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Matai 2024 Internship
In the summer of 2024/25, Mātai was able to offer local summer internships to 16 students. June 2025 From cutting-edge medical imaging to bioengineering, leadership, innovative research, and mātauranga Māori, our Mātai Summer Internship Programme gave 16 outstanding interns the chance to tackle real-world health challenges. The interns explored a range of topics, including research methods, scientific training, leadership, and…
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Prostate cancer funding pathway helps 100 Gisborne-Tairāwhiti men
Mātai News Prostate cancer funding pathway helps 100 Gisborne-Tairāwhiti men Gisborne Herald 20 Apr, 2025 Full article here Head of radiology Te Whatu Ora Tairawhiti and Matai clinical lead Dr Daniel Cornfeld. Photo / Supplied Around 100 men in Gisborne-Tairawhiti have benefited so far from joint funding that supports an advanced approach to prostate cancer diagnosis. Prostate cancer is…
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Our Changing World: The advances in MRI coming out of Gisborne
Our Changing World: The advances in MRI coming out of Gisborne 7 November 2024 Listen to the episode to learn more about the research happening at Mātai, and about their plans for the future. Listen here When Dr Samantha Holdsworth started her academic path, she studied physics at the University of Canterbury, focusing on astrophysics. Switching to medical imaging for…
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Turanga Health service used by over half Gisborne’s tamariki under 5
Mātai News Turanga Health service used by over half Gisborne’s tamariki under 5 The New Zealand Herald 20 November 2024 Full article here Tairāwhiti-based Māori health organisation Turanga Health has sustained strong growth in its enrolments amid a rapidly changing health sector. Tairāwhiti-based Māori health organisation Turanga Health has sustained strong growth in its enrolments amid a rapidly changing health…
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New AUT Concussion Research Could Revolutionise Understanding And Recovery
Mātai News New AUT Concussion Research Could Revolutionise Understanding And Recovery Scoop, 14 August 2024 Full article here AUT research offers new understanding of concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries. AUT research offers new understanding of concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries Newly published research from AUT has the potential to revolutionise the understanding of concussions and mild traumatic brain…
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Eye experts to present research at Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute
Mātai News Eye experts to present research at Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute The Gisborne Herald, 22 October 2024 Full article here Mātai Medical Research Institute will host a distinguished team of eye experts and eye health researchers this week in a series of free presentations open to the public. Mātai Medical Research Institute will host a distinguished team of…
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New insight into dementia at Mātai Medical Research Institute presentation
Mātai News New insight into dementia at Mātai Medical Research Institute presentation The Gisborne Herald, 03 October 2024 Full article here Dementia and mental health research findings will be revealed at a presentation at the Mātai Medical Research Institute in Gisborne. The Mātai Medical Research Institute will present the findings of its latest research projects on dementia and mental health…
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Meth use: Tairāwhiti study looks at how former long-term users’ brains, hearts recover
Mātai News Meth use: Tairāwhiti study looks at how former long-term users’ brains, hearts recover RNZ, 25 July 2024 Full article here Ben Bristow is analysing data from the study, which Jasmine Taare credits with helping her turnaround. For more than 15 years Jasmine Taare was a meth addict. The Gisborne musician and early-childhood educator kept it a secret,…
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