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Sir Peter Gluckman research medal

Sir Peter Gluckman research medal

The Sir Peter Gluckman Medal is the premier recognition of research within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Professor Julian Paton from the Department of Physiology is the 2024 recipient. He arrived in October 2017 and set to work on establishing the...
Partridge Laureates Family Foundation

Partridge Laureates Family Foundation

The Partridge family has run a jewellery business for 160 years and has launched a new research laureate scheme to improve the health of New Zealanders. Professor Julian Paton from the Department of Physiology, together with Dr Amanda Dixon McIver from IGENZ,...
High impact papers

High impact papers

Associate Professor Samantha Holdsworth, Associate Professor Miriam Scadeng (HoD) and Dr Daniel Cornfeld (Honorary Fellow) from the Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging were involved in a study that explores a specialised MRI technique called divided subtracted...
PhD success

PhD success

Congratulations to Thalia Babbage, Department of Physiology for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Her thesis is titled, ‘Non-invasive therapeutic targeting of the human chemoreflexes’. She was supervised by Associate Professor James Fisher and Professor Julian...
Preventing brain injury during birth

Preventing brain injury during birth

Congratulations to Dr Christopher Lear from the Department of Physiology for his outstanding achievement. Chris is dedicated to helping women deliver healthy babies. He studies babies before, during, and immediately after birth. With funding from the Auckland Medical...
Staff outstanding achievements

Staff outstanding achievements

Congratulations to Dr Marie-Louise Ward and Dr Amelia Power from the Department of Physiology for their outstanding achievements. Marie-Louise and Amelia are investigating the molecular and functional changes in diabetic hearts to develop improved treatments. The...