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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 recogn...

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07 Nov 2024

Major Marsden Fund grants awarded to UOC researchers


Four University of Otago Christchurch, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Ōtautahi researchers...

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24 Oct 2024

Otago PhD Student Wins Early Career Researcher Award


Otago neuroscience doctoral candidate Shivankar Nair’s research into improving r...

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10 Nov 2023

Treatment of heart attacks at rural and urban hospitals


Patients who go to urban hospitals after having a heart attack receive more time...

08 Jun 2023

Smoking and weight can impact daily vitamin C requirements


People who smoke need to consume twice as much vitamin C per day as non-smokers,...

02 May 2023

University of Otago scientist wins Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize


Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu from the University of Otago has won the...

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19 Dec 2022

Turning up the heat


Dr Kate Thomas is researching cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to ex...

14 Dec 2022

Wednesday 14 December 2022, New smokefree policy will improve Aotearoa health: Otago experts


University of Otago experts welcome a new smokefree legislation which they say w...

14 Dec 2022

Youth support for smokefree generation policy


Young people have shown strong support for the Government’s proposal to introduc...

14 Oct 2022

Dr Charlotte King discusses research significance ahead of Anatomy Day


The University of Otago’s Dr Charlotte King shares why research in the field of...

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11 Oct 2022

Heart project wins Translational Research Grant competition


A University of Otago, Christchurch, team led by Professor Chris Pemberton and M...

24 Aug 2022

Otago researchers closer to treating heart disease in diabetic patients


University of Otago researchers are closer to preventing immature death and impr...

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