Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Researchers install pollen trap on Auckland Museum roof
14 August 2023
Asthma and allergy researchers have installed a pollen trap on the Auckland Museum roof to provide current data on allergenic pollen in the air we breathe.
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Another election sweetener’s bitter aftertaste
10 August 2023
Opinion: What ae our politicians thinking, asks Kirsty Wild? All around the world, continued highway expansion has been shown to lead to worse congestion, longer commutes, more emissions, land more air and noise pollution.
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Gutsy win for tuatara researcher at 3MT
9 August 2023
Biological Sciences’ PhD candidate Cam Hoffbeck and her engaging talk on the microbiome of the tuatara took out the top prize at the Three Minute Thesis Final from a high quality field.
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Knowledge is brewing, so raise your glass
4 August 2023
Top academics will speak at Auckland watering holes for free on Tuesday 29 August.
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Research project spies on honey bees, for their health
1 August 2023
Bees can tell us a lot about human circadian rhythms. Now we're spying on bees for their own good too - to check the health of their colonies.
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Thomas Swinburn: student doctor's winning human touch
1 August 2023
Medical student Thomas Swinburn has discovered medicine is best dispensed with a large dose of humanity. Writing about that earned him a global award.
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The impact of extreme weather on young people
1 August 2023
The Extreme Weather Survey will be used to inform future planning for extreme weather in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Researchers awarded seed grants to scope range of health projects
31 July 2023
University researchers successful in initial 2023 round of activation grants funded by Health Research Council.
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Eye drops set to replace reading glasses
25 July 2023
Replacing reading glasses with eye drops sounds too good to be true, but that’s the claim being made for a breakthrough treatment that could be coming to Aotearoa NZ.
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Researchers test ‘cool roofs’ in climate hot spots
24 July 2023
Scientists will test ‘cool roofs’ in countries that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming.
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Māori a third more likely to be admitted with treatment injuries
21 July 2023
Māori are a third more likely to be admitted to hospital with treatment injuries than non-Māori, new research shows.
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Medical schools release updated informed consent statement
21 July 2023
An updated informed consent statement is set to be introduced by Aotearoa’s two medical schools, Auckland and Otago.