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![Associate Professor Tristram Ingham](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/582270/Tristram-Ingham-thumbnail.png)
24 Jul 2024
Expert response on Abuse in Care report
The Crown must honour survivor communities by implementing the recommendations c...
![Sam Fraser, Iritana Bennett-Fakahau, Georgia Grant and Hotene Ngaropo-Tuia at the Ki te Āpōpō Rangatahi Expo last month.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/581522/Rangatahi-symposium-image-650.png)
19 Jul 2024
Māori medical students look out for future doctors
A group of Māori medical students from the Wellington campus have spent a day wi...
![Man vaping thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/580929/man-vaping-thumbnail.png)
16 Jul 2024
Strong emotions, intense cravings and daily disruption: young people’s experiences of vaping
Young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are struggling with the effects of vaping a...
![clocktower summer thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/580609/clocktower-summer-thumbnail.png)
12 Jul 2024
Otago University supports academic’s critic and conscience role
The University of Otago welcomes the Chief Ombudsman’s ruling calling for Associ...
![He Kete Kōrero winter 2024](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/580276/f6112105f68c9a143dfd6d9fc592f6005bc17290.png)
10 Jul 2024
He Kete Kōrero - Winter 2024
The July 2024 issue of He Kete Kōrero marks the mid-point of the year, as we cel...
![Six headshots female and male](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0035/578447/HRC-funding-2024-July-thumbnail.png)
08 Jul 2024
Funding awarded to continue critical cancer research
Lung cancer is the greatest single cancer contributor to the life expectancy gap...
![Generic pic of male and female toilet symbols](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0041/577949/Incontinence-release-thumbnail.png)
05 Jul 2024
Incontinence common for New Zealand women
Nearly half of New Zealand women experience incontinence, but shouldn’t have to...
![Car driving on the open roads of New Zealand.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/574931/Emissions-MR-image-thumbnail.png)
12 Jun 2024
Wealthy Kiwis driving up transport emissions, study finds
The well off are contributing more than their fair share of greenhouse gas emiss...
![Man smoking](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/574821/Smoking-generic-thumbnail-650.png)
11 Jun 2024
Time to refresh tobacco packaging and update warnings
New on-pack warning labels are needed on tobacco packaging to motivate and suppo...
![Dr Miranda Buhler](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/574483/Miranda-Buhler-image-650.png)
07 Jun 2024
Mahi reveals physiotherapy disparities
Knowing where physiotherapy service disparities are is the first part of address...
![Woman vaping](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/574412/Vaping-generic-thumbnail-650.png)
07 Jun 2024
Law change to curb vaping ineffective
Cheap, high-nicotine vapes remain widely available in low-income neighbourhoods...
![Three headshots of female researchers](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/573189/Research-thumbnail.png)
27 May 2024
HRC awards $3.7 million to Otago researchers
Antibiotic resistance is increasing at an alarming rate, causing global concern....