News archive
21 Feb 2022
Hormone found to regulate mothers’ behaviour
University of Otago researchers have discovered a new function for the hormone prolactin – it limits a new mum’s investm...
22 Nov 2021
Otago announces Professorial promotions for 2022
Twenty-eight University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of professor this year.
31 May 2021
Otago projects receive $1.64m Health Research Council funding
Better outcomes for women suffering from New Zealand’s most common gynaecological cancer and a bioactive toothpaste that...
21 May 2021
Distance and finances, big barriers for study
A scholarship can help a person discover their potential – a gift which one student plans to give for years to come.
12 Mar 2021
Discovery for treatment of heart disease in type-2 diabetics
Discovery for treatment of heart disease in type-2 diabetics
10 Nov 2020
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
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 can reduce the chance of diabetes leadin...
05 Aug 2020
Kiwi start-up to target drug cheats in sport with innovative technology
The world of drug-cheating in sports is set for major disruption with the formation of InsituGen, a start-up company whi...
30 Jun 2020
Otago scientists secure more than $26m for health research
Otago scientists secure more than $26m for health research
29 May 2020
Health of truck drivers and evening TV binge-watchers under Otago researchers’ spotlight
The health and safety of truck drivers and the impacts of evening television binge-watching will come under the spotligh...
14 Jan 2020
Otago researcher’s discovery paves way for advances in treating cardiovascular disease
Otago researcher’s discovery paves way for advances in treating cardiovascular disease
16 Dec 2019
Biomedical Sciences awards recognise outstanding Physiology staff
Biomedical Sciences awards recognise outstanding Physiology staff
10 Dec 2019
30 new Professors for the University of Otago
30 new Professors for the University of Otago
15 Aug 2019
Dr Karl Iremonger named 2019 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal winner
Dr Karl Iremonger named 2019 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal winner
17 Jul 2019
Otago researchers call for gender binary in elite sports to be abandoned to cater for trans-athletes
Otago researchers call for gender binary in elite sports to be abandoned to cater for trans-athletes
16 Jul 2019
Dr Andrew Bahn awarded Arthritis NZ Project Grant
Arthritis NZ project grant awarded to Andrew Bahn
28 Jun 2019
Cycle Challenge to help Heart Foundation
Cycling at the end of July may not be everybody's cup of tea but when you are raising money for the Heart Foundation and...
10 Dec 2018
Neuroscientist awarded Neurological Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Neuroscientist awarded Neurological Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
04 Dec 2018
Otago researchers discover a promising therapy for improving heart attack survivorship
Otago researchers discover a promising therapy for improving heart attack survivorship
28 Nov 2018
Student research recognised internationally
Lorna Daniels was last night awarded the PhD Student Research Publication Prize at the AUPS annual meeting 2018 in Sydne...
17 Sep 2018
Otago scientists secure almost $1.6 million for heart research
Otago scientists secure almost $1.6 million for heart research
22 Jun 2018
$5 million boost for Otago team’s quest to restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
$5 million boost for Otago team’s quest to restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
24 May 2018
Otago research finds a little exercise does a lot of good for ageing muscles
Otago research finds a little exercise does a lot of good for ageing muscles
09 Apr 2018
New clues to help restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
Ground-breaking research out of the University of Otago is showing potential to restore fertility in women suffering Pol...
23 Mar 2018
Dahlia-based diabetes drug developed by Physiology researcher ready for human trials
Alex Tups dahlia diabetes research physiology
05 Jan 2018
Otago breakthrough in diabetic heart disease
The molecule responsible for heart disease in diabetics has been identified by University of Otago researchers, greatly...
10 Nov 2017
Landmark study from Otago clarifies brain's role in fertility control
Crucial new information about how the brain controls fertility has been unlocked by University of Otago researchers, wit...
03 Nov 2017
Marsden Fund backs Otago’s research in best ever round
University of Otago researchers have gained around $24m for 33 world-class research projects in the latest Marsden Fund...
31 Oct 2017
Otago health researchers gain career development awards
Four up–and–coming University of Otago researchers have each been awarded around $500,000 from the Health Research Counc...
27 Sep 2017
Undeclared steroids found in products sold in NZ
27 September 2017, Undeclared steroids found in products sold in NZ - Media Release
11 Sep 2017
Great success for Physiology at Queenstown Research Week
awards physiology queenstown research week 2017
07 Sep 2017
Dr Andrew Bahn awarded Arthritis NZ Project Grant
arthritis, Andrew Bahn, Physiology, gout
22 Aug 2017
Congratulations to Lorna Daniels, PhD
Lorna Daniels Exceptional PhD thesis
09 Mar 2017
Major support for Otago health research provided through latest lottery grants
University of Otago researchers have gained more than $2.6m in funding from the Lottery Grants Board to support studies...
08 Mar 2017
Otago welcomes world university subject ranking results
The University of Otago welcomed today’s release of the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject, in which Otago ran...
09 Dec 2016
Otago scientists gain Neurological Foundation funding
Several University of Otago researchers have gained funding to pursue innovative projects in the Neurological Foundation...
13 Jan 2016
Hormone’s effect on neurons linked to polycystic ovarian syndrome
University of Otago researchers are part of an international team of scientists who have discovered how anti-Müllerian h...
17 Dec 2015
“Hunger hormone” may treat severe peripheral artery disease
A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Otago and Japan suggests that the appetite-regulating hormon...
06 Oct 2015
Otago research shows which neurons flip fertility master switch
New Zealand scientists have achieved another milestone in their world-leading efforts to understand the neural mechanism...
29 Sep 2015
Heart Foundation funds University of Otago research projects
University of Otago researchers have been awarded grants to pursue six research projects in the latest annual National H...
18 Aug 2015
Otago researchers set to develop new diabetes treatment
A nutraceutical developed by University of Otago researchers that could help type II diabetes patients enjoy better regu...
12 Aug 2015
Molecular discovery paves way for new diabetic heart disease treatments
University of Otago researchers have discovered why heart disease is the number-one killer of people with diabetes, a br...
17 Jun 2015
Otago announces Early Career Awards recipients
The outstanding contributions of five up-and-coming University of Otago academics have been recognised through Early Car...
06 Mar 2015
Otago scientist helps develop new tools to probe mysteries of the brain
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive...
30 Jan 2015
Obesity and diabetes symptoms in mice improved by reversing brain inflammation
Using an antioxidant to reverse inflammation in the brain caused by a high-fat diet greatly improves symptoms related to...
26 Jan 2015
Scientists discover why too much salt raises blood pressure
An international research team that includes University of Otago scientists has found that excessive salt intake “reprog...
02 Dec 2014
Otago researcher wins Emerging Scientist Prize for brain cell findings
University of Otago physiology researcher Dr Karl Iremonger has won the 2014 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scient...
12 Nov 2014
Otago neuroscientists reveal mechanism crucial to moulding male brains
Otago researchers have discovered that neural circuitry they previously showed was vital to triggering ovulation and mai...
15 Apr 2014
Otago gains state-of-the-art health research microscope
University of Otago medical scientists will now be able to peer into the cells of the living brain for the first time to...
07 Mar 2014
Using cutting edge tech at the bottom of the world
PhD candidate Pauline Campos spends her days asking how…
23 Sep 2013
Otago researchers make break-through in brain fertility control
In a landmark discovery, the final piece in the puzzle of understanding how the brain circuitry vital to normal fertilit...
09 Oct 2012
Otago student gains Woolf Fisher Scholarship to Cambridge University
A top Otago medical student has gained a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship to support Cambridge University PhD study...
22 Dec 2011
Otago academics made full professors
Thursday, 22 December 2011: Fourteen of the University of Otago’s leading academics are being promoted to full professor...
30 Sep 2011
Leading Otago neuroscientist awarded Distinguished Research Medal
An internationally eminent researcher into how the brain controls fertility, Professor Allan Herbison, is this year’s re...
19 Nov 2009
Physiologist honoured for brain fertility research
26 Aug 2009