Inaugural Intern Helps with Concussion Study

Mātai News Inaugural Intern Helps with Concussion Study The Gisborne Herald, 20 April 2021 Two years of study in engineering at Canterbury University helped Gisborne’s Adam Donaldson navigate his summer internship with medical imaging research centre Matai Research. Two years of study in engineering at Canterbury University helped Gisborne’s Adam Donaldson navigate his summer internship with medical imaging research centre…

Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate

Mātai News Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate Auckland Bioengineering Institute, 22 March 2021 Read original article here A collaboration between researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Mātai Medical Research Institute in Tarāiwhiti Gisborne have used MRI scans to demonstrate that fidgeting, often seen in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), might improve activation of…

Marsden Grant

Mātai News Marsden Grant Mātai, 7 December 2021 Marsden Grant: Better than a hole in the head! Mātai CEO Dr Samantha Holdsworth and Dr Sarah-Jane Guild (University of Auckland) have been awarded a Marsden Grant to determine if amplified MRI (a new medical imaging method being developed by Dr Holdsworth and her team of international collaborators) can be used as…

Gisborne research centre to perform world first study on cerebral palsy

Mātai News Gisborne research centre to perform world first study on cerebral palsy Stuff, 26 December 2020 Read original article here Medical experts will use cutting-edge technology to look inside the leg muscles of children in a study to help understand more about cerebral palsy. Medical experts will use cutting-edge technology to look inside the leg muscles of children in…

Supporting future innovators, researchers

Mātai News Supporting future innovators, researchers The Gisborne Herald, 15 April 2021 Former Gisborne Girls’ High School student Jade Keelan is the recipient of Matai Research’s scholarship while ex-Campion College student Sophie Hawthorne has been granted a Pultron-Matai scholarship. Two young Gisborne women are the first recipients of tertiary scholarships from medical imaging centre Matai Research. Former Gisborne Girls’ High…

State of the art MRI machine one step closer for Gisborne

Mātai News State of the art MRI machine one step closer for Gisborne The Gisborne Herald, 7 August 2020 A space capsule-sized, cylindrical magnet that will have 100,000 times the strength of Earth’s magnetic field once ramped up is lowered into Matai Research’s module. Image – Liam Clayton. A space capsule-sized, cylindrical magnet that will have 100,000 times the strength…

Dr Samantha Holdsworth returns home to start world-leading medical centre

Mātai News Dr Samantha Holdsworth returns home to start world-leading medical centre NZ Herald, 5 September 2020 Read original article After 25 years away, Samantha Holdsworth, has returned to the land of her childhood to establish a world-leading medical imaging research centre called Mātai, writes the centre’s Jeanette Lepper. Dr Samantha Holdsworth grew up in the small town of Te…

Delving deeper into brain injury and heart disease

Mātai News Delving deeper into brain injury and heart disease Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes, 16 August 2019 Read original article here A multi-million dollar medical imaging research and innovation centre is being built in Gisborne to advance understanding of the brain, heart, and body in order to improve health outcomes for the community. A multi-million dollar medical imaging research and…

Mātai- the research centre in the middle nowhere, but has pathways to everywhere

Mātai News Mātai- the research centre in the middle nowhere, but has pathways to everywhere Stuff, Georgia-May Gilbertson, 30 June 2018 A town on the east coast of New Zealand is possibly one of the last places you’d expect to find a medical research facility set to change the lives of many. Mātai, a seven-month-old, non-profit research facility, is based…

A journey of brain science and discovery

Mātai News A journey of brain science and discovery The Gisborne Herald, Mark Peters, 18 March 2018 At an International Women’s Day lunch this week, Gisborne-based Matai Research medical imaging centre chief executive and research director Samantha Holdsworth talked about her career path. After more than 10 years in research at California’s Stanford University, medical physicist Samantha Holdsworth realised she…