by ewoo670 | Aug 20, 2018 | SMS, SMS - this issue
This month, Prof Alistair Jan Gunn, Professor of Physiology and Paediatrics, published his 300th peer reviewed paper – definitely a red-letter day! Numbers are not everything, of course, but these papers underpin the development and clinical translation of...
by nall486 | Aug 7, 2018 | SMS, SMS - this issue
Freemasons Foundation Grant Associate Professor Johanna M Montgomery, Physiology ‘Plasticity in the heart and its role in atrial fibrillation’ $259,848 The ability of neurons to change their strength of communication is known as “plasticity”....
by nall486 | Jul 26, 2018 | SMS - this issue
Congratulations to Dr Justin Dean on winning the ‘Hershey Conference Richard Traystman Young Investigator Award’ at the 11th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury, held in the USA this year. This award celebrates success in science, as well as leadership...
by nall486 | Jul 12, 2018 | SMS, SMS - this issue
Associate Professor Clare Wall has been appointed to the role of Academic Director of the School. She replaces Professor Michelle Glass who has taken up a new position as the Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Otago. As academic director Clare...
by nall486 | Jul 9, 2018 | SMS, SMS - this issue
Congratulations to Dr Christopher Lear and Dr Guido Wassink on receiving a School of Medical Sciences Doctoral Publication Excellence Prize for the best paper published by a PhD student in 2017. Congratulations to the co-authors and supervisors. This award carries a...
by nall486 | Jul 2, 2018 | SMS, SMS - this issue
Congratulations to Professor Peter Shepherd, Molecular Medicine and Pathology department who received the HRC grant of nearly $5 million for a 60-month study into understanding genetic risk factors for metabolic disease. The programme will focus on using genetics to...
