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School of Medical Sciences

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Message from the Head of School

Kia ora koutou,

As signalled in our recent School webinar we are holding a series of Seminars in June to provide opportunities for staff and students of the School of Medical Sciences to reconnect. Loosely themed around the concept of “What I did during lockdown” we are staging two late afternoons and one lunchtime seminar that will be followed by opportunities to socialise with your colleagues and to celebrate the backlog of achievements that have accumulated during our absence from campus.

Each seminar will focus on a single theme but will consist of a number of short presentations on projects undertaken and successes achieved during the lockdown.

Seminar 1: Mahi-Tahi: Co-design kōrero

Thursday the 2nd of June Room 505-007 from 3pm to 4pm followed by drinks in the Atrium

Seminar 2: Teaching innovations: Tales from lockdown

Thursday the 16th June Room Robb/501-B09 from 12noon to 1pm followed by lunch in the Atrium

Seminar 3: New views of medical imaging: New staff, students, infrastructure and opportunities

Wednesday the 29th June Room Robb/501-B09 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm followed by drinks in the Atrium

More information on each session will be sent out closer to each seminar but in the meantime please make an effort to attend as many of these events as possible by saving the following dates in your calendar. Remember their prime function is to reconnect with colleagues and learn a bit more about our amazing School.

Nga mihi

Paul

 

 

Academic staff success

Academic staff success

Congratulations to the academic staff who have been promoted to Professor and Associate Professor in the academic staff promotion round 2023.

PhD success

PhD success

Congratulations, Alyona, on successfully defending her PhD thesis.

New PhD student

New PhD student

We welcome Ghazal Mehri-Kakavanda, a PhD in the Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging.

High impact publication

High impact publication

Dr Amelia Power and her colleagues from the University of Otago recently published their research understanding the signalling pathways that lead to cardiac arrythmias in top cardiovascular research journal Circulation Research

AMRF grant success

AMRF grant success

Congratulations to Dr Simerdeep Dhillon, Dr Justin Rustenhoven and Dr Moana Tercel on receiving an AMRF grant.

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. 

Marsden project grant

Marsden project grant

Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Astin from the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology for receiving a Marsden project grant.