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Message from the Head of School

Kia ora koutou katoa, As we reach the end of the academic year, I want to sincerely thank all staff across the School for your incredible mahi.  Your continued commitment to teaching, supervision, research and service—despite a year of considerable change—has been...
Well Done!

Well Done!

To support a major industry partnership, Nikki Moreland and her team have established a specialised PC2 laboratory within the School. The lab will serve as a central hub for analysing Strep A vaccine efficacy by running gold-standard assays that measure functional...
Congratulations

Congratulations

Congratulations to Callan Loomes for winning the ‘Clinical Translation Award’ at Matai’s 2-days ‘image of the future’ symposium. Callan’s PhD is titled ‘Auto-segmentation and Quantification of Cortical Neurons in Histopathological Brain Images from Fetal Sheep after...
Academic Promotions to Associate Professor

Academic Promotions to Associate Professor

Congratulations to the academic staff from the School of Medical Sciences listed below who have been promoted to Associate Professor in the 2025 academic staff promotion round. With effect from 1 February 2026, the promotions to Associate Professor are: Fiona...
New PhD student

New PhD student

We welcome new PhD student Sophia Wilson, who has transferred from a research master’s into a PhD under the supervision of Associate Professor Julie Spicer, Associate Professor Jack Flanagan, Dr Anna Giddens, and Associate Professor Chris Squire. Her project focuses...