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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...

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...

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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 2...

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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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19 Sep 2024

Otago honours exceptional researchers


The outstanding scholarly achievement and community contributions of University...

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26 Jul 2024

Research Themes funding announced


The depth of research excellence at the University of Otago is set to be further...

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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...

Car driving on the open roads of New Zealand.

12 Jun 2024

Wealthy Kiwis driving up transport emissions, study finds


The well off are contributing more than their fair share of greenhouse gas emiss...

Man smoking

11 Jun 2024

Time to refresh tobacco packaging and update warnings


New on-pack warning labels are needed on tobacco packaging to motivate and suppo...

Woman vaping

07 Jun 2024

Law change to curb vaping ineffective


Cheap, high-nicotine vapes remain widely available in low-income neighbourhoods...

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27 May 2024

Climate change increases risk of cryptosporidiosis outbreaks


More cryptosporidiosis outbreaks could be on the cards for New Zealand as extrem...

University of Otago staff wear respirator (N95) masks.

23 May 2024

Review highlights benefits of masks


Medical researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, are calling for Ao...

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