‘Huge achievement’ for Fellowship graduates
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Doctors Koko Lwin and Teariki Puni are the latest graduates of the Cook Islands Fellowship in General Practice.
Exceptional service recognised in New Year Honours
Monday, 18 January 2021
An inspirational group of University of Otago alumni, staff and friends have been recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours.
Largest cohort of Pacific medical students graduate from Otago
Friday, 11 December 2020
Iuliano (Jono) Tinielu always wanted to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a doctor.
Use of controversial restraints varies wildly across the Pacific – Otago-led study reveals
Friday, 4 December 2020
Despite being considered a form of torture, and policies to reduce or abolish it in place, the use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric settings continues, a University of Otago-led study shows.
Travel Medicine in a time of COVID
Thursday, 3 December 2020
With COVID-19 vaccines now on the horizon, a travel doctor and convenor of the travel medicine programme at the University of Otago, Wellington, is urging general practice staff to undertake further study to upgrade their travel medicine skills.
Marsden grant success for three Humanities projects
Friday, 20 November 2020
Division of Humanities researchers Professor Claire Freeman (Geography), Dr Erica Newman (Te Tumu: School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies) and Dr Karen Greig (Archaeology) have secured Marsden funding for research projects.
Significantly worse outcomes after stroke for rural New Zealanders and Māori, research finds
Friday, 20 November 2020
New Zealanders who live outside the major urban centres are significantly more likely to experience adverse long-term health outcomes after a stroke than those managed in urban hospitals, research from the University of Otago, Wellington has found.
New CoRE connects coastal communities of the Pacific
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
New Otago-led Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Coastal People: Southern Skies (CPSS) recently received $32 million in funding.
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
University of Otago researchers have secured $17.5 million in Marsden funding for 30 world-class research projects.
Research aims to break down barriers to accessing medicines
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Professor Pauline Norris cannot sit quietly by and watch people struggle to access medicine in New Zealand.
Otago researchers help detect worrying trends in childhood growth
Friday, 6 November 2020
University of Otago researchers have contributed to a new comprehensive global study which reveals concerning height and Body Mass Index (BMI) trends among school-aged children and adolescents.
New Zealand Scholarship students prepare for graduation
Friday, 6 November 2020
For many of the recipients of the New Zealand Scholarship studying at Otago has given them the opportunity to follow dreams they otherwise couldn’t have.
Child Healthcare gets a major boost from Freemasons Fellowship
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Receiving two Freemasons study awards on the same day was a real surprise for University of Otago Department of Paediatrics and Child Health researcher Dr Mona Elbalshy.
School zoning could increase adolescent exercise rates, Otago researcher
Monday, 12 October 2020
If effective school zoning policies were widely applied, more adolescents would get valuable exercise walking or cycling to their nearest school, an Otago researcher says.
Study identifies exercise as key to halting progress from diabetes to heart disease
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
An international study led by the University of Otago has revealed how exercise can reduce the chance of diabetes leading on to heart disease.
