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Academic promotions

Academic promotions

I am delighted to announce promotions of the academic staff. Please join me in offering congratulations to them all. Promoted to Professor Associate Professor Alan Davidson, Department of Molecular Medicine Associate Professor Clare Wall,  Discipline of Nutrition...
NZ National Eye Centre summer scholar symposium

NZ National Eye Centre summer scholar symposium

From left: Professor Cameron Grant, Fay Abdul Ghani and Professor Phillippa Poole The School of Medical Sciences hosted summer research students over the summer 2019-2020, to undertake 10-week research projects. Fay Abdul Ghani, MVL, Department of Physiology,...
Postgraduate success

Postgraduate success

From left: Pratik Thakkar and Yukti Yvas Congratulations to Pratik Thakkar and Yukti Yvas, Department of Physiology who successfully defended their thesis. Pratik’s thesis, entitled ‘The physiological mechanisms and therapeutic relevance of the cardiovascular response...
High impact papers

High impact papers

Thakkar, P., McGregor, A., Barber, P. A., Paton, J. F. R., Barrett, C. and McBryde, F,  published a paper entitled, ‘Hypertensive Response to Ischemic Stroke in the Normotensive Wistar Rat (2019)’. Stroke, 50(9), 2522-2530. 10.1161/strokeaha.119.026459. Read the paper...
Celebrating women in science

Celebrating women in science

As a child growing up in Sri Lanka, Nishani Lim’s curiosity for science began to blossom as she spent time with her mother, a marine biology researcher. Now, Nishani spends her days teaching students about the different parts of the human body and how they all work...