2025 Summer Student Award
Tēnā koutou,
The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the 273rd Scientific Meeting of the Society.
This is the Pat Cragg Summer Student Research Meeting, which will showcase the summer research projects performed by 10 University of Otago undergraduate 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 Otago Medical Research Foundation and University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences.
The meeting will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 16th April 2025 in the Barnett Lecture, with an option to attend via Zoom
Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://otago.zoom.us/j/95327387199?pwd=f6gaOcPMEjGm9H22rM8oaA1dDzqeb0.1
Meeting ID: 953 2738 7199
Password: 551923
| Please join us to celebrate our emerging Otago Health researchers. | |||||
| Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well) |
Our speakers are listed below.
| Presenter | Title | Department |
| Dr Emily Gray | Opening Remarks | President OMSRS |
| Kai Shira Woolf | Selective activation of hypothalamic stress neurons is sufficient to induce physiological dysfunctions associated with chronic stress. | Physiology |
| Mridula Mannan | Interrogating the use of Green-Lipped Mussel Oil in controlling dental pulp inflammation and oxidative stress. | Dentistry |
| John Clemance | Retrospective investigation of patients listed for total hip arthroplasty (THA) to ascertain presence of Developmental dysplasia (DDH) of the Hip. | Surgical Sciences; Orthopaedics |
| Anita Clark | Investigating the role of prolactin receptors in respiratory adaptation during pregnancy. | Anatomy |
| Caleb Lopez-Sanchez | Impact of automated insulin delivery system use on Māori and Pacific adults with type 1 diabetes and above-target glycaemia. | Paediatrics and Child Health |
| Isabel Gallagher | Investigating the role of PA28β isoform in gastric cancer cell function. | Pathology |
| Abraham Siaw | Identification of large genome deletions in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. | Microbiology and Immunology |
| Shivannee Ganeshan | Identifying novel treatment options for carbapenemase-producing WHO critical pathogens in Fiji. | Microbiology and Immunology |
| Blake Durney
(by zoom) |
Life Implications of inadequate visual aids and eye examinations of older adults in Aotearoa, New Zealand. | DSM |
| Arielle Sahinovic
(by zoom) |
Mode of detection for recurrent gynaecological cancers in Otago and Southland. | Women and Children’s Health |