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Thursday 25 May 2023
Striking differences in the way high school students socialise may be one of the reasons behind a dramatic drop in youth drinking over the last 20 years, a study from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand last year is encouraging, but there is still work to be done, the head of the AIDS Epidemiology Group says.
Thursday 4 May 2023
These competencies for public health teaching institutions have been developed with te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity and cultural safety at their core to ensure te Ao Māori is actively prioritised.
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Even just knowing you could walk around the area you in live in if you want to can improve your mental health, new research by a University of Otago master’s candidate suggests.
Friday 10 March 2023
A group of health and education experts have published seven key goals in a mission to protect schools from COVID‑19 and other infectious disease outbreaks.
Friday 10 March 2023
Work contributes to at least a quarter of all fatal injuries in New Zealand – substantially more than what official records show, University of Otago-led research reveals.
Tuesday 14 February 2023
A new centre hosted by the University of Otago will boost the reach and impact of public health research, says its inaugural Director Professor Michael Baker.
Tuesday 7 February 2023
New Zealand is one of only a few island nations that could continue to produce enough food to feed its population in a nuclear winter, researchers have found.
Thursday 2 February 2023
Acute mental health care units remain in the shadows, neither fully integrated into general hospitals nor part of the community, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, say.
Friday 6 January 2023
As a young campaigner on social justice and LGBTIQ+ rights, Dr Brodie Fraser has found working as a researcher in the Department of Public Health a perfect mix of their academic and activist interests.
Monday 19 December 2022
A passion for upholding sovereign rights to health and wellbeing for tangata whenua has led Dr Paula Toko King to a career in Kaupapa Māori research that encompasses areas of racism, disability, care and protection, youth justice and prison.
Thursday 15 December 2022
Providing unconditional access to housing is the first step towards improving the mental and physical health and wellbeing of those experiencing homelessness, researchers say.
Wednesday 14 December 2022
University of Otago experts welcome a new smokefree legislation which they say will bring profound health benefits to Aotearoa.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Women with gestational diabetes are seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those without, yet over a ten-year period only half of these women were tested for diabetes within six months of giving birth, a new University of Otago study reveals.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Excessive television viewing as a child can lead to a higher risk of tobacco use and gambling disorders in adulthood, a new University of Otago study shows.
Monday 28 November 2022
From a global health crisis to Aotearoa’s health inequity – University of Otago projects awarded Health Research Council funding will benefit those at home and around the world.
Monday 28 November 2022
The Health Research Council has awarded 19 Otago researchers almost $3.8 million in Career Development Awards.
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Two of the University of Otago’s leading researchers have been honoured for their huge contribution to science with Royal Society Te Apārangi medals.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Young people have shown strong support for the Government’s proposal to introduce a smokefree generation, a study by researchers at the University of Otago has found.
Friday 28 October 2022
Local councils have only achieved fluoride targets for drinking water 54 per cent of the time over the last 30 years, researchers from the University of Otago and the University of Canterbury have found.
Thursday 6 October 2022
An end to outdoor marketing of gambling, alcohol and junk food is urgently needed to protect children from harm, according to new University of Otago-led research.
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Arbitrarily limiting the proportion of public housing in new housing developments curtails the amount of public housing available without providing any health benefits for tenants, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have found.
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Conducting surveillance on mosquitoes has been all part of the journey for PhD graduate Dr Sherif Ammar.
Thursday 22 September 2022
Leading University of Otago academics are calling for the launch of an official inquiry into New Zealand’s COVID‑19 pandemic response while memories are clear and lessons can be learnt.
Thursday 22 September 2022
Leading University of Otago academics are calling for the launch of an official inquiry into New Zealand’s COVID-19 pandemic response while memories are clear and lessons can be learnt.
Friday 9 September 2022
The Te ORA (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) gathered for their awards’ night at the end of July.
Wednesday 7 September 2022
Retrofitting home insulation can reduce the onset of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma by up to 10 per cent, new University of Otago research shows.
Monday 5 September 2022
The Otago Tongan Students’ Association (OTSA) and the Otago Kiribati Islands Students’ Association (OKISA) co-hosted a climate change awareness fundraiser.
Friday 26 August 2022
For Harriet Wills the outcome of her summer studentship is a dream come true.
Monday 22 August 2022
Soaking up some genuine Italian culture in a relatively tourist-free town was an unexpected bonus for University of Otago students competing in the Under-23 World Championship rowing competition recently.
Monday 22 August 2022
Maia Dean is combining her love for physics, chemistry and math to carve out a path for herself and hopefully her community, too.
Friday 19 August 2022
Empowering other young Kiwis to pursue careers in STEM is the big dream for one Otago Arts and Sciences student.
Friday 19 August 2022
An Otago student determined to add another Pacific voice to the health conversation is making his mark at an unusually young age.
Thursday 18 August 2022
Second year Bachelor of Applied Science student Owyn Aitken (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tainui, Ngāti Māhanga) is perhaps one of Otago’s most involved contributors within the technology space right now.
Friday 5 August 2022
New research has revealed the “shameful” extent of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wednesday 27 July 2022
Researchers from the University of Otago’s ASPIRE 2025 Research Centre, which carries out research to support the Smokefree 2025 goal, welcome the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill that Associate Health Minister Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall introduced to Parliament today.
Friday 15 July 2022
The authors of a ground-breaking University of Otago, Christchurch study are calling for immediate changes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s suicide prevention strategy and the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, due to figures showing more than 26 per cent of all suicide deaths in this country involve acute alcohol use.
Wednesday 6 July 2022
University of Otago-led research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin.
Thursday 30 June 2022
Life improved for young people experiencing homelessness once they were housed through the Government’s Housing First programme, with fewer admissions to hospital and visits to emergency departments, although their incomes remained stubbornly low, research has found.
Thursday 30 June 2022
Improving the health and wellbeing of Māori who re-enter society from prisons, alongside their whānau and communities, is the aim of a University of Otago project which received Health Research Council of New Zealand funding today.
Thursday 30 June 2022
Twenty-two Otago researchers have received a share of nearly $34 million in Health Research Council of New Zealand funding.
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Investing in cycleways and walking paths has boosted the use of active travel in two North Island cities, particularly by Māori and people on low incomes, researchers have found.
Thursday 16 June 2022
New Zealand military veterans experience the same level of anxiety and depression as the general population, but have more problems with pain and mobility, new research shows.
Wednesday 15 June 2022
New Zealand urgently needs to increase the diversity and quality of its housing stock if it is to meet its goal of reducing the country’s carbon emissions by 2030 and meet the needs of our diverse population, researchers at the University of Otago say.
Thursday 2 June 2022
Spiritual care can be an important part of patients’ recovery but is often overlooked, a University of Otago researcher says.
