News from Te Huataki Waiora School of Health
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Significant funding boost for University of Waikato research
The University of Waikato has achieved significant results in the latest funding round from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Endeavour Fund. One research programme, and six Smart Ideas projects have been awarded grants through the highly contested fund.
15 September 2023
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Pharmacy to add to Waikato’s health offering
The University of Waikato intends to accept its first students in a new graduate-entry Master of Pharmacy Practice degree in early 2025, as it responds to the chronic shortage of pharmacists in the health workforce.
2 September 2023
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Waikato bolsters health leadership team
The University of Waikato has announced three key appointments to Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, as it focuses on delivering academic programmes that help meet the current and future workforce needs in Aotearoa New Zealand.
22 August 2023
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University of Waikato Medical School funding backed by Momentum Waikato
Funding for a Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Waikato will be supported by community foundation Momentum Waikato if the proposal is implemented after this year’s general election.
19 July 2023
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Reimagining fields of play to grow the future of women in sport through world-class research
Waikato hosts global symposium to tackle issues from building gender-inclusive sporting environments to menstrual health and sport.
18 July 2023
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University of Waikato welcomes third medical school announcement
The University of Waikato welcomes the announcement by the National Party that if the Party is successful in this year’s General Election it will establish New Zealand's third medical school.
5 July 2023
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Kava based therapy for psychological trauma reaches clinical trial milestone
Waikato Pacific health researcher Dr Apo Aporosa has been awarded a Health Research Council grant to advance kava research to clinical trials.
28 June 2023
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Halve the herd without halving income with immune boosting milk
Imagine drinking a glass of milk to reduce your chances of picking up a nasty bug that’s ripping through your community? It's all possible thanks to new research.
13 June 2023
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Prioritising Māori and Pacific patients for new diabetes drugs pays off
Prioritising Māori and Pacific patients in accessing two game-changing diabetes drugs is leading to better health outcomes.
8 June 2023
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Health Research Council funding for gonorrhoea, and self-harm research
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has announced funding for two University of Waikato research projects to research stigmatised disease and disorders that predominantly impact young people.
23 May 2023
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Budget misses opportunity to train more NZ doctors
Today’s Budget misses an opportunity to invest in training more New Zealand doctors says Professor Ross Lawrenson.
19 May 2023
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Exploring and embracing diversity
Research at the University of Waikato is helping to underpin policy development and decisions designed to improve diversity and inclusion and create more gender-responsive practices across New Zealand organisations.
10 May 2023
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New University of Waikato Health Dean has health workforce in his sights
Better, fairer health outcomes and responding to community need will be the priorities for newly appointed Dean of University of Waikato School of Health, Professor Jo Lane.
26 April 2023
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A week of celebration for Waikato graduates
It’s graduation week at the University of Waikato – and that means four days of celebration for 1504 people graduating across 11 ceremonies in Hamilton and Tauranga.
18 April 2023
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Learning on the move
Students from across the Bay of Plenty attended sessions of jumping, sprinting, balancing, and analysing human motion at the Adams Centre for High Performance last week, all to mark National Biomechanics Day.
5 April 2023