Ones to Watch: Rebekah Amitrano
Wednesday 27 January 2021
“I’ve known for a long time that I want to do something that helps people and I decided law was a way of helping many people at once.”
Pharmacy graduate's dyslexia battle behind her
Thursday 17 December 2020
Becks Mercer was tired of being told what she couldn’t do.
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.
Proof of Concept winners tackle antibiotic resistance
Friday 11 September 2020
A novel approach to combatting antibiotic resistance in farm animals has won Otago Innovation’s $100,000 Proof of Concept Grant competition for 2020.
Future research in safe hands at Otago Medical School
Thursday 13 August 2020
A group of Otago Medical School student researchers were awarded scholarships this week, showing there’s a bright future for medical research in New Zealand.
Dunedin pharmacist’s heritage helps Pakistan combat COVID-19
Thursday 18 June 2020
How did a Dunedin-based pharmacy lecturer end up running the Pakistan arm of a global COVID-19 risk-assessment tool?
Otago scientist joins international call for care in scramble to develop COVID-19 treatments
Wednesday 10 June 2020
As scientists worldwide scramble to quickly develop a drug to prevent COVID-19, a University of Otago scientist has helped create an international guidance statement urging caution in developing treatments.
Public welcomed back to face-to-face Otago University health clinics
Friday 15 May 2020
New Zealand’s move to Alert Level 2 means many Otago University health clinics will now be open to the public.
A lifetime of natural disasters shapes Pharmacist’s COVID-19 response
Monday 20 April 2020
An attitude born from the floodwaters of Bangladesh is now helping save lives in New Zealand.
