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12 Nov 2024

Funding helping researcher advance treatment for gout

An innovative genomic approach could transform the treatment of inherited diseas...

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

Study of WWII Māori veterans receives Marsden funding

The 28th Māori Battalion suffered disproportionate casualties and critical injur...

Professor Elaine Reese and Dr Amanda Clifford (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha), of the Department of Psychology, are thrilled their project Kia Tīmata Pai (Best Start study) has received $3 million from Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund. The study aims to measure the later impact of enriched oral language – in English and te reo Māori – and self-regulation programmes in early learning settings.

07 Nov 2024

Funding for healthy start to school study

An early childhood programme designed to set children up for academic achievemen...

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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...

21 Oct 2024

Funding to protect world-leading longitudinal studies

Two prominent University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka birth cohort studies ha...

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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 disorder...

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09 Oct 2024

Getting to the root of the problem

In the age of information overload, it can feel like there’s a new dental produc...

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07 Oct 2024

The ultimate balancing act

Helping as many as 50 patients a day with their functional balance and sensory-m...

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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 th...

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27 Sep 2024

ASPIRE Aotearoa gains second HRC grant

ASPIRE Aotearoa has received a second Health Research Council (HRC) programme gr...

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27 Sep 2024

Think and act globally, says Distinguished Research Medal winner

Countries need to work together to solve the big challenges we all face, says Di...

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