The 264th Scientific Meeting was held on the 9th November and 8 students presented their research (pictured below). From left to right: Yi Zhen Tan, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology; Barnaby Kelly, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology; Alisha Dabb, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology; Chloe Schwass, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology; Haylea Rodgers, Department of […]

Science Writing Competition 2022 The science writing competition was expanded this year by offering a writing workshop by Prof Lloyd Spencer Davies (Department of Science Communication) in June. Any student undertaking health-related research at the University of Otago were invited to attend. Following the workshop, we received close to 20 submissions. The winners were announced […]

The Otago Medical School Research Society’s 263rd Scientific Meeting was held on 17th August.  The occasion was marked by 10 excellent presentations from PhD candidates across the Health Science disciplines (pictured below) From left to right: Chitra Krishnan, John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry Kushan Gandhi, Department of Anatomy, Brain Health Research Centre, Anastasia […]

The Otago Medical School Research Society’s 262nd Scientific Meeting was held on 22nd June 2022 and included the 2022 Research Staff Award. There were five varied and very interesting presentations from: (left to right) Paulomi Mehta, Department of Pathology Reduction of lithium induced interstitial fibrosis on co-administration with amiloride. Caroline Decourt, Department of Anatomy Deletion […]

The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the winners of the 261st Scientific Meeting : Pat Cragg Summer Student Awards There were eight excellent entries to choose from. The participants were: Pictured (from left to right) Saane Fakapulia (Department of Anatomy) Prof Pat Cragg Muneerah Makarani (School of Physiotherapy) Jamie Hounsell (School […]

The Honours/Masters student meeting was held on 3rd November 2021. The OMSRS AGM was also held during this meeting. This year we had joint winners! Congratulations to Brooke Craik (Department of Preventive and Social Medicine) – Title:  An exploration of mental health promotion in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study,  and Katerina Thompson (Department of […]

The meeting was held on 22nd September 2021, but alas due to COVID Level 2 restrictions we were unable to share supper together. Congratulations to the Winner: Jessie King (Pharmacology & Toxicology), prize sponsored by the Otago Post-graduate Medical Society (first photo). Title: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands can modulate fructose-induced hepatic insulin resistance. And to […]

More than 20 submissions were received and judging followed a three-phase process! Congratulations to the winner: Hayley Stent (right front), Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, published in Otago Daily Times Title: Incredible possibilities of fish muscle Runner-up: Meriam van Os (left front), Department of Anatomy; Title: Did we really get tuberculosis from seals? We thank […]

The Otago Medical School Research Society  258th Scientific meeting, the 2021 Research Staff Awards, was held on 23rd June 2021. Five speakers were selected: From left to right: Zhaoyang Xu (Dept. of Anatomy) – Three-dimensional somatotopic mapping of human trigeminal ganglion neurons in situ. Shabah Shadli (Depts of Psychological Medicine & Psychology) – Right frontal […]

Half the year has whizzed past, but we are pleased to announce the first competition winners of the year. For the Pat Cragg Summer Student prize held on 5th May 2021, there was a great deal of interest with 40 entrants!  The following 10 finalists were selected: From left to right: Jenna Tidswell, Lauren Carr,  […]