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Message from the Head of School

Kia ora koutou Welcome to our School of Medical Sciences (SMS) Newsletter which has become the place where we acknowledge and record the successes of our staff and students. These various successes whether they are big or small represent the different parts of the...
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (MPPT) grant

Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (MPPT) grant

Congratulations to Dr Kelly Zhou from the Department of Physiology on being awarded the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (MPPT) project grant. Her research project is titled, ‘Can we find novel therapeutic targets for add-on treatment to therapeutic hypothermia for...
Academic staff promotions 2023

Academic staff promotions 2023

Congratulations to the academic staff below who have been promoted in the academic staff promotion round 2023. Promotion to PTF3 Andrew Dubovyi, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology Catherine Sorensen, Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging Promotion to...
Marsden project grant

Marsden project grant

From left: Marguerite Sandleback, Caitlin Herbert, Jonathan Astin and Wenxuan Chen Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Astin from the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology for receiving a Marsden project grant. His project is titled ‘Tracing the Drains:...
Rutherford Foundation Fellowship

Rutherford Foundation Fellowship

Congratulations, Dr Akshata Anchan on receiving the Rutherford Foundation Fellowship. Her fellowship will investigate brain metastasis by aggressive cancers like melanoma. Specifically, Akshata will investigate melanoma released bi-products and extracellular vesicles...