09 Apr 2025
App makes playground selection a walk in the park
Just in time for the school holidays, a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academic has released a web app to he...
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...
16 Dec 2024
Graduate shining light on 'hidden epidemic of suffering'
Dr Michelle Walker wasn’t prepared for the effect writing her PhD thesis would have on her.
18 Nov 2024
Child health researcher recognised by peers
Professor Barry Taylor may have given decades of service to the University of Otago, as well as to babies and children i...
07 Nov 2024
Funding for healthy start to school study
An early childhood programme designed to set children up for academic achievement and future wellbeing has received a $3...
21 Oct 2024
Funding to protect world-leading longitudinal studies
Two prominent University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka birth cohort studies have received government funding to suppor...
15 Oct 2024
Boost for rare disorders research in New Zealand
Otago now has access to a huge wealth of knowledge and research on rare disorders which could help to diagnose and ultim...
01 Oct 2024
Māori Early Career Awardees investigating physical and mental health
Both mental and physical health are on the agenda for the two kaimahi who won this year’s University of Otago Māori Earl...
04 Sep 2024
Keep devices out of bed for better sleep – study
Despite what we’ve been led to believe, the timing of evening screen time, rather than the activity itself, negatively i...
12 Aug 2024
Depths of tomboy trauma revealed in study
‘Tomboyism’ is often fondly celebrated by society as an accepted form of gender nonconformity but is not commonly associ...
25 Jul 2024
UOC paediatric researcher awarded CMRF Emerging Researcher Fellowship
University of Otago, Christchurch, Senior Research Fellow Dr Angharad Hurley is one of two academics awarded a coveted C...
24 May 2024
Baby food pouches in spotlight
Food pouches are a popular, but contentious, food choice for babies, but new University of Otago research shows they may...