Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Scientific breakthrough on brutal brain disease
23 February 2025
Groundbreaking research is challenging long-held beliefs about a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, multiple system atrophy.
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Widespread suffering and death from lack of medical oxygen
20 February 2025
International report co-authored by University of Auckland shows hundreds of thousands die each year through lack of access to medical oxygen.
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Study supports changes to blood donor policy
19 February 2025
University research underpinned a recent MedSafe decision to approve a change in NZ blood donation to be more inclusive for gay and bisexual men.
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Research tackles tragic lung cancer rates for Māori
19 February 2025
Māori are hit hardest by lung cancer, an inequity in the sights of University of Auckland senior lecturer Dr Laird Cameron.
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What sociology can tell us about ourselves
18 February 2025
Opinion: NZ must not follow Trump in wanting to cut health research overheads for grants, or his ditching of diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, says Peter Davis.
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University of Auckland among the world’s best for reputation
18 February 2025
Waipapa Taumata Rau has been recognised as one of the top 200 universities globally in the Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings.
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Clinical trial aims to make cancer drug safer
17 February 2025
Three women are running a cancer clinical trial with a difference at the University of Auckland and Auckland City Hospital.
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ACC tough for older Māori to navigate, research finds
17 February 2025
Healthcare services and ACC need to change to better meet the needs of older Māori who suffer injuries, says Dr Joanna Hikaka, a director of the University of Auckland's Centre for CoCreated Ageing Research.
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'Inequities stick out to me', says new Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga
17 February 2025
This month, Sir Collin Tukuitonga became one of two professors from Niue in the world.
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$1.4m for research on childhood wheeze
12 February 2025
An HRC grant of $1.4m will support research into a promising new oral medicine for childhood wheeze.
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Covid strategies ‘fell short’ for Pacific people in NZ, research finds
11 February 2025
Research on the impacts of Covid-19 notes high death rates among Pacific people in Aotearoa and the need to provide better support in the future.
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Survey on what makes New Zealand teens tick
10 February 2025
A survey aiming to uncover what shapes the well-being of today’s teenagers starts this month.