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Preventing brain damage at time of birth
2 December 2021
Laura Bennet and her team investigate new ways to monitor brain waves in babies at the time of birth. Their goal: reduce brain damage due to hypoxia or oxygen deprivation.
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Vax the Nation
2 December 2021
School of Chemistry scientist Dr Joel Rindelaub and rap artist Randa have released a debut music video Vax the Nation to encourage everyone to get the jab.
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Artificial Intelligence for better asthma care
2 December 2021
Amy Chan is using artifical intelligence to derive better ways for asthmatics to say on top of their condition.
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New biomaterial for corneal transplants
2 December 2021
2021 Research Excellence Award winner Dr Laura Domigan will test if eye tissue from fish can be developed into corneal transplants. Corneal damage is one of the leadng causes of blindness.
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Healthy microbiomes for New Zealand infants
2 December 2021
Tommi Vatanen explores how infant microbiomes have an positive impact on future health and well-being.
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Self-management techniques for addictions
2 December 2021
The majority of people with addictions never access professional health. Simone Rodda is developing techniques for addicts to manage their choices.
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Getting to the guts of the electricity in our gut
1 December 2021
If cardiac pacemakers can correct abnormal heart rhythms through the application of electricity, could a similar technology be used to understand and potentially correct abnormal rhythms in the gut?
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Needle-free anaesthetic for skin graft surgery
30 November 2021
Dr James McKeage, Research Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is exploring how needle-free jet injection could be used for local anaesthetic before skin graft surgery and he has recently received SfTI (Science for Technological Innovation) Seed Project funding to do so.
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University leads $10 million rheumatic fever project
24 November 2021
University of Auckland scientists will lead $10 million of work to tackle one of the country's glaring health inequities.
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Comfort food in lockdown: new research on our unhealthy eating
22 November 2021
We all guessed comfort eating surged during lockdown. New research suggests just how much.
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Nitrate risks for babies assessed in Liggins report for government
22 November 2021
There's no conclusive evidence that nitrate in drinking water causes adverse birth outcomes such as preterm birth or birth defects, according to a review for the government by the Liggins Institute.
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Top award for research helping pregnant women avoid stillbirths
18 November 2021
Professor Lesley McCowan and colleagues won a prestigious award for helping pregnant women avoid stillbirths. Dr Karen Brewer got a top Māori research award.
