Issue 35 Features

Crippling costs
It is estimated that arthritis costs the New Zealand health-care system more than $700 million each year.

Exciting times ahead
New Zealand's first Professor in Neurosurgery, Dirk De Ridder, is well underway with plans to make the University of Otago a world-leading academic neurosurgery unit.

Surveying the past…
Otago's School of Surveying is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

PBRF success
The latest Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) quality assessment has confirmed the University of Otago as the leading research institution in New Zealand.

Working together
A new inter-professional health education programme for clinical students is breaking new ground.

Student life
A group of University of Otago student consultants are transforming Dunedin's not-for-profit sector by providing fresh ideas, knowledge and skills – for free.