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10 Apr 2025

Fulbright fellow focuses on underserved populations


We catch up with medical alumna Dr Sainimere Boladuadua who was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Science and Innovation G...

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28 Mar 2025

NZ needs options to remove ill or infirm leaders – researchers


New Zealand needs to develop options for removing leaders when their decision-making abilities are impaired, the authors...

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28 Mar 2025

‘Caring, passionate and dedicated’ teachers awarded


Five of Otago’s academic staff have received Excellence in Teaching awards for being ‘caring, passionate and dedicated t...

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03 Mar 2025

Minimal health gains from star ratings on food, modelling estimates


Voluntary health star nutrition ratings on packaged foods introduced a decade ago have likely led to minimal health gain...

24 Jan 2025

Overwhelming support for smokefree policies among smokers, ex smokers


New Zealanders who smoke and those who have recently quit smoking have expressed high levels of support for the creation...

05 Dec 2024

Young vapers feel judged, stigmatised, and blame themselves for addiction


Adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand who struggle with vaping addiction feel judged by the adults in their lives, researc...

04 Dec 2024

Award for transformative work in Māori communities


A public health researcher on the Wellington campus, Cheryl Davies (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Wehiwehi, Ngāti Mutunga ki Te W...

29 Nov 2024

Mental health conditions associated with worse healthcare experiences


People with mental health conditions have consistently worse experiences in primary healthcare and face more barriers to...

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29 Nov 2024

Healthy Homes Initiative reduces hospitalisations, school absences


The Government’s Healthy Homes Initiative has brought significant health and social benefits to families, reducing hospi...

ASPIRE staff Professor Richard Edwards (front, left), Lani Teddy (back row, third from right) and Associate Professor Andrew Waa (front, centre) and partner Wendy Barry on his left with Indigenous and Pacific tobacco control advocates and researchers from Aotearoa, including: Te Rōpū Tupeka Kore chair Whaea Sue Taylor (centre, right), former Te Reo Marama Director Shane Bradbrook (second from right, front row), leading tobacco-resistance Australian academic Raglan Maddox (front, right),

11 Nov 2024

Plaudits for tobacco control researchers


Researchers from the Wellington campus’s ASPIRE Aotearoa centre have been recognised for their contributions to tobacco...

18 Oct 2024

Tongan-led solutions needed to overcome barriers to bowel cancer screening


The National Bowel Screening Programme is failing to deliver screening equitably to Pacific New Zealanders, but there ar...

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11 Oct 2024

Early Career Research Awardees making an impact


Though each of them has a very different area of expertise, the winners of the 2024 University of Otago Early Career Awa...

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