Healthier Lives
He Oranga Hauora
NATIONAL SCIENCE CHALLENGE
He rangahau mahi tahi hei whakapiki i te ārainga me te taurimatanga o te mate pukupuku, o te mate iaia manawa, o te mate huka me te mate mōmona, mō te katoa.
Collaborative research to equitably improve the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.
Research Themes
Healthy food and physical activity environments
Culturally centred health interventions for Māori and Pacific peoples
Precision medicine and personalised prevention
Recent News
Healthier Lives Newsletter June 2022
Mānawatia a Matariki Rere atu kā mihi I raro I tēnei putaka o te tau, arā ko…
Research voices: Truely Harding
Dr Truely Harding has navigated both Māori and Pākehā worlds her whole life, and this has shaped…
3rd New Zealand–China Non-Communicable Disease Research Cooperation Forum
Third annual forum to present and discuss collaboration between New Zealand and China in research relating to…
Healthier Lives Newsletter May 2022
In this issue: Director’s message: Action on diabetes, Exhibition: GENOME, science of life, Funding announcement: New projects, Project…
Healthier Lives Newsletter February 2022
In this issue: ACTIVATION: The Getting Around survey Research voices: Elizabeth Okiakama Research Findings Brief: Pasifika Prediabetes…
ACTIVATION: The Getting Around Survey 2021
A recent survey of residents living in a new social housing development in Christchurch has shown that…
Professor Jim Mann knighted for services to health
Newly-knighted Otago researcher Professor Jim Mann is calling on the Government to follow its world-leading anti-tobacco policies…
Research voices: Elizabeth Okiakama
Kia orana! Elizabeth Okiakama is a community-based researcher who worked on the Pasifika Prediabetes Youth Empowerment Programme…
Healthier Lives Newsletter December 2021
In this issue: Message from Director Webinar and workshop: Pathways between research, policy and practice Research voices: …
Research voices: Dr Sandra Fitzgerald
Sandra Fitzgerald finished her PhD in 2021, working in the laboratory of Professor Cris Print and Dr…
