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14 Mar 2023
Policy changes urged to ensure Aotearoa’s health workforce reflects society
Policy changes are urgently needed to ensure Aotearoa’s future health workforce...
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27 Feb 2023
National Director of Pacific Health receives warm acknowledgement at Otago
The Va’a o Tautai - Centre for Pacific Health (VoT) recently hosted an event ack...
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24 Feb 2023
Better targeted prediabetes care needed
A more targeted approach to the screening and treatment of prediabetes is likely...
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17 Feb 2023
Commitment of Cook Islands’ doctors recognised
With a father who worked in health administration in the Cook Islands, it’s prob...
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07 Feb 2023
Researchers call for prescription charge to be cut
Removing the $5 prescription charge for people in areas of high socioeconomic de...
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21 Dec 2022
Otago's leaders of tomorrow receive awards
Forty-one students graduated with their University of Otago Student Leadership A...
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19 Dec 2022
Diabetes disparity
Dr Isaiah Immanuel is conducting a one-year study, funded by Research for Childr...
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16 Dec 2022
Otago’s first ni-Vanuatu health sciences PhD candidate receives grant from the HRC
The worship of a mite that spreads a potentially life-threatening disease in Van...
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15 Dec 2022
Pacific Alliance condemns radioactive discharge from Fukushima Daiichi – calls for NZ action
Plans to discharge tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for a...
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06 Dec 2022
Researching research and uplifting “the homies”
Pacific health research generally leads with the best of intentions, but does it...
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30 Nov 2022
Va’a o Tautai: Keeping the Va’a Afloat
Va’a o Tautai has gone from strength to strength while grappling with the uncert...
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23 Nov 2022
Wellington PhD candidate wins international 3MT competition
Wellington PhD candidate Yasmin Nouri has won first place in the international M...
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09 Nov 2022
Otago’s annual symposium highlighting Pacific-led research
Pacific voices were front and centre at Otago’s annual symposium highlighting Pa...
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26 Oct 2022
The “accidental academic” recognised with prestigious teaching award
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairang...
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05 Oct 2022
Ulcer patch first in Department of Physiology to receive Smart Ideas funding
Associate Professor Rajesh Katare has been granted funding to research the devel...
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22 Sep 2022
Government urged to start official inquiry into pandemic response
Leading University of Otago academics are calling for the launch of an official...
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22 Sep 2022
Humanities lecturers take out Otago teaching awards
Humanities has accomplished something special, picking up all three Otago Excell...
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09 Sep 2022
Inaugural Fred Hollows lecture and MOU celebrate 30 years of restoring sight
Inaugural Fred Hollows lecture and MOU celebrate 30 years of restoring sight
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08 Sep 2022
Supporting Pacific physios beyond graduation
Supporting Pacific physios beyond graduation
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23 Aug 2022
PhD graduate encourages Pacific peoples to pursue passion for science
Dr Jaye Moors is honoured to be the first Pacific student to graduate with a PhD...
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16 Aug 2022
‘Surreal experience’ accompanying PM on Samoa commemoration trip
‘Surreal experience’ accompanying PM on Samoa commemoration trip
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09 Aug 2022
New book lifts curtain on Rapa Nui 'theatre' traditions
Languages and Cultures Pūkenga (Lecturer) Dr Moira Fortin Cornejo’s latest publi...
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03 Aug 2022
Vice-Chancellor receives a warm Pacific welcome
Pacific leaders and stakeholders at the University of Otago banished the winter...
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21 Jul 2022
Student Health rewarded for MMR vaccine mahi
Student Health staff have been recognised for their “outstanding” mahi in enabli...
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20 Jul 2022
Nurturing Pacific community relationships
Meaningful long-term relationships with local Pacific communities are important...
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15 Jul 2022
New Pacific Islands Centre suits growing team
New Pacific Islands Centre suits growing team
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06 Jul 2022
World-first studies point way to preventing rheumatic fever in Aotearoa and internationally
University of Otago-led research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that h...
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25 Mar 2022
Māori and Pacific Parkinson’s research backs its future with a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
What does Parkinson’s look like for Māori and Pasifika peoples, and how can we i...
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24 Mar 2022
Partnership provides healthcare packages for Pacific students
Partnership provides healthcare packages for Pacific students
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14 Mar 2022
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease “alarmingly” high
Chronic kidney disease is “alarmingly” more prevalent among Auckland’s Pacific p...
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10 Mar 2022
Health Sciences supports drive for Tonga
Health Sciences supports drive for Tonga
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24 Feb 2022
2022 Bulletin Board photo competition opens
The Otago Bulletin Board team is thrilled to announce the launch of our 10th ann...
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22 Feb 2022
Otago staff team up to aid Tonga relief efforts
University of Otago staff have used their professional connections to help the r...
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20 Dec 2021
‘Breakthrough’ Otago research confirms skin infections as a cause of rheumatic fever
University of Otago researchers have made a major breakthrough in further unders...
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29 Nov 2021
Vanda Symon – juggling human drama, health research and tea trays
From community pharmacy to crime scene forensics, Dunedin author and University...
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24 Nov 2021
Some cancer patients missing out on recommended nutrition advice
Many New Zealand cancer patients are not getting valuable nutrition support whic...
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01 Nov 2021
Serving in the Pacific
Faumuina Professor Fa’afetai Sopoaga, Director Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacifi...
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26 Oct 2021
University of Otago 20Twenties Young Alumni Awards announced
An inspirational group of 20 young Otago alumni have been recognised in this yea...
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21 Oct 2021
NZ Scholarships students celebrate completion
When Myo Eindray Cho came to New Zealand she knew she was going to take back new...
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20 Oct 2021
Dr Erik Wibowo, Dr George Wiggins and Dr Tim Chambers: recipients of Accelerator Grants
In August this year, 15 early and mid-career researchers received an Accelerator...
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18 Oct 2021
University of Otago signs MOU with the Pacific Community
The University of Otago has formally partnered with the Pacific Community.
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14 Oct 2021
TB research will make ‘enormous global health impact’
University of Otago researchers are behind a major scientific breakthrough which...
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30 Sep 2021
Urgent need to tackle smoking rates in Pacific adults and youth
New Zealand needs to take urgent action to reduce smoking in Pacific adults and...
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23 Sep 2021
Q and A: Olympic sailor Eroni Leilua
Otago alumnus Eroni Leilua has recently returned from the Olympic Games where he...
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22 Sep 2021
Otago wins prestigious national teaching award
For the seventh time in 10 years, the University of Otago has won Aotearoa’s top...
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01 Sep 2021
Lockdown “fear” and money worries saw patients miss vital medications – study
The swift move to electronic prescribing during the early months of the first CO...
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01 Sep 2021
A call for New Zealanders – reach out to protect the health of the elderly with the move to Level 3
A University of Otago geriatrician and researcher is calling on neighbours and e...
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20 Aug 2021
COVID-19 separates graduate from family for two years
Marou Tikataake came to New Zealand to arm herself with more knowledge to fight...
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11 Aug 2021
Très bien - award recognises contribution to French language and culture
Languages and Cultures French Programme Teaching Fellow Dr Christiane Leurquin h...
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02 Aug 2021
Otago backing new Communicable Diseases Research Centre in Fiji
The University of Otago’s Global Health Institute and Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital a...
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29 Jun 2021
29 June 2021, Study examines financial vulnerability of older New Zealanders
A new study out of the University of Otago has examined the financial vulnerabil...
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08 Jun 2021
Progress in the Pacific on sugary drink taxes - research
Pacific nations are leading the way regionally with taxes on sugary drinks in a...
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04 Jun 2021
Transform your research into a vibrant commercial prospect with Otago Innovation
The University of Otago is strongly embracing the idea of commercialisation as a...
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31 May 2021
NZ Scientists’ award for Wellington researcher
Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu, the Associate Dean (Pacific) at the University of Otago,...
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26 May 2021
Continuing to serve New Zealand through its work in Samoa
Faumuina Professor Fa’afetai Sopoaga has been appointed to the role of NZ Health...
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20 May 2021
Research grant engages Pasifika in climate change storytelling
Engaging Pasifika school students in conversations about climate change and supp...
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19 May 2021
NZ Scholarship students journey at Otago nearing end
For the recipients of the New Zealand Scholarship studying, at Otago gives them...
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07 May 2021
First for Pacific Islands-based doctor
Dr Vakaola Mafi has overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to ac...
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08 Apr 2021
Otago ‘blessed’ with new Pacific Islands Centre Manager
New Pacific Islands Centre Manager Tagiilima Feleti wants students to see the Pa...
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01 Apr 2021
Physiotherapy student leading the way for Pacific Peoples
Leadership, learning and love: the story behind master's student and NZ's first...
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23 Mar 2021
Research group fostering early to mid-career research
A group of early to mid-career researchers within the Division of Health Science...
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12 Mar 2021
Championing Pacific leadership at Otago
Dr Xaviour Walker is a perfect example of the change he wants to see.
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04 Mar 2021
Appointment symbol of relationship with Auckland’s Pacific community
The University of Otago has established a new Pacific Community Engagement Manag...
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24 Feb 2021
Tongan student realises dream to enter Clinical Psychology programme
Tongan postgraduate student Jordan Quensell is celebrating reaching his ambitiou...
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04 Feb 2021
South Auckland dental’s benefits already flowing before official opening
The University of Otago, Auckland Dental Facility officially opened on 4 Februar...
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04 Feb 2021
Medical Student overcomes challenges on path to dream
With her eyes on the future and using her past experience to guide her, medical...
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26 Jan 2021
COVID-19 focus for 25th annual Public Health Summer School
COVID-19 focus for 25th annual Public Health Summer School
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19 Jan 2021
‘Huge achievement’ for Fellowship graduates
Doctors Koko Lwin and Teariki Puni are the latest graduates of the Cook Islands...
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18 Jan 2021
Exceptional service recognised in New Year Honours
Exceptional service recognised in New Year Honours
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11 Dec 2020
Largest cohort of Pacific medical students graduate from Otago
Iuliano (Jono) Tinielu always wanted to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps an...
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04 Dec 2020
Use of controversial restraints varies wildly across the Pacific – Otago-led study reveals
Despite being considered a form of torture, and policies to reduce or abolish it...
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03 Dec 2020
Travel Medicine in a time of COVID
Travel Medicine in a time of COVID
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20 Nov 2020
Marsden grant success for three Humanities projects
Division of Humanities researchers Professor Claire Freeman (Geography), Dr Eri...
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20 Nov 2020
Significantly worse outcomes after stroke for rural New Zealanders and Māori, research finds
New Zealanders who live outside the major urban centres are significantly more l...
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17 Nov 2020
New CoRE connects coastal communities of the Pacific
New Otago-led Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Coastal People: Southern Skie...
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10 Nov 2020
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
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10 Nov 2020
Research aims to break down barriers to accessing medicines
Professor Pauline Norris cannot sit quietly by and watch people struggle to acce...
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06 Nov 2020
Otago researchers help detect worrying trends in childhood growth
University of Otago researchers have contributed to a new comprehensive global s...
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06 Nov 2020
New Zealand Scholarship students prepare for graduation
For many of the recipients of the New Zealand Scholarship studying at Otago has...
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20 Oct 2020
Child Healthcare gets a major boost from Freemasons Fellowship
Receiving two Freemasons study awards on the same day was a real surprise for Un...
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12 Oct 2020
School zoning could increase adolescent exercise rates, Otago researcher
School zoning could increase adolescent exercise rates, Otago researcher finds
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30 Sep 2020
Study identifies exercise as key to halting progress from diabetes to heart disease
An international study led by the University of Otago has revealed how exercise...
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15 Sep 2020
Funding success for Otago in 2020 Health Research Council grants
Funding success for Otago in 2020 Health Research Council grants
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27 Aug 2020
Genetics student named Fulbright scholar
Genetics Masters student Anežka Hoskin has been named a Fulbright New Zealand sc...
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24 Aug 2020
Otago researcher developing cooler tooth caps for Kiwi kids
Better dental care for Kiwi kids could be just around the corner, thanks to new...
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06 Aug 2020
New book highlights Otago’s Health Sciences research impacts
New book highlights Otago’s Health Sciences research impacts
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30 Jun 2020
New chapter for Healthy Homes as Otago scientists secure more than $26m in HRC funding
New chapter for Healthy Homes as Otago scientists secure more than $26m in HRC f...
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30 Jun 2020
Otago scientists secure more than $26m for health research
Otago scientists secure more than $26m for health research
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30 Jun 2020
Fragile but beautiful: Otago academic’s COVID-19 bubble concept
Fragile but beautiful: Otago academic’s COVID-19 bubble concept
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28 Jun 2020
University of Otago Pacific Peoples' Achievement Awards announced
University of Otago Pacific Peoples' Achievement Awards announced
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26 Jun 2020
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@Otago 23 - Read about Fiji's COVID-19 Incident Management Team (IMT), which inc...
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12 Jun 2020
Later bedtimes fine for pre-schoolers if they get enough sleep
Parents of pre-schoolers can take reassurance from new Otago research which show...
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12 Jun 2020
BMI an inconsistent measure of obesity for Māori and Pacific people
BMI (Body Mass Index) is likely to be an inconsistent measure of obesity in Māor...
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29 May 2020
Protecting young people from smoking uptake as the tobacco industry targets a new generation
The tobacco industry is targeting a new generation of smokers with sophisticated...
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28 May 2020
Otago and ESR collaboration gets funding to track COVID-19 spread and evolution in NZ
A collaboration between Otago and ESR has received a substantial government gran...
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25 May 2020
New insights into vaping uptake among Māori and Pacific peoples
New insights into vaping uptake among Māori and Pacific peoples
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13 May 2020
Christchurch researchers asking parents what information they need about COVID-19 and children’s health.
University of Otago, Christchurch researchers and paediatricians are launching a...
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11 May 2020
COVID-19 catalyst for significant change in general practice: Otago experts
COVID-19 may well be the catalyst for significant change in how general practice...
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28 Apr 2020
COVID-19 vaccine likely 12 to 18 months away Otago expert claims
COVID-19 vaccine likely 12 to 18 months away Otago expert claims