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06 Mar 2025

HPV vaccine can and will prevent cancer – study finds


A University of Otago, Christchurch-led study is heralding the success of the HPV vaccination programme, saying the cost...

From left: Otago Medical School staff stalwarts Philip Tilson, Jillian Tourelle, Anne-Marie Patterson and Jacqui Bradshaw reflect on their years working at the School.

05 Mar 2025

Professional staff the backbone of Medical School


They’re knowledgeable, experienced and unflappable. And what they don’t know about the Otago Medical School (OMS) probab...

food packing with health stars on them

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...

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28 Feb 2025

Med student on the fast track


Third-year Otago medical student Annise Boothroyd loves a challenge.

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27 Feb 2025

Researchers call for end to futile CPR


To reduce unnecessary harm, staff in aged residential care facilities should not be forced to provide chest compressions...

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25 Feb 2025

New professors for primary health care


The Wellington campus has welcomed four new professors in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice thi...

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18 Feb 2025

Change can foster innovation says new OMS Dean


People shouldn’t be scared of change as it can create great opportunities, says new Otago Medical School Dean Professor...

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14 Feb 2025

Funding freeze severely affecting people with intellectual disability


Concerns are growing among clinicians in Aotearoa New Zealand over the “severe and adverse” impacts of recent government...

Suzanne Pitama

05 Feb 2025

University of Otago Medical School appoints first wahine Māori Dean


The University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, has appointed its first wahine Māori to the role of Dean at the Otago Me...

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31 Jan 2025

Poison Centre marks 60 years of service


In 1963, Dr Jack Dacre, of the University’s Chemistry Department, took a sabbatical in America where he noticed poison c...

Associate Professor Peter Cathro

24 Jan 2025

New Associate Dean Space focused on solutions


With experience in university operations both at the University of Otago and abroad, Associate Professor Peter Cathro ha...

RMIP Ashburton students

24 Dec 2024

Otago trains doctors for Aotearoa


For nearly 20 years, Otago has run New Zealand’s only programme dedicated to training doctors for rural settings – and i...

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