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05 Jun 2025
Helping patients find their voice
As one of only two practising voice physiotherapists in New Zealand, PhD candidate Kristina Hockey is on a mission to ha...

04 Jun 2025
Football fan proves passionate physio
Rebecca Blyth’s journey to PhD candidate at the School of Physiotherapy began with her love for football.

27 May 2025
Mana Tangata Scholarship honours Māori and Pacific excellence at Otago
The inaugural recipients of a new scholarship for final-year physiotherapy students combine academic excellence, cultura...

26 Dec 2024
Physio graduate raising the bar
So how much can you bench? That’s the first question Otago graduate Charlotte Worley gets asked when people find out she...

16 Dec 2024
Eleven gain Summer Studentships
Eleven Māori and Pacific Otago students will get a taste of a career in health research over the summer break, thanks to...

22 Nov 2024
Stroke research filling knowledge gap
Masters student Eliana Viali is helping fill an important knowledge gap in the South Pacific – she’s believed to be the...

20 Nov 2024
Otago student making history
Oka Sanerivi has made history. Not only is he the first Otago physiotherapy PhD candidate to defend his PhD off campus,...

07 Oct 2024
The ultimate balancing act
Helping as many as 50 patients a day with their functional balance and sensory-motor re-organisation was quite the balan...

20 Sep 2024
Student’s past injuries fuel push for blood drive
Self-described as accident-prone, Ben Timmings has first-hand experience of bloody and brutal injuries.

21 Aug 2024
Leading the way in ‘community first’ research
The dawning of Matariki this year also heralded the culmination of the National Science Challenges, marking a decade of...

07 Jun 2024
Mahi reveals physiotherapy disparities
Knowing where physiotherapy service disparities are is the first part of addressing them, according to Dr Miranda Buhler...

31 May 2024
A newborn, new clinic service and new qualification
September 30, 2023 was scheduled to be a big day for Dr Gerard Farrell. His PhD was due, his scholarship finished and it...