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A letter to the Ministry of Health
Below is a letter from Deputy Director Dr Siouxsie Wiles to the Ministry of Health requesting the Ministry's assistance in using infectious disease data from the Public Health Surveillance website coordinated by the The Institute of Environmental Science and Research...
InfectedNZ: the state of the nation
Last week was World Antibiotic Awareness week, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness and understanding of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. To follow, here at Te Pūnaha Matatini we are launching a week-long conversation about the...
The New Zealand Polymath: Colenso and his contemporaries
November 16 & 17, Te Pūnaha Matatini's Executive Manager Kate Hannah and Principal Investigator Dr Dion O'Neale are presenting at a conference on William Colenso and his contemporaries. What: The New Zealand Polymath - Colenso and his contemporaries When:...
Marsden Fund success for Te Pūnaha Matatini investigators
Seven Te Pūnaha Matatini investigators were awarded Marsden-funding this week across a broad range of research projects, from investigating Māori social systems to integrative models of species evolution. Professor Thegn Ladefoged and Dr Dion O’Neal from the...
Māori social systems focus of novel research collaboration
Archaeology and modern network science are combining to investigate the development of Māori social networks over time as part of a new three year $705,000 Marsden-funded project. The research draws upon the skills of archaeologist Professor Thegn Ladefoged and...
Murray Cox & his complex systems approach to DNA
Associate Investigator Professor Murray Cox is applying the tools and methodologies of complexity science to explore some of the enduring mysteries of human and agricultural genetics. His transdisciplinary DNA detective work could lead to new health treatments or the...
InfectedNZ
New Zealand – we’re not immune. InfectedNZ, an online campaign running from November 21-25, is set to spread the message about the impacts of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance in Aotearoa New Zealand with a series of data-driven blog posts and social media...
Bad Science and Beyond
“I just don’t care!” the doctor said, in response to a query on a personal health-related issue during a recent New Zealand television interview. I certainly had never heard a doctor speak in this way – and it made me curious to hear more in his live talk. I was not...
Science for Policy: Part I
A good deal of the research we do at Te Pūnaha Matatini is intended to inform government policy. But it is one thing to do the research, and quite another to have that research influence policy. This is why there is a growing interest in the relationship between...
Healthcare Analytics Workshop
Te Pūnaha Matatini is sponsoring a Health Analytics Workshop following the 2016 Joint NZSA+ORSNZ Conference. What: Health Analytics Workshop following the Joint NZSA+ORSNZ Conference When: Thursday 1 December, 2016 (full day) Where: AUT City Campus...
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga summer internship
Applications are now open for student summer internships at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence. Projects include one at the Auckland City Council titled: “Indigenous knowledge as evidence in local government decision-making:...
A more social network
In the immortal words of Vanilla Ice - Stop, collaborate and listen. Collaboration is a cornerstone of modern science and with flight tickets cheaper than ever before and the internet effectively eliminating the expense of correspondence, academics and researchers are...