Health sciences news

Meet our staff: Leon Iusitini

As a Pacific researcher at AUT, Dr Leon Iusitini’s role is both research and promoting the interests of Pacific people in New Zealand.

Five Questions: Professor Nicola Kayes

We asked Nicola five questions ahead of her Inaugural Professorial Address

Atawhai: Responding to family violence

AUT-led research is making it easier for healthcare workers to respond to family violence, by connecting primary care services with community knowledge.

For the greater good

Dr Mangor Pedersen is harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and dementia. AUT’s Insight meets him.

Five questions: Professor Lester Levy

We asked Lester five questions ahead of his Inaugural Professorial Address.

Samoa Language Week 2022

Episode two of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – is live.

Creating healthy and sustainable cities

A ground-breaking study has benchmarked urban planning policies that promote health and sustainability in cities around the globe.

School ban on sugary drinks won't help

Professor Grant Schofield thinks a ban on sugary drinks in schools will do nothing measurable and, at worse, it borders on virtue signalling.

The legacy of lockdown

A new study, which examines the impact of COVID-19 on community healthcare workers in Aotearoa, shows that the negative effects were long-lasting.

Te Tiriti: Two perspectives

Q+A with ‘Te Tiriti-based futures + Anti-racism 2022’ event organisers – Heather Came (Pākehā activist-scholar) and Eridani Baker (Māori student-activist).