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PhD success

PhD success

Please join me in congratulating Zakieh Vahdati, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, for successfully defending her PhD thesis. The title of her thesis was ‘In vitro and in vivo characterisation of a panel of clinical and environmental isolates of...
Staff success

Staff success

Professor Julian Paton, Director of Manaaki Manawa, the Centre for Heart Research and Professor of Translational Physiology, Department of Physiology, has won the inaugural Geoffrey Burnstock Memorial lecture gifted from the American Autonomic Society. Professor...
Staff success

Staff success

A breakthrough study, led by Associate Professor Chris Hall, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology and his lab group, has uncovered how daylight can boost the immune system’s ability to fight infections. Evidence has shown that disruption of our internal body...
NZ Order of Merit in the Kings Birthday Honours 2025

NZ Order of Merit in the Kings Birthday Honours 2025

Associate Professor Mark Thomas, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, was made a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours. Mark is an Infectious Diseases Physician, whose research and educational efforts have made him a...
Bachelor of Medical Imaging Honours students success

Bachelor of Medical Imaging Honours students success

An event to celebrate the Bachelor of Medical Imaging Honours students’ success was held on the evening of 13 May 2025 in the Atrium on Grafton campus. We were joined by Faculty staff, clinical stakeholders, whānau and others who had supported the students...
New PhD student

New PhD student

We welcome Noah Papali, a PhD student from the Auckland Cancer Research Centre. He is supervised by Dr Kimiora Henare and co-supervised by Dr Alicia Didsbury, Associate Professor Cherie Blenkiron and Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa. His research focuses on the distribution...