Helping each other PASS
Source: University of Otago
Peer Learning Programmes such as Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and Peer Assisted Numeracy (PAN) are weekly interactive study sessions aimed...
Ones to Watch: Emily Watson
Source: University of Otago
Emily Watson has been nominated for HRNZ Student of the Year Award.HRNZ Student of the Year nominee, Emily Watson, knew that...
Serving in the Pacific
Source: University of Otago
Faumuina Professor Fa’afetai Sopoaga at the Faleolo International Airport on 21 October with Samoa Ministry of Health officials for the arrival...
Health Sciences supports drive for Tonga
Source: University of Otago
Mary-Jane Kivalu (Dunedin Tonga Relief Volunteer), Rev Tevita Langi (Falemaama Church), Dr Xaviour Walker (Associate Dean Pacific – Division of Health...
New approach to recycling
Source: University of Otago
Thursday 3 September 2020 2:51pmThe reverse vending machine in use.A first reverse vending machine for recycling cans and plastic bottles –...
Dates announced for Drybread Cemetery Bioarchaeology Project
Source: University of Otago
Friday 16 October 2020 9:46amThe historic Drybread Cemetery. Photo credit – Peter Petchey.The historic Drybread Cemetery will be the focus of...
Vitamin C infusions retained by cancerous tumours, new study shows
Source: University of Otago
Monday 1 March 2021 11:14amAssociate Professor Gabi Dachs and Professor Margreet Vissers.Cancerous colon tumours removed from patients given high dose vitamin...
TB research will make ‘enormous global health impact’
Source: University of Otago
TB research team image”/>The Otago research team, from left: Assistant Research Fellow Helen Opel-Reading, Professor Kurt Krause, Professor Greg Cook and...
Students shivering inside cold, damp homes, study finds
Source: University of Otago
Tertiary students are more than twice as likely as the general population to be living in damp and mouldy homes, a...
Power to narrow the justice gap in the palm of our hand?
Source: University of Otago
Monday 25 January 2021 10:39amDr Bridgette Toy Cronin.As most New Zealanders cannot afford a lawyer but don’t qualify for legal aid,...
Study tracks antidepressant use during pregnancy
Source: University of Otago
Almost half of New Zealand women who take antidepressants in the months before getting pregnant, stop during their pregnancy, a new...
Low adherence to diabetes medication concerning – Otago study
Source: University of Otago
Groups who suffer the highest burden of type 2 diabetes have the lowest level of adherence to effective medication to control...
