor
University of Otago Emeritus Professor of Pathology Brett Delahunt ONZM KStJ FRS...
27 Jul 2023
University of Otago, Christchurch celebrates its very own Matariki “stars”
The weather outside may have been uninspiring but it was all warmth and aroha in...
26 Jul 2023
Immunity gap likely reason for cluster of NZ whooping cough deaths, experts say
The death of three babies in Aotearoa from whooping cough this year were likely...
24 Jul 2023
Wāhine tauira create a network of support
A supportive sisterhood of tauira is putting in the mahi to help future health p...
24 Jul 2023
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu new Associate Dean (Pacific)
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu will be taking on the role of Associate...
21 Jul 2023
Vaping regulations failing children and young people – research letter
As the number of vape retailers in Aotearoa continues to grow – there are now mo...
21 Jul 2023
Updated informed consent statement to be introduced by Aotearoa’s two medical schools
A new informed consent statement for medical students in clinical placements wil...
20 Jul 2023
Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium 2023
The Faculty of Dentistry’s annual Clinical Excellence Day and Sir John Walsh Res...
20 Jul 2023
Otago University-led research delivers more certainty for genetic test diagnoses
Findings from a new international study look set to improve rates of diagnosis f...
12 Jul 2023
Rural residents die at higher rates than those in urban centres – study
People living in rural areas of Aotearoa die at higher rates than those living i...
12 Jul 2023
Pre-operative exercise substantially helps with recovery – study
Study finds that pre-operative exercise substantially helps with recovery with a...
07 Jul 2023
Study shows extent of health inequities
The first study to use Māori-specific data from a nationwide health-related qual...
07 Jul 2023
Kids spending one-third of after-school time on screens, study finds
Regulations are urgently needed to protect children from harm in the unregulated...
06 Jul 2023
Funding boost to find out how colour protects sea stars from heat and UV
Dr Nathan Kenny and his collaborators have been awarded a Catalyst Seeding grant...
06 Jul 2023
HRC funding success to develop new tuberculosis treatment
Congratulations to Otago Biochemist Professor Kurt Krause and his team of resear...
04 Jul 2023
2023 International Science Festival Expo Weekend
As part of the International Science Festival, the University of Otago puts on a...
04 Jul 2023
HRC grants $51 million to Otago researchers
Otago researchers have received a significant $51 million funding boost from the...
04 Jul 2023
Matariki a time to remember those who have gone before
Aotearoa has become a “death denying country” and Matariki is the perfect time t...
04 Jul 2023
HRC grants $51 million to Otago researchers
Otago researchers have received a significant $51 million funding boost from the...
03 Jul 2023
Diabetes research garners support
A strong partnership between University of Otago researchers and the community i...
30 Jun 2023
Future cardiologists gain funding from A H Couch Trust Heart Foundation Scholarship
Future cardiologists hope their work will have a positive impact on heart health...
29 Jun 2023
Alcohol causes more harm than meth and other illegal drugs – study
New University of Otago, Christchurch, research has found that a legal drug – al...
27 Jun 2023
New psychedelic-assisted therapy trial aims to help cancer patients
Finding a way to help terminal cancer patients struggling with depressive though...
27 Jun 2023
DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer
In a significant development in the fight against fatal cancers, University of O...
27 Jun 2023
DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer
In a significant development in the fight against fatal cancers, University of O...
23 Jun 2023
Dad first, Distinguished Scientist second
The support of his family and colleagues are integral to his personal success, s...
21 Jun 2023
Health priorities outlined on the world stage
Clinical Associate Professor Wayne Morriss recently returned from a week in Gene...
20 Jun 2023
Māori-centred approach to mental health care highlights role of whānau
Researchers have developed a “groundbreaking” health model to ensure the cultura...
20 Jun 2023
Achieving ‘one thing at a time’ this World Productivity Day
Two University of Otago PhD candidates from very different walks of life share t...
19 Jun 2023
Otago @ NZ International Science Festival
The University of Otago is honoured to once again be a major partner supporting...
15 Jun 2023
Triathlon success takes student by surprise
After injuries and illness, Otago medical student Hannah Maher felt just making...
15 Jun 2023
Child health under the spotlight
Child health under the spotlight....
14 Jun 2023
Off-Campus: Tramping to save lives
There’s a special sense of solidarity that comes with being part of a team that...
13 Jun 2023
University welcomes funding for Science City initiative
The University of Otago welcomes new funding in the Government’s 2023 Budget for...
13 Jun 2023
Katherine gets her kicks in Canada
Swapping her Otago hoodie for an American Football shirt to kick a ball in a far...
12 Jun 2023
Promoting physical activity in young adults
Encouraging adolescents to develop good physical activity behaviours is the focu...
09 Jun 2023
Physiotherapy’s highest global honour awarded to Dr Margot Skinner
Distinguished physiotherapist Dr Margot Skinner has been awarded World Physiothe...
08 Jun 2023
Smoking and weight can impact daily vitamin C requirements
People who smoke need to consume twice as much vitamin C per day as non-smokers,...
07 Jun 2023
Diermeier Lab students awarded Māori and Neurological Foundation scholarships
Congratulations to Kiri Burich and Amy Bennie - students of the Diermeier Lab wh...
07 Jun 2023
Becoming a biostatistician a happy accident
Robin Turner’s journey to biostatistics was a bit of a roundabout one....
06 Jun 2023
Major CMRF grant to research hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Kyla-Louise Horne has received a significant funding boost for her research w...
02 Jun 2023
MIHI Bipolar Research team wins prestigious international award
A team from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, MIHI (Māori and Indigenous...
01 Jun 2023
Major CMRF grant to research hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Kyla-Louise Horne has received a significant funding boost for her research w...