Wednesday 25 May 2022
Fittingly, this year’s recipient of the Angela Allen Travelling Scholarship for top Bachelor of Radiation Therapy graduate, Emily Younger, is a “keen and avid” traveller.
Tuesday 24 May 2022
Obesity among New Zealand 4-year-old children is continuing to decline, but one in three children are still considered overweight, a new University of Otago study shows.
Saturday 21 May 2022
Rachel Pongi credits her mother with getting her back into study and on to a path she finds challenging and exciting. She often asks her mum, “Please don’t ever stop nagging me.”
Thursday 19 May 2022
University of Otago researchers have discovered molecules in the blood that could assist with early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
Wednesday 18 May 2022
As someone who researches the importance of sleep to diet, Silke Morrison is quick to highlight that she prioritised maintaining a normal sleeping pattern during her PhD.
Tuesday 17 May 2022
The shadow of lasting illness could be with us for decades once the acute phase of the COVID‑19 pandemic has passed, the convenor of a University of Otago symposium on Post-Acute COVID‑19 Syndrome (PACS) is warning.
Tuesday 17 May 2022
On Saturday 14th May the Department of Biochemistry celebrated Otago's 2022 May graduation ceremony with a social function for graduates and their families.
Monday 16 May 2022
Dr Nathan Kenny ran a children's "DNA from bananas" activity at the museum on Saturday.
Thursday 12 May 2022
The number of people being diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand continues to decline, figures released today by the University of Otago’s AIDS Epidemiology Group show.
Thursday 12 May 2022
An apple a day keeps the doctor away – so will 12 weeks of free, healthy food delivered to a patient’s door keep the cardiologist at bay?
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Two University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers have been awarded coveted HRC Explorer Grants for 2022.
Wednesday 11 May 2022
New Zealand should become a nanomedicine production hub, says Dr Sarah Diermeier, an up-and-coming commercial researcher based here at Otago Biochemistry.
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Anika Moana Kite Perenara is the recipient of a scholarship for Māori students in their second year of the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme.
Wednesday 11 May 2022
April Hyland (Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi) has wanted to be a dentist since she was twelve years old.
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Professor Dick Sainsbury has penned a memoir, All Experience is an Arch – a collection of writing about geriatric medicine, old people and ageing
Monday 9 May 2022
New Zealanders are supportive of their healthcare records being used after they die if it will benefit their whānau and the wider community, new research from the University of Otago has found.
Friday 6 May 2022
Professor Jim Mann received his Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit from the New Zealand Governor-General, in an investiture ceremony held at Government House this week.
Wednesday 4 May 2022
If you are carrying a few extra kilos in weight, an extra apple or two per day might make a difference in boosting your immune system and helping ward off COVID-19 and winter illnesses.
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Regulatory loopholes are contributing to increases in the number of young New Zealanders exposed to nicotine through vaping, warns the winner of the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.
Monday 2 May 2022
The 2021 Biochemistry academic awards were won by Theresa Matheson-Grant, Anita Lu, Flynn Kelly, Louise Walker, and Rhiannon Adams
Friday 29 April 2022
For the first time in its five year history, the Joan Mary Anderson Award has been won by a male student, Oliver Newman.
Friday 22 April 2022
Welcome to the Autumn 2022 edition of He Kete Kōrero, with all the latest news from the Wellington campus.
Friday 22 April 2022
It was a summer filled with research for 51 students from across the University who took part in the Summer Studentship research programme on the Wellington campus this year.
Friday 22 April 2022
Dr Latika Samalia was presented with the korowai Rauaroha to formally acknowledge the awarding of the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award of the 2021 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.
Friday 22 April 2022
The Pacific scholarship has gone to Ilaisaane Fakapulia, while the Māori scholarship has been shared between Jasmine Wells and Ella Silk.
Thursday 21 April 2022
Medical student Gavin Bishop is taking a year out from the traditional medical school pathway to carry out a research project on dual practice.
Thursday 14 April 2022
Tracing the regional origin of everything from milk to invasive bugs is now possible thanks to a University of Otago project.
Wednesday 13 April 2022
Scholarship recipient a gifted young researcher who is a part of a team doing 'ground breaking' work investigating non-coding ribonucleic acid.
Thursday 7 April 2022
The seedling has grown into a mighty kahikatea at the University of Otago, Christchurch, with the transition of the Māori Indigenous Health Institute (MIHI) into a standalone department within the UOC, to be named the Department of Māori Indigenous Health Innovation.
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Ordering an online Uber Eats, other food, alcohol or vaping delivery from the comfort of your couch is hugely popular – but a new study is calling for urgent Government action, due to concerns unregulated, on-demand home deliveries may be damaging the nation’s health.
Wednesday 6 April 2022
A simple change to an assessment tool would double the capture rate of elder abuse sufferers, a University of Otago study has shown.
Monday 4 April 2022
Families have shared heartbreaking and poignant stories with researchers about the deaths of their loved ones in Wellington Hospital during the COVID‑19 Alert Level 3 and 4 lockdowns in 2020 when district health boards were restricting visitors to wards.
Thursday 31 March 2022
B4 school checks in New Zealand over the last decade have revealed a continued decrease in the rates of 4 year-old children with overweight and obesity.
Thursday 31 March 2022
As part of highlighting Endometriosis Awareness Month, Associate Professor Jane Girling from the Department of Anatomy shares why more people need to be aware of endometriosis as well as what brought her to this field of research.
Wednesday 30 March 2022
The generosity of a Christchurch family, in memory of a much-loved wife and mother, aims to improve the lives of New Zealanders living with bipolar disorder.
Wednesday 30 March 2022
The cost of heating a child’s bedroom through the night in a Wellington winter would run through 46 per cent of the government’s Winter Energy Payment, which is paid to qualifying beneficiaries and all superannuitants to help with heating costs, a study by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington has found.
Tuesday 29 March 2022
The Division of Health Sciences Women’s Writing Retreat provides dedicated time and a different environment to encourage productive writing.
Monday 28 March 2022
A ground-breaking University of Otago, Christchurch, study has found female victims of severe sexual abuse in childhood experience twice the risk of entering the menopause transition by age 40, than women with no such reported history of abuse.
Friday 25 March 2022
What does Parkinson’s look like for Māori and Pasifika peoples, and how can we improve the quality of care for those affected? Otago researchers Professor Leigh Hale and Dr Paulo Henrique Silva Pelicioni have secured the funding to answer these questions.
Thursday 24 March 2022
An initiative to support Pacific students through the effects of COVID-19 has launched in Dunedin.
