Health sciences news

Are you making a meal out of research?

That’s the question a new workbook created by the Good Health Design team at AUT hopes to help answer.

Sports events could boost staff morale

Associate Professor Barbara Myers says employers could consider major sporting events as an opportunity for team building.

AUT Research Highlights Heroic Surfers

AUT research has found surfers are one of our beaches most effective lifesavers, saving 1,274 people last year alone.

AUT academic stars in new Three TV show

Dr Elizabeth du Preez is an on-screen mentor for psychotherapist Amanda Cox in Three’s new ‘Couples Therapy NZ’ show, based on the US version.

AUT academics team with music star BENEE

Kiwi musician BENEE has collaborated with AUT neuroscientists and Youthline on a new single, scientifically designed to help manage anxious feelings.

Celebrating AUT’s Nurses

On the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, it’s time to reflect on the part AUT and our nurses play in Aotearoa.

Single concussion linked to violence

New AUT research shows even a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) like concussion significantly increases the risk of criminal behaviour.

AUT stroke team wins PM’s Science Prize

The National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (NISAN) team has won the 2022 Prime Minister’s Science Prize - the first ever received by AUT.

Helping hand for cyclone-hit communities

Mel McAulay, Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine, lent a helping hand after Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc across the North Island.

HRC career development awards

Seven AUT research projects have received funding in the Health Research Council’s (HRC) annual Career Development Awards.