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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
Social dimensions of invasive species in Aotearoa New Zealand: Freshwater fish
- Close date
- Wednesday, 31 March 2021
- Supervisors
- Professor Brent Lovelock, Associate Professor Anna Carr
- Level
- Master’s
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
Specification of the male germline in flowering plants
- Close date
- Sunday, 28 February 2021
- Supervisor
- Dr Lynette Brownfield
- 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
PhD scholarship for developing real time analysis of marine biomass
- Supervisor
- Professor Keith Gordon
- Level
- PhD
Private choices, public costs: A follow-up study
- Supervisor
- Dr Trudy Sullivan and Dr Erin Penno
- Level
- Master’s
Spectroscopy of disease (funded with stipend)
- Supervisor
- Dr Sara Miller
- Level
- Master’s
Roles of p53 isoforms in cancer cell reprogramming and drug resistance
- Close date
- Sunday, 28 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Marina Kazantseva, Dr Tania Slatter
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
Disturbance of the ‘Cellular uric acid homeostasis’ as the driver for diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Andrew Bahn
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Vasopressin in hypertension
- Supervisors
- Professor Colin Brown, Dr Martin Fronius
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Investigating the role of hormones on the neural circuitry controlling parental behaviour.
- Supervisor
- Dr Rosie Brown
- 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’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
ENaC in the vasculature and its role in hypertension
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin Fronius
- 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
Regulation of Ubiquitin chain assembly
- Supervisor
- Professor Catherine Day
- Level
- PhD
Exploring a novel preventative therapy to reduce breast and ovarian cancer risk in high-risk individuals
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Vanessa Lattimore, Associate Professor Logan Walker
- Level
- Honours
Genetic variation and endometrial cancer risk
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Logan Walker, Mr George Wiggins
- Level
- Honours
Molecular mechanisms of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
The microbiome and diverticular disease
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
The microbiome in colorectal cancer metastasis
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
Biomarkers of response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- Level
- PhD
The role of the microbiome in the development of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Dr Rachel Purcell
- 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
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
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
Diverticular disease
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
- Level
- PhD
Genetics of colorectal cancer
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
- Level
- PhD
Surgical management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- 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
Wall-rock alteration in gold deposits in Westland, NZ
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, 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
Thermal change and mineralogy of the K-T boundary
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor James Scott, Dr Sebastian Naeher (GNS Science)
- 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
Cretaceous mantle under Westland
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor James Scott
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Cratonic mantle under the San Francisco Craton (South America)
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor James Scott, Professor Graham Pearson
- 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
Redox Regulation of Signal Transduction
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Ledgerwood
- Level
- 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
Exploring emerging roles of p53 isoforms in epigenetic dysregulation in cancer
- Close date
- Sunday, 31 January 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Marina Kazantseva, Dr Tania Slatter
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s
The role of extracellular vesicles in immune regulation by cancer-causing human papillomaviruses
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Merilyn Hibma
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
3D-biofabrication of zonal cartilage
- Supervisors
- Dr Gabriella Lindberg, Professor Tim Woodfield
- Level
- PhD
Controlling the microRNAs that contribute to adipocyte-driven progression in breast cancer cells
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Dr Anna Pilbrow, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
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
How tumour resistance is driven after administration of adoptive T-cell therapies in solid cancers
- Close date
- Sunday, 31 January 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
How does the Δ133p53 isoform promote bowel inflammation?
- Close date
- Sunday, 31 January 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, 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
Sleep patterns and children’s oral health
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Barbara Galland, Associate Professor Ben Wheeler, Dr Manikandan Ekambaram (Mani)
- Level
- PhD
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
Characterising the role of peroxidasin in breast cancer
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisor
- Dr Martina Paumann-Page
- Level
- Honours
Amyloids of p16 in cancer
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisor
- Dr Christoph Goebl
- Level
- Honours
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
Kaupapa Māori or Māori-centred suicide research
- Close date
- Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Gabrielle Jenkin, Dr Sarah McKenzie
- Level
- Master’s
E kore au e ngaro – The enduring legacy of whakapapa
- Supervisor
- Dr Karyn Paringatai
- Level
- PhD
Genome sequencing and human susceptibility to Legionella longbeachae infection
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Sandy Slow, Associate Professor John Pearson
- Level
- Honours
Isolating and identifying amoebal species in pine tree bark for Legionella longbeachae co-culture: Implications for preventing Legionnaires’ disease
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Sandy Slow, Professor Steve Chambers, Professor David Murdoch
- Level
- Honours
Can we improve sepsis diagnosis and mortality prediction of critically ill patients in intensive care?
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Anitra Carr
- Level
- Honours
The role of circulating bacteria in cardiovascular disease
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Dr Sarah Appleby, Dr Rachel Purcell, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Chris Pemberton
- Level
- Honours
Structural biology of signal transduction
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Peter Mace
- Level
- PhD
High-resolution reconstruction of past water quality using innovative non-destructive core scanning techniques in New Zealand lake sediments
- Supervisors
- Dr Chris Moy, Dr Sebastian Naeher, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
- 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
Two fully funded PhD positions to study climate change in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Nicolas Cullen, Dr Marwan Katurji
- Level
- PhD
PhD degree in earthquake rupture simulation science
- Supervisors
- Professor Mark Stirling, Dr Matthew Gerstenberger
- Level
- PhD
Spatial ecology of urban possums
- Supervisors
- Professor Philip Seddon, Professor Yolanda van Heezik, Adjunct Professor Deb Wilson (Mannaki Whenua/Landcare Research)
- Level
- PhD
Postdoctoral scholar in earthquake science
- Supervisors
- Professor Mark Stirling, Dr Caroline Orchiston
- Level
- Postdoctoral
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
Eocene-Oligocene paleoclimate of NZ constructed from drill cores
- Supervisors
- Dr Christian Ohneiser, Associate Professor Daphne Lee, Dr Chris Moy, 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
- Dr 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
Climate of the last millennium
- Supervisors
- Dr Chris Moy, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
- 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
Hydrothermal reaction experiments involving serpentinite
- Supervisor
- Dr Steven Smith
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, 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
Vision Mātauranga in the New Zealand Science System
- Supervisor
- Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl and Dr Diane Ruwhiu
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
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
Tracking PhD graduates - where do they go?
- Supervisor
- Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith
- Level
- PhD
BA(Hons), PGDipArts or MA (Coursework) in Māori Studies or Indigenous Development
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s
Master of Indigenous Studies (MIndS)
- Level
- Master’s
MA (by thesis) or PhD thesis in Māori Studies, Indigenous Development, or Pacific Islands Studies
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Clinical research in concussion recovery
- Supervisor
- Dr Ewan Kennedy
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Indigenous medievalisms: Intercultural interactions c.1000–1500CE
- Supervisor
- Associate 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
Transport and ageing
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Socio-spatial equity and shared micromobility
- Supervisor
- Dr Angela Curl
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Older adults experiences of the pedestrian environment
- 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
Social and distributional impacts of transport
- 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
Farid Ud-din Attar's The Conference of the Birds and Geoffrey Chaucer's The Parliament of Fowls: An Intercultural Investigation
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Simone Marshall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Transport and Health: Multiple projects available
- Supervisor
- Dr Rebecca McLean
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Australian nineteenth-century settler literature
- Supervisor
- Dr Grace Moore
- Level
- PhD
Application of machine learning algorithms for EEG data processing
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Exploring the role of vitamin C in cancer
- Close date
- Friday, 19 February 2021
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- Honours
Race in the Middle Ages: Perceptions of whiteness
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Simone Marshall
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Evaluation of the Good One Party Register – a Public Health South alcohol harm reduction health promotion intervention
- Supervisor
- Dr Kate Morgaine
- Level
- Master’s
Understanding the intersection between endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Supervisors
- Dr Jane Girling, Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
The Learning Repro Study: Understanding of reproduction and reproductive health in young people
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Making it work – understanding and assessing residential rehabilitation in the Salvation Army context
- Supervisors
- Dr Elliot Bell, Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes
- Level
- 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
Neo-Victorianism
- Supervisor
- Dr Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Philosophy of psychiatry, mental health, gender, ethics and sport
- Supervisor
- Dr Taryn Knox
- Levels
- Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, 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
Environmental humanities
- Supervisor
- Dr Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Victorian literature and culture
- Supervisor
- Dr Grace Moore
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Cicero the philosopher
- Supervisor
- Dr Sean McConnell
- Levels
- Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD
Development of chemical tools to interrogate cannabinoid receptors
- Supervisor
- Dr Andrea Vernall
- Level
- PhD
Development of microfluidic techniques and 3D printing strategies for medical device applications
- Supervisors
- Professor Tim Woodfield, Dr Khoon Lim
- Level
- PhD
Archaeology of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
- Supervisor
- Dr Daniel Osland
- Levels
- Honours, Master’s, PhD
High performance computing for big data
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
- Levels
- Master’s, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of developmental disorders
- Supervisor
- Dr Louise Bicknell
- Level
- PhD
Investor trading behaviour and asset prices
- Supervisor
- Dr Olena Onishchenko
- Level
- PhD
Accounting education (various topics)
- Levels
- Master’s, 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
- Dr 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
- Dr 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
- Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Two PhD positions in Protein Biochemistry
- Supervisor
- Professor Catherine Day
- 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
- 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
Qualitative methods
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Lee Thompson
- Level
- PhD
Tobacco control and vaping
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Lee Thompson
- Level
- PhD
Pleasure and health
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Lee Thompson
- Level
- PhD
Critical approaches to public health and health promotion
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Lee Thompson
- Level
- PhD
Health professionals and interprofessional boundaries
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Lee Thompson
- Level
- PhD
Nursing practice
- Supervisors
- Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Beverley Burrell, 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
- Dr Beverley Burrell, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Health leadership
- Supervisors
- Dr Beverley Burrell, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton
- Level
- PhD
Mental health
- Supervisor
- Professor Marie Crowe
- Level
- PhD
Family-centred care
- Supervisors
- Dr Virginia Jones, Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
- Level
- PhD
Women’s health
- Supervisor
- Dr Beverley Burrell
- Level
- PhD
Management of long-term conditions
- Supervisors
- Dr Beverley Burrell, 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
