Health news

Debunking 5 TBI myths

Touching the lives of an average 110 people each day in Aotearoa, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is much more common than any of us would like it to be.

Play's great for adults too

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. Yet there is clear evidence adults benefit from playfulness just as children do.

Protein rises to top of food pyramid

New dietary guidelines from the US have upended the traditional food pyramid, moving protein into the spotlight.

Pacific Islands Families Study turns 25

AUT has celebrated the research work of Professor Tautolo on AUT's Pacific Islands Families Study as it turns 25

Nobel Sustainability Award

AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation

New brain lab ‘a beacon for hope’

Last week marked a new era for brain research at AUT with the opening of the updated Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience laboratory on North Campus.

AI chatbots no substitute for therapy

An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.

Beehive buzz for AUT’s WHN Programme

AUT’s world-leading Women’s Health and Neuroscience research programme (WHN) generated a lot of buzz at a Beehive event in Wellington recently.

HRC wins for Business School

Two academics from AUT Business School, Dr Alex Plum and Dr Anca Yallop, have received significant funding from the Health Research Council.

$150K in clinical placement support

New Zealand’s biggest provider of health sector graduates, AUT is helping address hardship faced by students on clinical placement outside of Auckland.