Health sciences news

Plan to mitigate neurological disorders

Professor Valery Feigin leads global strategy to bridge the gap between growing burden of neurological disorders and overstretched health resources.

Empathy needed to reduce family violence

AUT report finds that agencies and services designed to aid wāhine Māori in unsafe relationships often contribute to their entrapment.

New accolades for most cited scientist

AUT’s Professor Valery Feigin has been elected as both a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Disrupting the public health workforce

New Zealand's public health workforce is rapidly changing in response to local and global trends, including new technologies and widening inequities.

AUT a 5-star university across all categories

AUT has received the maximum five stars for the first time in every category according to the global education analysts QS in their recent results.

New Professors and Associate Professors

AUT has announced the promotion of 12 leading academics to the position of Professor. A further 15 academics have been appointed as Associate Professors.

Leading the world in stroke prevention

This year’s World Stroke Day campaign encourages everyone to use the free Stroke Riskometer mobile app developed at AUT by Professor Valery Feigin.

World Mental Health Day

AUT is hosting the first of many events that will take place globally over the next 24 hours.

Study of Pacific people comes of age

For nearly 20 years, an AUT study has been tracking the development of 1,400 Pacific children.

AUT celebrates 30 years of psychotherapy

Professor Keith Tudor reflects on ‘talk therapy’ – where we’ve been and why we need more.