![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...
![Image of person holding older person's hand](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/578001/Elder-abuse-thumbnail.png)
09 Jul 2024
Call for better criteria for suspicion of elder abuse
Despite one in six older adults being a victim of elder abuse, its prevalence is...
![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...
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01 Jul 2024
Otago medical and public health alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Ngā mihi nui to Otago alumna Dr Sainimere Boladuadua who has been awarded a pres...
![Generic image for ketamine](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/576060/Ketamine-thumbnail.png)
25 Jun 2024
Trial offers hope for cheaper, more tolerable, ketamine treatment
For those suffering from treatment-resistant depression, the anaesthetic drug ke...
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18 Jun 2024
Georgetti Scholarship success for Otago alumnae
Two Otago graduates are thrilled they will be studying at a world-class universi...
![Roshit Bothara standing in front of a hospital in Nepal](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0030/573681/Roshit-Bothara-thumbnail.jpg)
30 May 2024
Return to Nepal and support from Otago leads to prestigious US scholarship
Inspired by a trip to Nepal in 2015, Christchurch medical student Roshit Bothara...
![Starry sky above darkened landscape with tents](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/573338/Kavan-Chays-Milky-Way-thumbnail.png)
28 May 2024
Milky Way photo among world’s best
Kavan Chay’s stunning nightscape photos don’t tend to stay in the dark.
![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....
![Woman exhaling after vaping](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0035/572489/Vaping-thumbnail.png)
22 May 2024
Passing around, proxies and dodgy dairies
Underage youth in Aotearoa New Zealand are accessing e-cigarettes (or vapes) usi...
![Estelle Arundell thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0035/570887/Estelle-Arundell-thumbnail.png)
10 May 2024
Racing forward with Estelle
Estelle Arundell follows in her parents’ footsteps when she graduates as a docto...