Friday 2 June 2023
A team from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, MIHI (Māori and Indigenous Health Innovation) has been recognised with a major research award from one of the world’s most respected medical journals.
Thursday 1 June 2023
Dr Kyla-Louise Horne has received a significant funding boost for her research work at the Christchurch-based New Zealand Brain Research Institute (NZBRI).
Wednesday 31 May 2023
A team from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, MIHI (Māori and Indigenous Health Innovation) has been recognised with a major research award from one of the world’s most respected medical journals.
Wednesday 31 May 2023
Aliesha Kemp likes to keep busy. And pausing part-way through a medical degree to take on a PhD in neuroscience is one way she is fulfilling this need.
Wednesday 31 May 2023
Winning a national game show with her impressive balloon twisting skills has given Pip Milford-Hughes plenty to smile about.
Monday 29 May 2023
A New Zealand study into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis has added to the growing body of evidence that it has positive effects on pain, sleeplessness and anxiety, researchers say.
Friday 26 May 2023
Otago Professor Rob Walker’s significant international contribution to understanding and managing kidney disease has been formally recognised by his peers.
Thursday 25 May 2023
The Health Research Council have just funded a team of Otago Biochemistry researchers to develop a promising new way to treat drug-resistant 'superbugs' by using weapons from the enemies of bacteria in the ‘wild’: naturally-occurring viruses that attack and kill bacteria, known as ‘bacterial eaters’ or bacteriophages.
Thursday 25 May 2023
Striking differences in the way high school students socialise may be one of the reasons behind a dramatic drop in youth drinking over the last 20 years, a study from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
Thursday 25 May 2023
Mothers worry about an exhaustive list of things; University of Otago researchers are hoping to help with one – is my baby getting enough breastmilk?
Thursday 25 May 2023
Striking differences in the way high school students socialise may be one of the reasons behind a dramatic drop in youth drinking over the last 20 years, a study from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
Wednesday 24 May 2023
The University of Otago has been granted just over $2 million in the Emerging Researcher and Explorer Grants funding rounds, announced today.
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Innovative Otago research could help reconstruct breast tissue that cancer patients have lost during treatment.
Tuesday 23 May 2023
Otago medical students are more likely to be crouched over a laptop than a textbook these days, but that hasn’t affected the popularity of the Health Sciences Library.
Monday 22 May 2023
Otago medical student Josiah Edwin believes that sometimes you must stumble to succeed.
Friday 19 May 2023
Saane Fakapulia, a Master of Science (Anatomy), student has been awarded the 2022 Richard Kammann Well-Being Prize for her PGDipSci thesis, ‘An in-depth look into the education experiences of Pasifika Anatomy Students’.
Thursday 18 May 2023
Congratulations to all former Biochemistry students graduating this month! Tino pai rawa atu! The department had an informal graduation event on Saturday morning for graduands and their families.
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Building connections and studying in a city he felt at home in encouraged Christchurch local Nathan Cochrane to pursue a rural posting after his physiotherapy studies at University of Otago’s Dunedin campus.
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Nathan Cochrane went against the grain when he picked a rural practice, but the experience has been overwhelmingly positive.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
“Dare to dream, dare to commit, and dare to make it come true,” says Yi Zhen Tan, as she reflects on the recent completion of her Master’s at the University of Otago.
Monday 15 May 2023
Sport has always been a big part of Mariana Winiana’s life and studying medicine hasn’t changed that.
Monday 15 May 2023
Ellie-May Jarvis walked across the graduation stage on 13 May with both a medical degree and a PhD from the University of Otago after completing the University’s demanding MB ChB/PhD Programme.
Monday 15 May 2023
“Religious Studies wouldn’t necessarily be the first place you’d think to look for a paper which covers zeitgeisty topics like the January 6 insurrection and the possibility of an all-powerful race of lizard people, but that’s where you’ll find them,” says third year BA Philosophy major Heather.
Friday 12 May 2023
A health bus is travelling thousands of kilometres around Otago and Southland hoping to lead the way in ending cervical cancer for rural Aotearoa New Zealand.
Thursday 11 May 2023
The Otago Department of Biochemistry is proud to announce the winners of the annual student academic awards and scholarships.
Thursday 11 May 2023
The Southern Cemeteries Archaeological Project will soon be complete, when the third and final reburial ceremony takes place at Drybread Cemetery this month.
Thursday 11 May 2023
A group of about 15 Otago Biochemistry Department members and associates ventured out to an isolated apple tree orchard on the side of Mt Cargill a few Saturdays ago.
Thursday 11 May 2023
Jane Taafaki, Malama Tafuna’i and Grettel Williams have more than just their workplace in common.
Thursday 11 May 2023
She has been “rolling with it” all her life, but a string of happy accidents has helped Lua Rasmussen McNeely find her calling.
Wednesday 10 May 2023
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, backs a recent Pharmac decision to provide broader protection against a potentially fatal childhood disease.
Wednesday 10 May 2023
An innovative research project at the University of Otago, Wellington, is using photography to help men open up about their experiences of living with depression, suicidal thoughts and anxiety.
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Autistic students are three times more likely to be stood down or suspended from school than non-autistic students, but that rate decreases significantly when they have good support such as a teacher’s aid, an Otago University researcher has found.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand last year is encouraging, but there is still work to be done, the head of the AIDS Epidemiology Group says.
Monday 8 May 2023
Living in areas with high numbers of fast food, alcohol and gambling outlets, can negatively impact young people’s mental health, new research shows.
Friday 5 May 2023
Welcome to the Autumn 2023 issue of He Kete Kōrero, with the latest news from the Wellington campus.
Thursday 4 May 2023
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu is the first Pacific scientist to win the 2022 Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.
Thursday 4 May 2023
These competencies for public health teaching institutions have been developed with te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity and cultural safety at their core to ensure te Ao Māori is actively prioritised.
Wednesday 3 May 2023
PhD candidate Xihua Lian has been jointly awarded the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Sciences 2023 Best Early Career Paper Prize.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu from the University of Otago has won the 2022 Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
The legacy of her ancestors and their mahi in the Māori maternity space will hopefully inform the the way services are shaped and provided in the future , says the winner of this year’s Kaupapa Māori University of Otago Excellence in Teaching Award.
