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Pacific women scholars call for radical shift in Global Health

22 January 2026

A new paper published in the Lancet by an all-women academic team highlights the need to dismantle colonial legacies and embed Pacific leadership, knowledge systems and values, that are at the heart of health policy and practice.
Prehab gives cancer patients a boost

21 January 2026

Healthy lifestyle changes and holistic support could be like a new drug to help people recover from cancer, say University of Auckland researchers.
University of Auckland records gains in subject rankings

21 January 2026

The University has shown improvement in the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, with rises in several areas.
Going blind at 29 helped me see a glaring gap in Pacific eye health

21 January 2026

Comment: Esmeralda Lo Tam reflects on how as a young Samoan playing sports she never imagined she would be a corneal transplant recipient – or that a six-year-old boy at the hospital would inspire her to pursue to a new public health career.
Scientists seek new ways to kill deadly skin cancers

15 January 2026

New Zealand has the highest melanoma death rate in the world – a dire statistic University of Auckland scientists are striving to change.
New Zealand’s first lung cancer organoid bank

14 January 2026

Researchers will grow 3D mini tumours known as organoids, and create the first lung cancer organoid bank in New Zealand.
What our tears could reveal about Parkinson’s

7 January 2026

Opinion: The earliest biological signs of Parkinson’s may be present long before daily life is affected. A path to early detection could lie in our tears.
New institute signals a shift in how New Zealand approaches advanced technology

7 January 2026

Governance of the country’s latest public research organisation includes alumni of the University of Auckland’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Brain linked to high blood pressure

6 January 2026

A discovery the brain is driving high blood pressure offers hopes for new treatments.
Helen Danesh-Meyer leads New Year Honours, becoming a dame

31 December 2025

University of Auckland staff and alumni have been acknowledged in the King’s 2026 New Year Honours list, led by Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer.
Becoming a doctor, the Ōtara way

18 December 2025

Jodeci Naumau’ulu-Sio wants patients and future doctors from Ōtara to find a sense of home and belonging in medicine.
Poverty drives up blood-cancer deaths

17 December 2025

Socioeconomic deprivation is linked to lower survival times and higher rates of some blood cancers, new research from the University of Auckland shows.

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