2025 MSc / Hons / PGDipSci Student Awards – Otago Medical School Research Society

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 The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce 276^th Scientific Meeting of the Society which will showcase the research performed by 10 University of Otago MSc / Hons/ PGDipSci students.  A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker, and the runner-up will be awarded $250. The scientific meeting and prizes are kindly sponsored by Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago.

The meeting will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 5^th November 2025 in the Barnett Lecture Theatre, with an option to attend via Zoom.

https://otago.zoom.us/j/8357112293?pwd=NWs0enVIL1lmUmJwN0RxaDB6eFo4QT09

Meeting ID: 835 711 2293

Password: 011302

Our speakers are:

George Willett: Paediatrics and Child Health

Isabella Culshaw: Department of Anatomy, Department of Psychology

Emma Casey: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Calvin Chen: Faculty of Dentistry

Sophia Larsen: School of Pharmacy

Charlotte Watson: School of Physiotherapy

Connor Nicholls: Department of Anatomy,

Jess Willans: Department of Biochemistry

Caitlin O’Donnell: Oral Rehabilitation

Polina Shevchuk: Department of Pathology

Please note the society AGM will occur in the break between the speaker session (~ 6 – 6.30 pm). An update to the Society constitution is on the AGM agenda.

Please join us to celebrate health-related research at Otago.

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi

(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)