Sociology Professor Kevin Dew and Māori health researcher Dr Kirsten Smiler from Victoria University of Wellington have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to health research.
New Zealand researchers will soon use cutting-edge genetic technology to help control resistance to the latest drug for treating HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Otago University researchers have secured $450,000 in HRC funding through the e-ASIA program to study causes of fever and how patients with fever are managed in Myanmar and the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic.
Work is starting on a new purpose-built home for the world-renowned HRC-funded Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, on the University of Otago’s campus in Dunedin.