A large study of six communities affected by the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes has found that marae have played – and continue to play – a leadership role in the rebuild and recovery of th
A new Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released this month to fund a piece of research that will investigate pertussis (whooping cough) booster immunisation in pregnancy.
University of Otago, Christchurch researchers have for the first time quantified exactly what damage alcohol abuse is inflicting on 20-somethings, and in turn society.
Congratulations to Professor Ed Mitchell who has received the Howard Williams Medal from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for his contributions to paediatrics and child health.
HRC-funded researcher Dr Lynette Sadleir from the University of Otago, Wellington, is part of an international team that have discovered a link between mutations to a single gene and a rare seizure and speech disorder.
HRC-funded researcher Associate Professor Chris Pemberton has won a University of Otago Innovation Proof of Concept grant to further develop his world-first test for predicting those at imminent risk of a heart attack.
Emerging Māori health researcher Jodi Porter has developed an iwi-specific framework to help gauge the wellbeing of one of her iwi, Ngai Tai in Tōrere.