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Trailblazer’s honorary doctorate

University of Otago Emeritus Professor Dame Linda Holloway. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Trailblazer’s honorary doctorate

An "extraordinary trailblazer" for women in medicine is to be awarded an honorary doctor of laws at tomorrow’s University of Otago graduation ceremony.

Support needed for vaping teens

Researchers have again called for the government to consider ending the sale of vaping products in dairies and service stations, capping retailer numbers and preventing vape stores from operating within 500m of schools and marae.

Reducing sickness anxiety for children

My Sore Throat’s illustrator Lisa McComish (left) and author Dr Heather Brooks at the Hunter...

Reducing sickness anxiety for children

Demystifying the world of bacteria for children is the goal for one Dunedin medical laboratorist.

All Marsden Fund humanities research cut

All Marsden Fund humanities research cut

AUDIO 🔉: Academics are concerned by funding changes, but a business group believes it will boost productivity.

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Govt’s medical school stance ‘double standard’

Green MP Fernando Hernandez. Photo: ODT files

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Govt’s medical school stance ‘double standard’

The government is showing a "striking double standard" in pushing ahead with the proposed new medical school despite University of Waikato’s debt problems, a Green MP says.

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Humanities research cuts ‘disastrous’

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Humanities research cuts ‘disastrous’

The government’s cuts to social science and humanities research have been slammed as "disastrous" and a major step backwards by University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson.

Scientists excited by fossil finds

Extremely rare whitefly insect fossils, found in Miocene-age crater lake sediments, at Hindon...

Scientists excited by fossil finds

Unless you know what you are looking for, you would never know they are there.

Updated surgical skills training suite a boon

Working on a cadaver are (from left) Felix Humphries, Seamus Leahy, Hector Law, Lucy Bellerby and...

Updated surgical skills training suite a boon

Junior doctors from around the country are flooding back to Dunedin for surgical skills training, following a $1.8 million rebuild of the University of Otago’s surgical skills teaching facility.

Call for children to have advocate in break-ups

Call for children to have advocate in break-ups

The difference between a stable home and being in crisis can be as simple as the loss of a job or relationship break-up, Otago University's Mark Henaghan says.

Pelvic organ prolapse ‘incredibly common’ in women

University of Otago researcher Dr Emma Wade has won the prestigious Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship...

Pelvic organ prolapse ‘incredibly common’ in women

Despite how common the condition is, pelvic organ prolapse is not a popular topic of discussion for women, doctors or even health researchers.

Leading the way

Leading the way

Members of the University of Otago Leading Thinkers initiative celebrated the organisation’s 21st anniversary at an event at the Staff Club last night.

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