
10 Jun 2025
No one-size-fits-all for migraine treatments - survey
About half of people with migraine disease turn to non-medication treatments in an attempt to ease their symptoms, new O...

09 Jun 2025
Study to evaluate novel pop-up maternity clinic
The title of Dr Pauline Dawson’s study says it all – “How can I help?”

05 Jun 2025
Otago researchers help unlock ancient migration secrets
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have helped bring clarity to the great migration of early Pacific...

30 May 2025
Wellington forum highlights Otago research impact
From health discoveries in space to the health of Hector’s dolphins, the Division of Health Sciences’ Research Innovatio...

30 May 2025
Genetics power breakthrough inflammatory arthritis study
The potential to prevent and treat a common type of inflammatory arthritis has been advanced thanks to a University of O...

26 May 2025
Study reveals high rates of opioid use in NZ pregnancies
Aotearoa New Zealand has the third highest prevalence of prescribed opioid use during pregnancy in a new multi-national...

13 May 2025
Prestigious Oxford scholarship for Otago neuroscience graduate
Joseph Balfe has been awarded the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Psychiatry at the University...

10 May 2025
Otago’s first Ethiopian Aviation Medicine PhD takes flight
After facing the realities of war and then being separated from his wife and young children, Dr Solomon Gurmu Beka gradu...

09 May 2025
Graduand fighting superbugs in the Pacific
Saki Baleivanualala didn’t just come to the University of Otago to study, he came here to learn, grow and give back.

08 May 2025
Global study charts growing health burden of IBD
A groundbreaking international study, with involvement from the University of Otago, Christchurch, has identified four d...

06 May 2025
Prime Minister’s prizes awarded to two Otago academics
Work on managing anxiety and managing viruses has resulted in two Otago academics receiving Prime Minister’s Science Pri...

30 Apr 2025
Links between height and health highlighted
Height is determined by thousands of signals in our genes. Three world experts on human growth, including Associate Prof...