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Nutrition in the prevention and management of non-communicable disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Andrew Nathan Reynolds
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Determinants that influence adherence to medicines in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Supervisors
- Professor Michael Schultz, Professor Rhiannon Braund
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Investigating the role of Δ133p53 isoforms in regulating IL-6 mediated AKT/ NFκB signalling in prostate cancer
- Close date
- Tuesday, 31 December 2024
- Supervisors
- Dr Sunali Mehta, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Cognitive modelling using large-scale multimodal data analysis
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Jeremiah Deng, Dr Narun Pat
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Machine learning for pathological EEG analysis
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Jeremiah Deng, Professor Dirk De Ridder
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Epistemic injustice in healthcare
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sara Filoche
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Evaluation of novel multitargeted therapeutic possibilities in ovarian cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Sunali Mehta, Dr Mak Sarwar
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Modifying Biased Interpretations to reduce depression: Investigating efficacy and safety of Cognitive Bias Modification in the NZ Context
- Supervisors
- Dr Jerry Hsu, Mr Zaine Akuhata-Huntington
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Algae and Arsenic in Drinking Water: The Good and the Bad
- Supervisors
- Dr Candace Martin, Professor Claudine Stirling, Dr Evelyn Armstrong , Dr Alex McAlpine
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The ground rupture hazards of reverse faults
- Close date
- Wednesday, 1 March 2023
- Supervisors
- Professor Mark Stirling, Dr Timothy Stahl
- Level
- PhD
Inhibiting adaptive mutability to prevent the emergence of drug resistance
- Close date
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Cath Drummond, Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
A phoenix from the ashes: Do dying cancer cells induce drug-tolerance in lung cancer?
- Close date
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Cath Drummond, Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, Postgraduate Diploma
A role for untranslated p53 mRNA in drug resistance
- Close date
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Cath Drummond, Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
New nucleic acid-based drugs for cancer therapy
- Close date
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Modelling a cancer-associated human checkpoint protein variation in animal cells
- Close date
- Sunday, 31 December 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Nicholas Fleming
- Level
- Honours
Manipulating microRNAs to manage mesothelioma
- Close date
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Glen Reid, Dr Cath Drummond
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
The role of KRAS in the emergence of drug tolerance in lung cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Glen Reid, Dr Cath Drummond
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Health informatics in primary care
- Supervisor
- Dr Sharon Leitch
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
New nucleic acid-based drugs for cancer therapy
- Supervisor
- Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Master’s, Honours
Modelling a human checkpoint protein variation in animal cells
- Close date
- Sunday, 31 December 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Nicholas Fleming
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
How neutrophil-microbiome interactions fuel inflammation in colorectal cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Annika Seddon, Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- Honours
Delta-133p53 and Cancer Migration
- Supervisor
- Dr Adele Woolley
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Novel combination of repurposed drugs to overcome survival of prostate cancer in a three-dimensional cell model
- Supervisor
- Dr Kenny Chitcholtan
- Level
- Honours
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of HIV and AIDS in nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Dr Sue McAllister
- Level
- Master’s
Women's Mental Health
- Supervisor
- Dr Katie Douglas
- Level
- PhD
Injury prevention research opportunities
- Supervisor
- Dr Rebbecca Lilley
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Spirituality / spiritual care in healthcare
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Richard Egan
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
The Last Straw! to Whāriki
- Supervisor
- Dr Robin Quigg
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Oxidative stress and human ageing
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Hampton
- Level
- Honours
Resilience in people living with HIV in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Dr Sue McAllister
- Level
- Master’s
Adipocyte markers as predictors of progression in men with prostate cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
Investigating the impact of epigenetics on immune cell function
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- Honours
Establishing a novel 3D breast cancer-adipocyte co-culture model
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
Investigating immune cell death processes using live cell microscopy
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- Honours
Seeking motivated students who have an interest in Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain
- Supervisor
- Dr Daniela Aldabe
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Using implementation Science tools to support the equitable implementation of health interventions
- Close date
- Friday, 30 June 2023
- Supervisor
- Professor Sue Crengle
- Level
- Master’s
Investigating novel protein modifications in cancer
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Christoph Goebl
- Level
- Honours
Crippling the antioxidant defenses of Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Nina Dickerhof, Dr Christoph Goebl
- Level
- Honours
Detection of Kingella kingae and Staphylococcus aureus infections in children using cell-free DNA
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Amy Scott-Thomas, Professor Steve Chambers, Associate Professor Tony Walls
- Level
- Honours
Investigating the roles of p53 isoforms in regulation of long noncoding RNAs in cancer
- Close date
- Wednesday, 1 March 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Marina Kazantseva, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Master’s, Honours
Identification of transposable elements contributing to cancer specific expression and function of long noncoding RNAs
- Close date
- Wednesday, 1 March 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Marina Kazantseva, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours
Understanding the health and wellbeing impacts of housing quality and energy use
- Supervisor
- Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Finding function in the non-coding genome
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Paul Gardner, Associate Professor Alex Gavryushkin
- Level
- PhD
The Effect of Solar Tsunamis on New Zealand's Energy Grid
- Supervisor
- Professor Craig Rodger
- Level
- PhD
Methods for trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis
- Supervisors
- Dr Ross Wilson, Professor Haxby Abbott
- Level
- PhD
Using health behaviour change to improve the physical health outcomes of young people experiencing first episode psychosis
- Supervisor
- Dr Matthew Jenkins
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Deciphering translation of the ‘untranslated’ regions of messenger RNAs
- Supervisors
- Dr Chun Shen Lim, Associate Professor Chris M Brown
- Level
- PhD
Māori Masters Scholarship
- Supervisors
- Cristina Cleghorn, Christina McKerchar
- Level
- Master’s
How does the primary care nurse delivered Prediabetes Intervention Package (PIP) influence health-related quality of life?
- Supervisors
- Dr Trudy Sullivan, Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell
- Level
- Master’s
Circulating bacterial DNA as a prognostic marker for myocardial infarction
- Supervisors
- Dr Sarah Appleby, Dr Rachel Purcell, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Chris Pemberton
- Level
- PhD
Regulatory role of the oncoprotein YB-1 in microtentacle formation and metastasis
- Supervisor
- Dr Adele Woolley
- Levels
- PhD, Honours, Master’s
Oocyte quality and fertility
- Supervisor
- Dr Karen Reader
- Level
- PhD
Defining mechanisms controlling aberrant Fn14 regulation in cancer progression
- Close date
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Heather Cunliffe
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Formulation approaches for boosting efficacy of mRNA vaccines
- Supervisors
- Sarah Hook, Dr Allan Gamble, Associate Professor Joanna Kirman
- Level
- PhD
Cancer therapy: Nanotechnology-biological approaches to re-educating the tumor microenvironment to overcome suppression of cancer therapies
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Greg Walker
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Iron inputs to the Ross Sea, Antarctica in a warming world
- Supervisors
- Professor Claudine Stirling, Professor Cliff Law, Dr Matt Druce, Professor Michael Ellwood (ANU)
- Level
- PhD
Understanding drug tolerance. How do tumours survive targeted therapy?
- Supervisors
- Dr Cath Drummond, Dr Glen Reid
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Quantitative epidemiological research using big data
- Supervisor
- Dr Jonathan Williman
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Clinical Trials in Health Sciences
- Supervisor
- Dr Jonathan Williman
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Measuring the health state preferences of New Zealanders
- Supervisors
- Professor Haxby Abbott, Dr Ross Wilson
- Level
- PhD
Iti Rearea Collective: Intervention research of a novel entrepreneurship and microfinance programme for resettled refugees
- Supervisors
- Dr Marissa Kaloga, Dr Sangeeta Karmokar
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
NeuroTech Research
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Jones, Dr Reza Shoorangiz
- Level
- PhD
Repeat flowering in blueberries
- Supervisors
- Dr Lynette Brownfield, Dr Sara Montanari, Dr Susan Thomson
- Level
- PhD
Plumbing system controls on the eruption patterns at Taranaki Volcano
- Supervisor
- Dr Marco Brenna
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Mount Horrible, South Island’s youngest volcano
- Supervisor
- Dr Marco Brenna
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Meteorite research at Otago
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate
Metamorphism in Zealandia
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate
Research topics on Earth's mantle
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate
Comprehensive characterization of uncommon TP53 mutations in cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Sunali Mehta
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Understanding how tumours adapt to chromosomal instability and evolve to promote an aggressive disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Sunali Mehta
- Levels
- PhD, Honours, Master’s
Public Housing Research Opportunity
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Nevil Pierse
- Level
- Master’s
Vitamin C in cancer cell biology, immune health and epigenetics
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- PhD
Paediatric Infectious Diseases
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tony Walls
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
MARS Spectral CT Group PhD Positions
- Supervisor
- Professor Anthony Butler
- Level
- PhD
Cell biology/biochemistry
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Hampton
- Levels
- PhD, Honours
Rheumatology Research
- Supervisor
- Professor Lisa Stamp
- Level
- PhD
Public health aspects of drug and alcohol misuse
- Supervisor
- Dr Rose Crossin
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Understanding New Zealand’s science sector from a Te Ao Māori perspective
- Supervisor
- Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl and Dr Diane Ruwhiu
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
What is a good life for animals in te ao Māori?
- Supervisor
- Dr Mike King
- Level
- Master’s
Epidemiology, patient safety and quality improvement
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Phil Hider
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Immune system-derived oxidants in the treatment and diagnosis of respiratory diseases
- Supervisor
- Dr Nina Dickerhof
- Levels
- Honours, PhD
Longitudinal health and social outcomes
- Supervisor
- Professor Joseph Boden
- Level
- PhD
Neonatal Paediactrics
- Supervisor
- Dr Sarah Harris
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Paediatric Gastroenterology
- Supervisor
- Professor Andrew Day
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Paediatric Respiratory Diseases
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Philip Pattemore
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin de Bock
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Christchurch Heart Institute – Translational Biodiscovery Lab
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Chris Pemberton, Dr Janice Chew-Harris, Professor Mark Richards
- Level
- PhD
Nutrition in Medicine: Clinical trial research
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Anitra Carr
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Christchurch Heart Institute – Physiology
- Supervisor
- Professor Chris Charles
- Level
- PhD
Gastroenterology: Hepatology and Nutrition
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Gearry, Professor Andrew Day, Associate Professor Catherine Stedman
- Level
- PhD
Christchurch Heart Institute – The Omics Lab
- Supervisors
- Professor Vicky Cameron, Dr Anna Pilbrow, Dr Allamanda Faatoese
- Level
- PhD
Respiratory medicine research
- Supervisor
- Professor Lutz Beckert
- Level
- PhD
Gynaecological Cancer Research
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Peter Sykes, Dr Kenny Chitcholtan
- Level
- PhD
Clinical Pharmacology
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Matt Doogue, Dr Paul Chin
- Level
- PhD
Tumour Microenvironment
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Margaret Currie, Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours
Reconstructing Southern Ocean productivity and carbon cycle dynamics in the Neogene
- Supervisors
- Dr Christina Riesselman, Associate Professor Chris Moy
- Level
- PhD
Cancer research: tumour hypoxia, vitamin C and iron
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Professor Margreet Vissers, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Level
- PhD
Cancer genetics research: cancer susceptibility and prevention
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Logan Walker, Dr Vanessa Lau, Dr George Wiggins, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Levels
- PhD, Honours, Master’s
Genetic and genomic analysis of diseases and their treatments
- Supervisor
- Professor Martin Kennedy
- Levels
- PhD, Honours
Trusting the enemy: Understanding intergroup trust in conflict and peace studies through social psychological approaches
- Supervisor
- Dr Mariska Kappmeier
- Level
- PhD
A High Quality Aotearoa New Zealand Diet for Metabolic Health and Whānau Wellbeing - He Rourou Whai Painga (HRWP)
- Supervisors
- Professor Jeremy Krebs, Dr Meika Foster
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Dual-comb spectroscopy – resolving optical precision electronically
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Harald Schwefel
- Level
- PhD
Doctor, my heel has a spike! What does that mean?
- Supervisor
- Dr Johann Zwirner
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Gunshots, falls and helmets – Improving human head models
- Supervisor
- Dr Johann Zwirner
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
From remission to relapse: How do tumour resistance is driven under the pressure of immune responses?
- Supervisors
- Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Determine the contribution of the p53 isoform, Δ133p53, in the development of bowel inflammation and IBD
- Supervisors
- Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Regulation of immunity by microparticles excreted from human papillomavirus positive cervical cancer cells
- Supervisor
- Professor Merilyn Hibma
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Characterisation of YB-1 interactions with the cytoskeleton using live cell imaging
- Supervisor
- Dr Adele Woolley
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Predicting risk of diabetes complications and costs using machine learning with equity analysis
- Supervisors
- Dr Nhung Nghiem, Professor Nick Wilson, a computer scientist (TBC)
- Level
- Master’s
Sport and alcohol policy
- Supervisor
- Professor Steve Jackson
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Postdoctoral
Disrupting the pathway to suicidal thinking and behaviour in adolescents and young adults
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Richard Linscott
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Molecular mechanisms, genomics and role of the microbiome in response to therapy in rectal cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Rachel Purcell, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Frank Frizelle
- Level
- PhD
Disruption of timing and sequencing mechanisms in a model of schizophrenia
- Supervisor
- Professor David Bilkey
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Sexual behaviour in rodents
- Supervisor
- Dr Erik Wibowo
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Disturbance of the ‘Cellular uric acid homeostasis’ as the driver for diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Andrew Bahn
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Investigating the role of hormones on the neural circuitry controlling parental behaviour.
- Supervisor
- Dr Rosie Brown
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Vasopressin in hypertension
- Supervisors
- Professor Colin Brown, Dr Martin Fronius
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Neuroendocrine pathology in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Novel approaches for treating cardiovascular disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Jeff Erickson
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Investigating the interplay between calcium and reactive oxygen species in skeletal muscle function
- Supervisor
- Dr Tanya Cully
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
ENaC in the vasculature and its role in hypertension
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin Fronius
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
ENaC’s contribution in COVID-19
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin Fronius
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The role of recycling complexes in trafficking of ion channels in polarised epithelia
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Kirk Hamilton, Professor Fiona McDonald
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Control of stress circuit excitability
- Supervisor
- Dr Karl Iremonger
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
How do drugs used to treat mood disorders affect brain networks?
- Supervisor
- Dr Phil Heyward
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The fat surrounding the human heart in obesity and arrhythmias
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Regis Lamberts
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Central regulation of the diabetic heart
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Regis Lamberts, Professor Colin Brown, Associate Professor Daryl Schwenke
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Loss of irreplaceable cells as a driver for cardiac dysfunction in old age?
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Regis Lamberts, Associate Professor Phil Sheard
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Epithelial sodium channel as a target in breast cancer
- Supervisor
- Professor Fiona McDonald
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The role of ultrastructural changes in cardiac dysfunction
- Supervisor
- Dr Michelle Munro
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Neuroendocrine control of obesity and diabetes
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Alexander Tups
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The role of the microbiome in the development of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
The microbiome in colorectal cancer metastasis
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
Molecular mechanisms of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
Biomarkers of response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
The microbiome and diverticular disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
Outcomes of Colorectal cancer in New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Professor Frank Frizelle
- Level
- PhD
Epidemiological studies of colorectal cancer in New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Professor Frank Frizelle
- Level
- PhD
Diverticular disease in Canterbury; patterns of presentation, predicators of recurrence and outcomes from surgery including quality of life
- Supervisor
- Professor Frank Frizelle
- Level
- PhD
Epidemiological and outcome study of anal cancer
- Supervisor
- Professor Frank Frizelle
- Level
- PhD
Early onset colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Jacqui Keenan
- Level
- PhD
Gut bacteria and colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Jacqui Keenan
- Level
- PhD
Host iron status and gastrointestinal disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Jacqui Keenan
- Level
- PhD
Biomarkers and gastrointestinal disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Jacqui Keenan
- Level
- PhD
Surgical management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
- Level
- PhD
Diverticular disease
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
- Level
- PhD
Genetics of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
- Level
- PhD
Validation of 3D printed thorascopic model of surgical expertise in oesophageal atresia repair
- Supervisor
- Professor Spencer Beasley
- Level
- PhD
Is a Cryptic Late Cretaceous Suture Hidden in the Otago Schist?
- Supervisors
- Dr Mike Palin, Emeritus Professor Alan Cooper
- Level
- Master’s
Investigation of the connection between cohesin’s roles in cell division and gene expression in embryonic cell fate commitment
- Supervisor
- Professor Julia Horsfield
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Investigation of a Wnt/cohesin cause for AML
- Supervisors
- Professor Julia Horsfield, Dr Jisha Antony
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Reversal of enhancer dysregulation to combat cohesin-mutant leukemia
- Supervisors
- Dr Jisha Antony, Professor Julia Horsfield
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Mushrooms and truffles - why are they different?
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor David Orlovich, Dr Chris Brown, Dr Tina Summerfield
- Level
- PhD
Age and metamorphism of the lower crust of the North Island and South Island, NZ
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Environmental geochemistry at modern and historic gold mines in Otago
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor James Scott, Dr Cathy Rufaut
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Wall-rock alteration in gold deposits in Westland, NZ
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Thermal and isotopic evolution of an exhumed accretionary prism: Otago Schist, New Zealand
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor James Scott, Professor Graham Pearson, Dr Nick Mortimer
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Mental health services: experiences and outcomes
- Supervisors
- Professor Sarah Derrett, Associate Professor Emma Wyeth
- Level
- Master’s
Post-injury Health, Disability and Well-being Outcomes: Multiple projects available
- Supervisors
- Professor Sarah Derrett, Associate Professor Emma Wyeth, Dr Helen Harcombe
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The role of extracellular vesicles in immune regulation by cancer-causing human papillomaviruses
- Supervisor
- Professor Merilyn Hibma
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Neurodegenerative and Lysosomal Disease
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Stephanie Hughes
- Level
- PhD
The historical role of parks in representing colonial Aotearoa
- Supervisor
- Dr Robin Quigg
- Level
- Master’s
Evolution of the Paterson Inlet sedimentary basin, Stewart Island
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Chris Moy
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Volcanism in Central Otago
- Supervisors
- Dr Marco Brenna, Professor James White, Dr Christian Ohneiser
- Level
- Master’s
Towards categorising software vulnerable in publically available code (funded MSc, PhD, or postdoc)
- Supervisors
- Dr Sherlock A Licorish, Dr Amjed Tahir, Professor Stephen MacDonell
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Becoming a Paralympian: Identity development and post-traumatic growth through sport
- Supervisor
- Dr Paul Skirrow
- Level
- PhD
Footwear, foot function, falls risk, and ageing
- Supervisors
- Dr Xaviour Walker, Professor Debra Waters, Dr Chris Sole
- Levels
- PhD, Postdoctoral
Patient education and self-management for patients with persistent rotator cuff related shoulder pain
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Gisela Sole
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Predictors for confidence and self-efficacy following ACL reconstruction
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Gisela Sole
- Levels
- PhD, Postdoctoral
Worker deaths involving vehicles – identifying opportunities for prevention
- Supervisor
- Dr Rebbecca Lilley
- Level
- Master’s
RNA biology, genome variation, and bioinformatics
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Paul Gardner
- Level
- PhD
Proofing code reuse: Detecting errors in publicly available software (fully-funded PhD scholarship)
- Supervisors
- Dr Sherlock Anthony Licorish, Dr Amjed Tahir, Professor Stephen MacDonell
- Level
- PhD
Health and disability discordance
- Supervisor
- Dr Meredith Perry
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Respiratory service provision for people with Neuromuscular disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Meredith Perry
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Parks for Activity and Recreation in the Community (PARCs)
- Supervisor
- Dr Meredith Perry
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Implementing STarT Back in New Zealand for people with low back pain
- Supervisor
- Dr Cathy Chapple
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Dose of manual therapy for people with knee osteoarthritis
- Supervisor
- Dr Cathy Chapple
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Complex (combined) interventions for the management of people with osteoarthritis
- Supervisor
- Dr Cathy Chapple
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
E kore au e ngaro – The enduring legacy of whakapapa
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai
- Level
- PhD
The experience of ‘denormalisation’ among smokers in Aotearoa – what is it and what implications does it have for developing strategies to reach a Smokefree Aotearoa?
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Edwards, Mr Anaru Waa, Professor Janet Hoek
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Tracing gold mineralization and associated heavy-metal pollution using lead isotopes
- Supervisors
- Dr Candace Martin, Professor Claudine Stirling
- Level
- Master’s
Provenance of sand and mud in turbidites using detrital zircons and neodymium isotopes
- Supervisors
- Dr Candace Martin, Dr Mike Palin
- Level
- Master’s
Trace elements in freshwater bivalve shells as records of water quality
- Supervisor
- Dr Candace Martin
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Smoking and occupation in Aotearoa: A census-based analysis
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Edwards, Associate Professor James Stanley
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Cloud and distributed systems security
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Eyers
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Large-scale data science
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Eyers
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Time-series database systems
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Eyers
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Distributed data provenance tracking and data sovereignty
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Eyers
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Explainable, context-sensitive, user-centric security
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Eyers
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Spatial ecology of urban possums
- Supervisors
- Professor Philip Seddon, Professor Yolanda van Heezik, Adjunct Professor Deb Wilson (Mannaki Whenua/Landcare Research)
- Level
- PhD
Upper Clutha terrace chronology and late Quaternary activity of the Pisa Fault
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Stirling
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Ice mechanics and the dynamics of ice sheets
- Supervisor
- Professor Dave Prior
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Ross Sea Paleoceanography and ice shelf retreat – 15 kyr to present
- Supervisors
- Dr Christian Ohneiser, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Catherine Beltran
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Surtsey volcano’s diatreme
- Supervisor
- Professor James White
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
The structural and lithological characterization of the Port Chalmers Breccia
- Supervisors
- Dr Marco Brenna, Professor James White, Dr Christian Ohneiser
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours
"Marine" seismic imaging of the Ostler Fault in Mackenzie Country, central South Island, New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
"Marine" seismic imaging of the floor of Lake Roxburgh, Central Otago, New Zealand
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Understanding the timing and drivers of drought in New Zealand
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Chris Moy, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
- Level
- PhD
3D lithological reconstruction of the Dunedin Volcano
- Supervisor
- Dr Marco Brenna
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Mechanism for active subsidence of the Dunedin volcano
- Supervisors
- Professor Mark Stirling, Dr Paul Denys (Surveying), Dr Pilar Villamor (GNS Science)
- Level
- Master’s
Seismic analysis of the Hyde Fault
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Professor Dave Prior, Professor Mark Stirling
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Metamorphic Methane and Gold Mineralization in the Otago Schist
- Supervisors
- Dr Mike Palin, Associate Professor Greg Holk (California State University)
- Level
- Master’s
Developing a crustal P-wave velocity model for SE South Island using petroleum industry sources and land-based broadband seismometers
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Donna Eberhart-Philips (GNS Science)
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Ethics and social license of antimicrobials developed for animal-only use
- Supervisors
- Dr Mike King, Associate Professor Lynley Anderson
- Level
- PhD
Quaternary Stratigraphy (and/or Structure?) of Otago Harbour
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Christina Riesselman
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Effects of dike/fissure-wall properties on near-surface magma transport and eruption: An experimental approach using molten wax
- Supervisor
- Professor James White
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Socio-cultural, political-economic and media impact of sport
- Supervisors
- Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Michael Sam
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Humanities and arts in health
- Supervisor
- Dr Katherine Hall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Human resource management
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Fiona Edgar, Dr Paula O'Kane, Dr Jing (Annie) Zhang, Dr Dana Ott
- Level
- PhD
Bibliography and book history
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Shef Rogers
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Voice and tone in 18th-century British literature
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Shef Rogers
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Small beginnings, significant outcomes: A new life-course approach to understanding the impacts of social inequality on human health in ancient China
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Sian Halcrow, Dr Melanie Miller, Professor Kate Pechenkina, Associate Professor Dong Yu
- Levels
- Honours, PhD, Postdoctoral
Research in Pharmacy Practice
- Supervisor
- Dr Mudassir Anwar
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, PhD
Ethical dimensions of public health and health policy; global health justice
- Supervisor
- Elizabeth Fenton
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
MA (by thesis) or PhD thesis in Māori Studies, Indigenous Development, or Pacific Islands Studies
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Master of Indigenous Studies (MIndS)
- Level
- Master’s
Clinical research in concussion recovery
- Supervisor
- Dr Ewan Kennedy
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
BA(Hons), PGDipArts or MA (Coursework) in Māori Studies or Indigenous Development
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Indigenous medievalisms: Intercultural interactions c.1000–1500CE
- Supervisor
- Professor Simone Marshall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Principlism and medical ethics
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes, Professor John McMillan, Professor Sharon Lawn
- Level
- PhD
Postgraduate Research Opportunity in Music at the University of Otago School of Performing Arts
- Supervisor
- Dr Tessa Romano
- Level
- Honours
Social and distributional impacts of transport
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Transport accessibility and relation to health and social outcomes
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Older adults experiences of the pedestrian environment
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Socio-spatial equity and shared micromobility
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Transport and ageing
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
The NEEDN’T Food Study
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Simon Adamson
- Level
- PhD
Mental health nursing
- Supervisor
- Dr Dave Carlyle
- Level
- PhD
Improving functioning in mood disorders – includes psychotherapy, neurocognitive interventions, and family interventions in mood disorders
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Porter, Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Katie Douglas, Dr Maree Inder, Dr Dave Carlyle
- Level
- PhD
The experience of and recovery from psychiatric disorders
- Supervisors
- Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Dave Carlyle
- Level
- PhD
Psychological consequences of psychiatric disorders
- Supervisors
- Dr Caroline Bell, Professor Richard Porter
- Level
- PhD
Rhetoric and style in Roman historical texts
- Supervisor
- Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Politics and propaganda in Roman coinage
- Supervisors
- Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre, Dr Daniel Osland
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Imperial cult and the politics of Roman religion
- Supervisor
- Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Hellenistic history
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Ancient Greek history: Numismatics
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Ancient Greek history: The Diadochoi
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Ancient Greek history: Philip II and Alexander the Great
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of developmental disorders
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Louise Bicknell
- Level
- PhD
Parallel machine learning algorithms
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Augmented reality to enhance human vision
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tobias Langlotz
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Victorian literature and culture
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Investigating the mechanisms underlying anxiety and its treatment
- Supervisors
- Dr Olivia Harrison, Associate Professor Bruce Russell
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Application of machine learning algorithms for EEG data processing
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Regulation of Stress Granule assembly and disassembly in disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Adele Woolley
- Level
- PhD
Philosophy of psychiatry, mental health, gender, ethics and sport
- Supervisor
- Dr Taryn Knox
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Are residential aged care facilities required to offer cardiac resuscitation (CPR) to their residents?
- Supervisors
- Dr Janine Penfield Winters, M.D.
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s
Investigating the mechanisms underlying exercise as a treatment for anxiety
- Supervisors
- Dr Olivia Harrison, Professor Jim Cotter, Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Archaeology of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
- Supervisor
- Dr Daniel Osland
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Making it work – understanding and assessing residential rehabilitation in the Salvation Army context
- Supervisors
- Dr Elliot Bell, Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes
- Level
- PhD
Australian nineteenth-century settler literature
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Grace Moore
- Level
- PhD
Race in the Middle Ages: Perceptions of whiteness
- Supervisor
- Professor Simone Marshall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Accounting education (various topics)
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Farid Ud-din Attar's The Conference of the Birds and Geoffrey Chaucer's The Parliament of Fowls: An Intercultural Investigation
- Supervisor
- Professor Simone Marshall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Environmental humanities
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Neo-Victorianism
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Inflammation research
- Supervisor
- Professor Madhav Bhatia
- Level
- PhD
High performance computing for big data
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Cicero the philosopher
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sean McConnell
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Development of microfluidic techniques and 3D printing strategies for medical device applications
- Supervisors
- Professor Tim Woodfield, Dr Khoon Lim
- Level
- PhD
Transport and Health: Multiple projects available
- Supervisor
- Dr Rebecca McLean
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Developing a Neogene chronostratigraphic reference section for the Southern Ocean
- Supervisors
- Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Georgia Grant (GNS Science)
- Level
- PhD
Living well with patellofemoral pain
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Gisela Sole
- Level
- PhD
Analysis of cancer genome atlas data to identify epigenetic signature of tumour metastasis
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee,
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Investigation of genetic and epigenetic signatures of primary and metastatic cancer (melanoma and colorectal cancer)
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee, Dr Euan Rodger
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Mobile apps in healthcare
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
- Level
- PhD
Technology adoption in medical education
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
- Level
- PhD
Medical Education: Translating theory to practice
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Diane Kenwright, Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Towards a new penicillin for rheumatic fever prevention
- Supervisor
- Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu
- Level
- Master’s
Implementation of genomic medicine in Aotearoa
- Supervisor
- Dr Sara Filoche
- Level
- PhD
The applicability of ctDNA for early cancer detection
- Supervisor
- Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu
- Level
- Master’s
The role of inflammation shaping the response to acute myocardial infarction
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Peter Larsen, Dr Ana Holley
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Molecular biomarkers in colorectal cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Kirsty Danielson, Associate Professor Elizabeth Dennett
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
Intellectual or learning disability
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Endometrial cancer: projects available in genomic, cell biology, clinical and public health areas
- Supervisors
- Dr Claire Henry, Professor Alec Ekeroma
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours
Psychotherapy for mood disorders
- Supervisors
- Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Jenny Jordan, Dr Maree Inder, Associate Professor Sue Luty, Dr Katie Douglas
- Level
- PhD
Psychological adaptation to medical illness
- Supervisor
- Professor Lois Surgenor
- Level
- PhD
Personality disorders and treatment
- Supervisors
- Professor Roger Mulder, Dr Dave Carlyle
- Level
- PhD
Māori mental health
- Supervisor
- Dr Cameron Lacey
- Level
- PhD
Obesity
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Lois Surgenor, Dr Jenny Jordan
- Level
- PhD
Eating disorders
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Lois Surgenor, Dr Jenny Jordan
- Level
- PhD
Neurocognitive interventions
- Supervisors
- Professor Richard Porter, Dr Katie Douglas
- Level
- PhD
Anxiety disorders and treatment
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Caroline Bell
- Level
- PhD
Addiction and co-existing disorders
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Simon Adamson, Dr James Foulds, Professor Doug Sellman
- Level
- PhD
Nursing practice
- Supervisors
- Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Health professional education
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Jenny Conder
- Level
- PhD
Health services delivery
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Health leadership
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Philippa Seaton
- Level
- PhD
Mental health
- Supervisor
- Professor Marie Crowe
- Level
- PhD
Family-centred care
- Supervisors
- Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Management of long-term conditions
- Supervisors
- Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Parkinson’s and related disorders
- Supervisors
- Professor Tim Anderson (clinical neurology), Dr Michael MacASkill (movement), Dr Tracy Melzer (brain imaging), Dr Toni Pitcher (PD imaging and epidemiology)
- Level
- PhD
Public perceptions of genomic medicine
- Supervisor
- Dr Sara Filoche
- Level
- PhD
Christchurch Heart Institute clinical research
- Supervisors
- Professor Mark Richards, Professor Richard Troughton
- Level
- PhD
