03 Mar 2025
Minimal health gains from star ratings on food, modelling estimates
Voluntary health star nutrition ratings on packaged foods introduced a decade ago have likely led to minimal health gain...
24 Jan 2025
Overwhelming support for smokefree policies among smokers, ex smokers
New Zealanders who smoke and those who have recently quit smoking have expressed high levels of support for the creation...
05 Dec 2024
Young vapers feel judged, stigmatised, and blame themselves for addiction
Adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand who struggle with vaping addiction feel judged by the adults in their lives, researc...
04 Dec 2024
Award for transformative work in Māori communities
A public health researcher on the Wellington campus, Cheryl Davies (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Wehiwehi, Ngāti Mutunga ki Te W...
29 Nov 2024
Mental health conditions associated with worse healthcare experiences
People with mental health conditions have consistently worse experiences in primary healthcare and face more barriers to...
29 Nov 2024
Healthy Homes Initiative reduces hospitalisations, school absences
The Government’s Healthy Homes Initiative has brought significant health and social benefits to families, reducing hospi...
11 Nov 2024
Plaudits for tobacco control researchers
Researchers from the Wellington campus’s ASPIRE Aotearoa centre have been recognised for their contributions to tobacco...
18 Oct 2024
Tongan-led solutions needed to overcome barriers to bowel cancer screening
The National Bowel Screening Programme is failing to deliver screening equitably to Pacific New Zealanders, but there ar...
11 Oct 2024
Early Career Research Awardees making an impact
Though each of them has a very different area of expertise, the winners of the 2024 University of Otago Early Career Awa...
27 Sep 2024
ASPIRE Aotearoa gains second HRC grant
ASPIRE Aotearoa has received a second Health Research Council (HRC) programme grant to extend its work on smokefree poli...
19 Sep 2024
Otago honours exceptional researchers
The outstanding scholarly achievement and community contributions of University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research...
26 Jul 2024
Research Themes funding announced
The depth of research excellence at the University of Otago is set to be further enhanced thanks to the latest round of...
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