Mātai News Can brains bounce back? The Guardian, Tess McClure, 10 May 2023 Read original article here Every few months, Cohen “Coey” Irwin lies on his back and lets the walls close in. Lights move overhead, scanning over the tattoos covering his cheeks. He lies suspended, his head encased by a padded helmet, ears blocked, as his body is shunted…
Mātai News Prostate clinical pathway The Gisborne Herald, 24 March 2023 Read original article here Clinical partnership adopts MRI-guided, best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in Aotearoa and Tairāwhiti has adopted a global best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies. A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove samples of suspicious tissue…
Mātai News Tairāwhiti study The Gisborne Herald, 14 March 2023 Read original article here Tairāwhiti Study – World-first roadmap for imaging and modelling child physiology. How do children’s brains work and how do their bodies move? For millennia, medicine has often viewed children as adults in miniature – but this may not be so. In a world-first, researchers from the…
Mātai News Clear vision The Gisborne Herald, 11 March 2023 Having swapped the big city “rat race” for Gisborne 16 years ago, ophthalmologist Graham Wilson has continued to forge a successful career and practice here and his many achievements were recognised when he was made an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in his field. He spoke with Ben O’Brien-Leaf. The contribution…
Mātai News Mātauranga Māori the highlight for all The Gisborne Herald, 12 February 2023 Collaborative learning: The group of summer interns squeeze into the Mātai Research Institute offices on Childers Road. Work has begun on a new centre for the institute, up the road on the former St Mary’s Catholic Primary School site. Mātai Research Institute, a not-for-profit centre based…
Mātai News Mātai story told by international film-maker The Gisborne Herald, 29 December 2022 Former military man and now film-maker and correspondent Mikey Kay in Gisborne to film a piece on Mātai Research Institute for the GE Healthcare series ‘On the Frontlines’. “There’s amazing work happening ay Mātai”, he said. International film-maker and journalist Mikey Kay says it has been…
Mātai News Meet and greet Turanga FM, 2 February 2023 Ariana Brown and Jackson Clarke, two of 16 Mātai interns talk to Turanga FM about their background studies, what Mātai has to offer, and how they are impacting their community as a whole. Hear the full interview below.
Mātai News High-flying interns The Gisborne Herald, 11 December 2022 Introducing the 16 local students taking part in a 10-week summer internship at Mātai Research Institute. Image: Liam Clayton The two programmes provide students with the opportunity to be involved with cutting-edge projects, working alongside a team of expert scientists, clinicians, research staff, PhD students, and iwi health providers. …
Mātai News Multi-million dollar boost for Mātai, Kiwi Lumber The Gisborne Herald, 9 December 2022 Mātai Research Institute is to receive a $1.5 million grant and $1.5 million loan from the Government’s Regional Strategic Partnership Fund. Gisborne businesses received a multimillion-dollar funding boost from the Government yesterday. Regional Economic Minister Stuart Nash was in Gisborne to make the announcement, which…
Mātai News Cutting-edge brain technology takes out top Velocity prize University of Auckland, 1 November 2022 Read original article here A tool to improve precision and safety during neurosurgery is shining a new light on the old adage, measure twice and cut once. Neurofanos, a high-tech image-guided tool is the brainchild of a multidisciplinary team who took the spotlight as…
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