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![Dr Miranda Buhler](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/574483/Miranda-Buhler-image-650.png)
07 Jun 2024
Mahi reveals physiotherapy disparities
Knowing where physiotherapy service disparities are is the first part of address...
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31 May 2024
A newborn, new clinic service and new qualification
September 30, 2023 was scheduled to be a big day for Dr Gerard Farrell. His PhD...
![Johnny Lisle physiotherapy student thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/566533/Johnny-Lisle.jpg)
05 Apr 2024
Overcoming the odds
A serious head injury from a car accident in 2011 left Johnny Lisle (Te Rarawa,...
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26 Feb 2024
Musculoskeletal world leading Professors visit Otago
Distinguished Professors Chad Cook and Nadine Foster will visit Dunedin in March...
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20 Dec 2023
Professor Leigh Hale bestowed NZ’s highest Physiotherapy honour
Dean of the School of Physiotherapy Professor Leigh Hale has been made an Honora...
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10 Dec 2023
Tough, but worth it
If graduate Emily Fruean could go back in time to 2019 she would tell her17-year...
![Gareth Ward-Allen underwater playing polo](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/497265/Gareth-thumb-replacement.jpg)
17 Jul 2023
Gareth’s “sporty” look takes him all the way to World Championships
After being persuaded to get in the water by an “overly zealous” underwater hock...
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04 Jul 2023
HRC grants $51 million to Otago researchers
Otago researchers have received a significant $51 million funding boost from the...
![Margot Skinner - image](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/290190/margot-skinner-image-0245510.jpg)
09 Jun 2023
Physiotherapy’s highest global honour awarded to Dr Margot Skinner
Distinguished physiotherapist Dr Margot Skinner has been awarded World Physiothe...
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17 May 2023
Physiotherapy graduate Nathan Cochrane on why he’s working rurally
Nathan Cochrane went against the grain when he picked a rural practice, but the...
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17 May 2023
Physiotherapy graduate Nathan Cochrane on why he’s working rurally
Building connections and studying in a city he felt at home in encouraged Christ...
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20 Apr 2023
Injured? Dunedin clinic is providing student physios with hands-on experience
For student physiotherapists, six weeks of hands-on clinical experience is a tot...