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Promoting smokefree homes may help reduce teen smoking
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 9:51 am | University of Otago
New Zealand children and teens growing up in smokefree homes are less likely to take up smoking, even if their parents are smokers, a University of Otago, Wellington, study has found. More >>
Otago researcher at forefront of discovery to help end TB
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 9:40 am | University of Otago
As World Tuberculosis Day looms on March 24, one of the University of Otago’s latest Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellows, Dr Htin Lin Aung, is building relationships to help combat the top infectious disease killer in the world. More >>
Extreme weather brings rafts from the sub-Antarctic to NZ
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 1:48 pm | University of Otago
An unusually large amount of storm activity in southern New Zealand over the past 12 months has provided new insights into how extreme weather events can impact marine biology. More >>
Highlanders coaching staff head back to school for the day
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 6:27 pm | University of Otago
With the Highlanders Super Rugby side at the top end of the Super Rugby points table and currently unbeaten in 2018, it’s no surprise their coaching staff are looking for every opportunity to maintain the side’s peak performance. More >>
A Middle Eastern Odyssey: Constantinople to Palmyra
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 3:47 pm | University of Otago
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. ... More >>
First tracking of yellow-eyed penguin juveniles
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 11:24 am | University of Otago
A select group of this season’s yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho chicks are having their first expeditions into the ocean remotely tracked, as University of Otago researchers investigate dramatically declining survival rates of the endangered species. More >>
Otago researchers call for more in fight against tobacco
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 9:16 am | University of Otago
Standardised packaging a good move, but Otago researchers call for more in fight against tobacco More >>
Otago researchers part of $18M project
Friday, 9 March 2018, 10:26 am | University of Otago
Otago researchers are helping lead a major international project to determine what the main causes of fever in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are and how they should be treated. More >>
Smokefree 2025 goal can be achieved
Friday, 9 March 2018, 8:55 am | University of Otago
A new study on smoking trends among doctors and nurses in New Zealand finds smoking has declined steadily within these healthcare professions. Researchers say this shows that very low smoking rates can be achieved in large occupational groups, suggesting ... More >>
Trade deal threatens health if climate change not addressed
Friday, 9 March 2018, 8:52 am | University of Otago
A University of Otago health expert is calling for an independent assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact’s potential impacts on climate change and health. More >>
More targeted training needed for youth to get on bikes
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 9:44 am | University of Otago
More targeted training needed for youth to get on their bikes and off to school More >>
University of Otago staff honoured for teaching excellence
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 4:09 pm | University of Otago
Enthusiasm and passion in teaching their areas of expertise has resulted in four staff members being honoured in the University of Otago’s annual Teaching Excellence Awards. More >>
Teachers suffer post-traumatic stress following ‘quakes
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 10:38 am | University of Otago
School teachers were among the majority of frontline workers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Christchurch earthquakes, new University of Otago research shows. More >>
Otago research defends SpongeBob
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 9:46 am | University of Otago
He may offer nothing but pure entertainment, but at least SpongeBob SquarePants ’ fast and fantastical nature is not harming children, say University of Otago academics. More >>
Unique disease fighting chemistry found in the NZ glowworm
Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 9:30 am | University of Otago
Unique chemistry - which one day might help fight serious disease - found in the New Zealand glowworm More >>
Christchurch researcher easing the pain of gout
Friday, 16 February 2018, 10:03 am | University of Otago
A Christchurch rheumatologist has won New Zealand's top prize for research into how increasing dosages of gout medicines can dramatically improve patients’ lives. More >>
Third vaccine dose needed to protect young NZers from mumps
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 2:59 pm | University of Otago
Urgent proactive action is needed to protect young people from the current mumps outbreak in New Zealand, says Dr Ayesha Verrall, an infectious diseases physician and researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand is in the grip ... More >>
Food allergy & personality traits - FIRST study
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 11:04 am | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers have broken new ground in the area of food allergies, with a study showing that personality traits impact people living with a food allergy published in the international medical journal Frontiers in Psychology . More >>
Award winning Biomedical Scientist appointed to Assoc Dean
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 4:11 pm | University of Otago
Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu has been appointed to the role of Associate Dean (Pacific) at the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW). Dr Sika-Paotonu is the first Tongan and Pacific biomedical scientist to be appointed to this role within the Division ... More >>
Otago researchers uncover New Zealand's first fossils
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 11:19 am | University of Otago
The discovery of fossil insects, nematodes and fungi preserved in amber from sites in Otago is shedding new light on New Zealand’s geological and biological history. More >>
