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21 Sep 2022
Investiture of Professor Jacinta Ruru, MNZM
The investiture of Professor Jacinta Ruru, MNZM, of Port Chalmers, for services...
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25 Aug 2022
Raising awareness of stomach cancer a personal journey
It is quite possible that if Karyn Paringatai had not started delving into her w...
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22 Aug 2022
Professor Sue Crengle receives Maarire Goodall Suprime Award
On Saturday 30 July 2022 Te ORA’s membership gathered online to celebrate the si...
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30 May 2022
Wāhine Māori Deans featured in The Spinoff
Professors Suzanne Pitama and Joanne Baxter spoke to The Spinoff about their pio...
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11 Feb 2022
New Dunedin School of Medicine Dean appointed
Professor Joanne Baxter (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō)...
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06 Oct 2021
Professor Sue Crengle appointed to new Māori Health Authority
Otago Medical School Professor Sue Crengle will play a central role in what she...
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23 Sep 2021
Otago genetic pest control projects secure funding
Two University of Otago emerging researchers have secured more than $800,000 to...
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17 Sep 2021
Otago Biochemistry welcomes Dr Nathan Kenny
Haere mai Dr Nathan Kenny! Nathan joined Otago Biochemistry last week as a brand...
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14 Sep 2018
University of Otago teacher wins the 2018 Kaupapa Māori Category award
University of Otago teacher wins the 2018 Kaupapa Māori Category award
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14 Sep 2018
University of Otago teacher wins 2018 Prime Minister’s prize
University of Otago teacher wins 2018 Prime Minister’s prize.
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18 Jun 2018
Otago Health Researchers honoured in 2018 HRC funding
Otago Health Researchers honoured in 2018 HRC funding
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08 Jun 2018
Increase in diversity of students entering the University of Otago’s health professional programmes
Increase in diversity of students entering the University of Otago’s health prof...
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10 May 2018
Otago academics defend Māori consultation processes
Otago academics defend Māori consultation processes
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10 Feb 2017
New App helps health professionals learn medical terms in Te Reo
Learning Te Reo relevant to a health environment is now easy thanks to an innova...
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26 Oct 2016
Four Otago academics elected Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Four leading University of Otago academics are among 19 top researchers and scho...
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17 Oct 2016
University of Otago and Ngāti Toa Rangatira renew partnership
The University of Otago this week renewed an important Memorandum of Understandi...
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03 Oct 2016
New Otago genetics course launches 2017
The University of Otago’s new postgraduate programme, the Master of Applied Scie...
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09 Sep 2016
Otago scientists win national medals
Two current and one former University of Otago staff members received medals at...
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18 Aug 2016
University of Otago teacher wins Prime Minister’s prize
For the fifth year running, the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award for tertiary teac...
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08 Jul 2016
I whakaputaina he Tirohanga Hauora mō ngā Poari Hauora a-Rohe i roto i te reo Māori
I whakaputaina e Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, he rīpoata whakarāpopoto...
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09 Jun 2016
Otago health researchers honoured by HRC
A world-renowned New Zealand longitudinal study researcher; a molecular biology...
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12 May 2016
EDOR researchers gain HRC Feasibility Study funding
Two EDOR researchers have been awarded HRC feasibility study funding for project...
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29 Apr 2016
Report highlights positive results from investment in health of young Māori
New Zealand is making gains at improving underlying factors affecting the health...
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21 Apr 2016
NZ contributes to global report on Indigenous and tribal peoples
A world-first study into the health and wellbeing of more than 154 million Indig...
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14 Apr 2016
Latest Lottery grants fund wide range of Otago health research
University of Otago researchers have been awarded around $1.7M in funding from t...
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31 Mar 2016
Barriers to contraception for indigenous Māori teenage mothers
Media release study findings there are health system barriers for young Māori mo...
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16 Feb 2016
Response to global crisis in indigenous mental health
Innovative approaches to address traumatised indigenous communities will be desc...
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23 Nov 2015
Study reveals profile of Māori university graduates
Nearly half of recent Māori university graduates are the first in their immediat...
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06 Nov 2015
Outstanding Otago academics made full professors
Seventeen University of Otago academics—across a spectrum of research fields—hav...
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13 May 2015
Symposium to showcase Māori research from Otago
A biennial Māori Research Symposium that showcases Māori academic research excel...