University of Auckland

Larry Heck will join the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) on August 15 as a Professor, Rhesa “Ray” S. Farmer Chair and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. Having earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia Tech,…

The team, which includes specialist doctors from Auckland City and Starship Children’s Hospital, are investigating why fewer Māori and Pacific tamariki survive critical congenital heart disease compared with European babies.The Health…

A charitable trust, the Gama Foundation, sponsors the awards, intended to encourage academics and universites to engage in public debate on important issues.“It is an honour to be a recipient of the Critic and Conscience Prize,” Dr Wiles…

Starting in July, Literature in situ will feature writing with themes of health, sickness and recovery, delivered or displayed at Auckland City Hospital.Aimed at staff, including students training for clinical roles (medical, nursing,…

The number of people in New Zealand with dementia is forecast to increase from 70,000 today to 170,000 by 2050.However, many cases can be avoided by reducing contributing factors such as hearing loss, smoking, depression, obesity, social…

Leading academic Dr Ngāpare Hopa has received the Elsdon Best Memorial medal, acknowledging her significant contribution to Māori research at a ceremony at the University of Auckland last night.Dr Hopa is a former head of the University’s…

A charitable trust, the Gama Foundation, sponsors the awards, intended to encourage academics and universites to engage in public debate on important issues.“It is an honour to be a recipient of the Critic and Conscience Prize,” Dr Wiles…

Australia’s government is backing a study by the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute that aims to help the one-in-10 babies born by planned caesarean section to avoid breathing problems.A$2.2 million ($2.4 million) of funding means…

New research reveals that a significant number of babies are not being fed in accordance with New Zealand’s infant feeding guidelines and this puts them at greater risk of childhood obesity.The research, published in the British Journal…

Industry experts and stakeholders will gather at the University of Auckland on 9 July to discuss data protection issues, namely privacy, security and sovereignty, and to launch new programmes of study in Information Governance at the…