Health news

AUT provides expertise in equity

Associate Professor Jacquie Kidd is the Equity Lead on a five-year HRC funded project exploring accessible interventions for osteoarthritis.

Assisted dying and nursing care

AUT-led research highlights the need to support nurses, procedurally and psychologically, as they increasingly encounter assisted dying.

Families affected by gambling

A Ministry of Health funded report on problem gambling shows that more can be done to develop a whānau inclusive offering.

Therapy shown to reduce gambling harms

A Ministry of Health funded report examines the long-term effectiveness of counselling treatments for gambling disorders.

HRC funding boosts nGVS research

AUT-led neurological rehabilitation project investigates brain stimulation intervention for inner ear-related imbalance and blurred vision.

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.

Five questions: Professor Lester Levy

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

Treat public health like transport

The pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the vital need to invest in it.

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.