This year’s we’re talking hauora Research Talks featured some of our finest researchers in Canterbury, discussing your health and the health of the community. Teamed up with Ōtautahi Learning Days this year, we brought you the “Future of Health”. Join us in viewing the excellent evening of engaging kōrero below. To view the whole evening […]
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Future Leaders Programme 2024
Congratulations to all the enthusiastic students who took part in our 2024 Future Leaders Programmes. We have just completed our annual week-long full-time programmes at Manawa involving over 20 final-year health students. Students came from a range of disciplines including medical, nursing, social work, clinical psychology, osteopathy, health sciences, physiotherapy, pathology research, and public health. […]
Living well & ageing well research talks in Rangiora 2024
Te Papa Hauora together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation took ‘Living well & ageing well’ research talks back to the Rangiora community last week. Together with Dr Susannah Stevens, Dr Leigh O’Brien, and Professor Richard Porter, we explored the topics of movement, diet and the importance of sleep and how it affects your circadian […]
March 2024 Metropol Article is out!
Read about Peter Townsend’s “Improving Community wellbeing” article, and why the term Community wellbeing is going to be common currency in 2024. Read more here […]
Medical student with Papa New Guinean heritage beginning research on what is known about autism among Pacific Peoples
Fourth Year medical student Joshua Smith says he is honoured to be part of the first stage of this research to identify what is known about services and supports for Autistic Pacific People’ and their understanding and perspectives of autism. His 10-week project involved reviewing existing literature. He hopes the project he began will one […]
Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Youth Advisory Council produces Endometriosis Resource
The Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Youth Advisory Council (YAC) provides a youth voice to those in charge of health services in Canterbury. It advocates for people aged 12-24. Part of their role is producing health resources. They have partnered with us at Te Papa Hauora to produce a series of videos about endometriosis, with […]
Living well & ageing well research talks in Lincoln
Te Papa Hauora together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation took ‘Living well & ageing well’ research talks out into the Lincoln community this week. Together with Dr Susannah Stevens, Dr Leigh O’Brien, and Professor Joe Boden, we explored the topics of movement, diet and the importance of social connections. We hope to do more […]
Congratulations winners of the HRSC Emerging Researcher Awards
A HUGE congratulations to the winners from the Health Research Society of Canterbury Emerging Researcher Awards, another really successful event supported by Canterbury Medical Research Foundation! Well done to our winners: First Prize Andy Kindon (UC): A geospatial analysis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture incidence Second Prize: Sam Gibbs (UOC): Genetic variation and its […]
HRSC EMERGING RESEARCHER AWARDS EVENING – 26TH OCTOBER!
Te Papa Hauora is pleased to be hosting the Health Research Society of Canterbury’s 2023 Emerging Researcher Awards Evening here at Manawa – Thursday 26th October 5:00-7:30pm. Register here for more details info@hrsc.org.nz 2023_HRSC Emerging Researcher Awards Programme […]
September 2023 Metropol Article: Challenges and Choices
Read our chair Peter Townsend’s latest Metropol article on health systems here in Aotearoa NZ compared to others internationally, and the importance of making Ōtautahi Christchurch a special place for our healthcare workers! https://issuu.com/metrospublishinggroupltd/docs/14_september_2023_-_metropol/11 […]