A University of Otago PhD student is doing his bit to curb antibiotic resistance and subsequently reduce the threat of infectious disease among Māori communities.
The mental health of Pasifika youth offenders is about to be uniquely examined from a Pasifika worldview, looking at associations with culture, family and spirituality, as well as links between mental health and reoffending.
Dr Matire Harwood has been awarded a fellowship in the L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science programme for her research into health inequities between indigenous and non-indigenous people.
A five-year Victoria University of Wellington research project into self-injury has revealed just under a third of secondary school students aged between 13 and 18 deliberately hurt themselves.
The Kiwi researcher who pioneered the use of mild cooling to treat babies with brain injuries at birth has been awarded the Health Research Council (HRC) Beaven Medal at the Royal Society Te Apāran
A study showing a clear long-term association between a child’s upbringing and the state of their teeth as a middle-aged adult has seen Otago dentist Associate Professor Jonathan Broadbent awarded
A new programme will carry out an in-depth analysis of the unprecedented water supply outbreak in Havelock North last August where more than 5000 people were infected with the bacteria Campylob