Future of Health Disrupt Challenge – APPLY TODAY!

Open to ALL tertiary students in Ōtautahi Christchurch, this is an opportunity to analyse and develop ideas that could make real change in the health sector.   Free food & prize pool of $3000 for winning teams!   Key challenge issues include: Equity in health Community health & well-being Inter-professional & multi-disciplinary connections   When: […]

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George Abbott Symposium combines with the Society of Youth Health Professionals Aotearoa New Zealand (SYHPANZ) to organize a national youth conference

Youth health professionals, researchers, community health agencies, the Chief Children’s Commissioner and other experts gathered at this year’s George Abbott Symposium to get latest information and discuss topics impacting young people, such as vaping, gambling and mental distress. The Paediatric Department at the University of Otago Otakou Whakaihu Waka’s Christchurch campus has long hosted the […]

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We’re talking hauora research talks 2024 – The Future of Health

  This year’s we’re talking hauora Research Talks featured some of our finest researchers in Canterbury, discussing your health and the health of the community. Teamed up with Ōtautahi Learning Days this year, we brought you the “Future of Health”. Join us in viewing the excellent evening of engaging kōrero below. To view the whole evening […]

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Future Leaders Programme 2024

Congratulations to all the enthusiastic students who took part in our 2024 Future Leaders Programmes. We have just completed our annual week-long full-time programmes at Manawa involving over 20 final-year health students. Students came from a range of disciplines including medical, nursing, social work, clinical psychology, osteopathy, health sciences, physiotherapy, pathology research, and public health. […]

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We’re talking hauora Research Talks 2024

This year’s ‘We’re talking hauora’ research talks, will once again showcase health researchers from Canterbury and their work. We are joining Ōtautahi Learning Days this year, hosting excellent researchers discussing a range of topics across the many health disciplines. We hope you will join us on the night. See the line-up of incredible local researchers here Click here to register to join […]

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Living well & ageing well research talks in Lincoln

Te Papa Hauora together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation took ‘Living well & ageing well’ research talks out into the Lincoln community this week. Together with Dr Susannah Stevens, Dr Leigh O’Brien, and Professor Joe Boden, we explored the topics of movement, diet and the importance of social connections. We hope to do more […]

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Congratulations winners of the HRSC Emerging Researcher Awards

A HUGE congratulations to the winners from the Health Research Society of Canterbury Emerging Researcher Awards, another really successful event supported by Canterbury Medical Research Foundation!   Well done to our winners: First Prize Andy Kindon (UC): A geospatial analysis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture incidence Second Prize: Sam Gibbs (UOC): Genetic variation and its […]

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