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Boost For Child Cancer Research
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 10:47 am | University of Otago
The Child Cancer Research Group at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been given a big boost to its research effort after receiving a significant grant from the Child Cancer Foundation. More >>
New Appointment To Chair Of Public Health
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:51 pm | University of Otago
An expert in the evaluation of screening programmes and cancer epidemiology, Professor Ann Richardson, has been appointed to the Chair in Public Health at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago. More >>
Ground-breaking Parkinson's Drug Trial Hailed
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:02 pm | University of Otago
News that an innovative Parkinson’s disease-fighting compound invented at Otago University will go to Phase II clinical trials is being warmly welcomed by the University’s commercialisation arm, Otago Innovation Limited, (OIL). More >>
Socio-economic status half story in death rates
Monday, 8 May 2006, 5:26 pm | University of Otago
Socio-economic factors account for about half of the widening gap in mortality between Māori and non-Māori during the 1980s and 1990s, new Otago research shows. The finding reinforces the need to take both socio-economic position and ethnicity ... More >>
Patient Satisfaction Survey Needs Improving
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:58 am | University of Otago
Survey methods checking satisfaction of hospital in-patients could be improved according to recent research by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago. More >>
Bringing Hot Topics to Cold Auckland Nights
Monday, 1 May 2006, 12:03 am | University of Otago
What do designer babies, global inequality and Whitebait have in common? They are just some of the diverse topics that will be discussed during the University of Otago Winter Lectures series being held in Auckland over the next three months. More >>
NZ school children’s summer sun exposure
Friday, 21 April 2006, 3:22 pm | University of Otago
Kiwi kids receive higher daily UV doses during summer school weeks than on weekends, according to a University of Otago study - a finding which highlights the importance of sun protection programmes at schools, researchers say. More >>
Alcohol, junk food, gambling youth sport sponsors
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 11:33 am | University of Otago
Sponsorship of the most popular sports for New Zealand boys and girls is dominated by alcohol, junk food and gambling, according to a new University of Otago pilot study. More >>
New Biotechnology Management Course
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 1:12 pm | University of Otago
The ‘biotechnology century’ is upon us. Innovation and advances in technology are at the forefront of the New Zealand’s future development. More >>
Industry Partnership Links University to World
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 1:11 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago’s School of Business is teaming up with two leading Information and Communication Technology companies in order to prepare the New Zealand ICT industry for the convergence of new generation technologies. More >>
University of Otago Congratulates Prof Holloway
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 4:37 pm | University of Otago
The choice of Professor Linda Holloway as the next Chair of the National Health Committee is “an inspired one”, says University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Professor David Skegg. More >>
Illicit Drug Use Starts With Cannabis
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 9:39 am | University of Otago
Latest research from the long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences examines the relationship between the use of cannabis and other illicit drugs in a sample of 1000 Christchurch ... More >>
Wellington Software Firm Funds Annual Award
Monday, 6 March 2006, 1:28 pm | University of Otago
University of Otago Information Science students have been given a financial boost from the University’s alumni. More >>
$5.6 Million Invested in New Research Chairs
Monday, 27 February 2006, 1:57 pm | University of Otago
In a major announcement today, the University of Otago released details of two foundation professorships and a new fellowship. The three projects are all additions to the University’s Leading Thinkers Initiative and have been made possible by gifts to ... More >>
Licensing Laws Have Reduced Suicides Using Guns
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 3:08 pm | University of Otago
Research by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, confirms that changes to legislation increasing the control of the licensing of firearms in 1992 have resulted in a significant reduction of suicides using guns. More >>
Landfall Essay Competition Announced
Friday, 10 February 2006, 1:32 pm | University of Otago
The Landfall Essay Competition, New Zealand's most prestigious essay competition, is being held again in 2006. More >>
Top minds to meet at ethics conferences
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 3:30 pm | University of Otago
Leading thinkers in ethics and bioethics will converge on the University of Otago tomorrow for two related conferences tackling a range of thorny issues raised by rapid medical advances, particularly in the area of genetics. More >>
Domestic Violence And Mental Health
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 2:16 pm | University of Otago
Latest research from the long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) at the University of Otago’s Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, calls into question conventional thinking about domestic violence between partners, ... More >>
Children’s Rights under Microscope
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 10:00 am | University of Otago
Children and young people’s progress in claiming their rights to participate in decisions affecting them will be a key focus of an international research symposium held this week at the University of Otago. More >>
Physical Punishment of NZ Children Common
Friday, 27 January 2006, 10:49 am | University of Otago
Four out of five New Zealand children have been physically punished, with one in two still hit in adolescence, according to a new University of Otago study examining experiences of physical punishment and discipline in the home in the 1970s and 80s. More >>
