Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Eileen Merriman: clinical approach to writing
4 November 2021
Author Eileen Merriman says working full-time as a doctor is just the tonic for cranking out novels.
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Lockdowns are challenging but kids are resilient
3 November 2021
Children in Aotearoa New Zealand have displayed strength in the face of adversity according to the world’s largest survey looking at the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on children’s health, wellbeing and education.
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Critic and conscience: where did the idea even come from?
3 November 2021
The role of a University and its academics is to be the critic and conscience of society. But what does that mean in the 21st century?
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University of Auckland awarded $23.5m in research funding
3 November 2021
The University of Auckland has been awarded $23.5 million from this year’s Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, Marsden Fund, including $3 million for a major interdisciplinary project on gravitational waves.
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Auckland Bioengineering Institute: a few milestones from its 20 years
3 November 2021
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute turned 20 this year and was meant to put on a public showcase. That's now down for 2022 but there's still plenty to write home about.
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Delta immunisation: easy or hard, but inevitable either way
3 November 2021
Hard or easy: the choise is simple when it comes to protection against the Delta strain, writes Rod Jackson.
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Taking health services to Māori: learning from the past
1 November 2021
Opinion: Deborah Dunsford draws parallels between the Covid-19 vaccination campaign and a drive to get Māori x-ray rates up during TB outbreaks in the 40s and 50s.
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Pharmacy student’s recommendations presented to WHO
27 October 2021
The Interprofessional Education (IPE) challenge fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between students from U21 universities. We caught up with Daniel Young, a student from the University of Auckland whose team had the winning project.
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Hunt for blood marker for endometrial cancer
21 October 2021
Endometrial cancer is striking younger women. Detection and treatment could be improved with a first-of-its-kind blood test.
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No, Covid-19 vaccines don’t affect women’s fertility
13 October 2021
Opinion: Dr Michelle Wise explains some of the FAQs surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine and fertility.
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Genetic discrimination is a threat in New Zealand because of lack of protections
5 October 2021
Your genetic test could be used against you, writes Professor Andrew Shelling, of the University of Auckland, and Jane Tiller, of Monash University.
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NZ’s largest-ever health and wellbeing survey with tweens gets underway
1 October 2021
New Zealand’s largest longitudinal study of child development is about to launch the most comprehensive collection of data ever conducted with intermediate-aged children in this country.