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Dr Ramakrishnan Mani (Director), and Dr Hemakumar Devan (Deputy Director) Pain@Otago Research Theme.
Thursday 2 February 2023
Acute mental health care units remain in the shadows, neither fully integrated into general hospitals nor part of the community, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, say.
Monday 23 January 2023
For third year Otago medical student Simone Ada (Ngāi te Rangi), realising she was meant to be a doctor was “like being shaken awake”.
Thursday 19 January 2023
Researchers have discovered the likely cause of a highly fatal respiratory disease that has caused mass deaths among critically endangered hoiho chicks during the past three years.
Wednesday 18 January 2023
Dr Ben Peters has been providing visiting high school students with a taster of life in an undergraduate biochemistry laboratory this week.
Tuesday 17 January 2023
Congratulations to Associate Professor May Mei and recent PhD graduate Dr Mina Rajabi, our 2022 recipients of SJWRI Research Publication of the Year awards. These awards celebrate the best research articles authored by our academic staff and postgraduate students in the previous year.
Tuesday 17 January 2023
Congratulations to Professor Murray Thomson and Associate Professor Sunyoung Ma, recipients of SJWRI Research Supervisor of the Year awards for 2022. These Awards, which were announced at our Faculty end-of-year function late last year, celebrate excellent supervisors of undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research projects in the Faculty of Dentistry.
Friday 13 January 2023
A University of Otago researcher hopes whānau-focused storytelling could help support people taper off potentially harmful opioids prescribed for chronic pain.
Friday 6 January 2023
Dr Isaiah Immanuel is conducting a one-year study, funded by Research for Children Aotearoa, to discover why Pasifika youth with type 1 diabetes are experiencing problems maintaining good control of their disease.
Thursday 22 December 2022
A global study led by the University of Otago has discovered a gene, that when modified, could reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Wednesday 21 December 2022
Congratulations to all former biochemistry students graduating this month! Tino pai rawa atu! The Department is particularly thrilled to see a record number of PhD completions this year, despite the challenges that this cohort has faced with the COVID pandemic. Sixteen former PhD students graduated this year, 10 of them in December.
Wednesday 21 December 2022
The opportunity to develop Māori-led programmes for pēpi, tamariki and whānau wellbeing and intergenerational playspaces centred on tikanga and te ao Māori has been described as “breath-taking” and a privilege by those involved.
Tuesday 20 December 2022
Sunscreen alone is not enough, University of Otago researchers are reminding people, after a study published today reveals the slip, slop, slap message is still not getting through.
Monday 19 December 2022
Dr Matthew Jenkins is bringing his background in Physical Education and Psychology to his research into helping those living with serious mental illnesses stay physically healthy.
Monday 19 December 2022
Dr Katie Douglas foresees a day when people will visit a mental health service, undergo an assessment and walk away with a course of psychological therapy tailored to their own profile of challenges and strengths.
Friday 16 December 2022
Along with nine other graduands from the Department of Biochemistry, Gemma McLaughlin graduates with her PhD this week. But the journey that Gemma took to get to this point turned out to be very different to the one she thought she would take when she started her PhD study.
Friday 16 December 2022
Dr Sarah Diermeier leads a highly successful group in the Department of Biochemistry that carries out research into cancer and RNA biology. Three former students from Sarah’s research group graduate with their PhDs this week.
Friday 16 December 2022
A new study shows the disparity of patient need across general practices and backs calls for a complete overhaul of the front-line health care funding system.
Friday 16 December 2022
Scientists, students and professional staff flocked to Biochemistry’s BIG13 (ground floor seminar room) to celebrate the achievements of the past year, forget their frustrations, and to gorge on strawberries during the Department’s annual end of year party.
Friday 16 December 2022
Thirty-nine University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of professor this year.
Friday 16 December 2022
The worship of a mite that spreads a potentially life-threatening disease in Vanuatu may make for some interesting challenges for a University of Otago student who plans to do research to inform the locals about the risks of the illness.
Friday 16 December 2022
Could seaweed be a part of the next treatment for eczema?
Thursday 15 December 2022
Welcome to the Summer 2022 issue of He Kete Kōrero, with the latest news from the Wellington campus.
Thursday 15 December 2022
Providing unconditional access to housing is the first step towards improving the mental and physical health and wellbeing of those experiencing homelessness, researchers say.
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Ensuring that the latest clinical research opportunities, and the healthcare benefits that flow from them, are available to all New Zealanders is at the heart of a new report.
Wednesday 14 December 2022
University of Otago experts welcome a new smokefree legislation which they say will bring profound health benefits to Aotearoa.
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Analysis of teeth of extinct lemurs has revealed fascinating clues to the evolution of humans, a University of Otago study has found.
Monday 12 December 2022
Staff from across the School of Biomedical Sciences gathered last week to celebrate the achievements of the past year and find out who won the teaching and research awards for 2022.
Monday 12 December 2022
Amy Hudson spent much of her final year at her Kaikohe school as a class of one; her peers had either left school or were repeating year 12.
Monday 12 December 2022
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Friday 9 December 2022
About 3,000 New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to take part in a new study where they can choose to have their cervical screening test at either their doctor’s surgery or in the comfort of their own home.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Women with gestational diabetes are seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those without, yet over a ten-year period only half of these women were tested for diabetes within six months of giving birth, a new University of Otago study reveals.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Cullen Ryan leaves Otago with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and a clear idea about the community he most wants to serve.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
When Selwyn Te Paa decided to study medicine, he was clear he wanted to improve health outcomes for Māori.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Otago PhD graduate Carla Strubbia finished her PhD with two days to spare, accomplishing her goal of finishing within three years all while becoming a parent of two, settling in a new country and dealing with a global pandemic.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
A new cohort of behind-the-scenes healthcare heroes are about to graduate from the University of Otago.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
They say good things come in threes. Kaitlyn Cocker-Valu, Brenetta Pogi and Fuatino Heath, who completed high school, an anatomy degree and now a medical degree together, know that to be true.
Tuesday 6 December 2022
The winning students at the Bioengineering Showcase held in November 2022 in Dunedin - left to right:
Monday 5 December 2022
ACC’s support of claimants once they’re already in the system is pretty much on par for Māori and non-Māori, a new study has found.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Internationally recognised neuroscientist Professor Cliff Abraham has been awarded the 2022 Marsden Medal.
