Promoting the Christchurch campus
In the past fortnight we have run some advertisements around Christchurch, targeting potential local postgraduate students.
There are advertisements in The Press, two large outdoor billboards (on Moorhouse Ave and Riccarton Rd), advertisements on the back of buses, and on some bus shelters. Digital advertisements will also run on Facebook.
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Raising the rainbow flag
To acknowledge and welcome new and existing staff and students from the LGBT community, a rainbow flag is being sewn and will be installed in our campus (position yet to be decided) in 2019.
Dr Lynley Cook will be sewing the flag in the foyer during the introductory fortnight for new medical students, starting early February. A social event will also be held, for our LGBT staff and students, and also people from Pegasus Health and Canterbury DHB who want to be involved.
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New building update
In 2019 preparations for the University's new building in Christchurch will start gathering pace.
The main activities next year will be firming up the building's design, recruiting contractors and clearing the site ready for construction.
We'll keep you updated on key developments through the Otago Bulletin Board.
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In the news
Senior staff often represent the campus in media stories. But recently some of our students have stepped into the spotlight to share their knowledge.
Dr Khoon Lim of the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) group won Marsden funding to develop a method of 3D-bioprinting blood vessels. His work featured in a Newshub TV item, and CReaTE PhD student Cesar Alcala stepped up and did a great job of explaining some of the technology involved to support Dr Lim's story.
Medical student Emma Jeffs did New Zealand's first study of listeria in pregnant women and babies as a Summer Studentship project. Read the media release about her work.
Another medical student to share their story with media recently was Dunedin-based George Watson. He was part of a TV1 News item about his upcoming Summer Studentship project on the impact of stress on patients with 'broken heart syndrome'. George is pictured below with participant Kathy, during filming of the news item.
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Recognition for leadership and clinical relevance
Our Professors Doug Sellman and Frank Frizelle were both recently recognised for their outstanding services to New Zealand and medical research.
Professor Sellman (pictured on right) of the National  Addiction Centre, was given a prestigious New Zealand Medical Association prize for his clinically relevant publication on helping obese patients lose weight and have a better quality of life. Read about the award.
Professor Frizelle, who is a surgeon,  research and editor of the New Zealand Medical Journal, was given the medical profession's highest accolade - for individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the health of New Zealanders. Read about his award.
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One Health Aotearoa
One Health Aotearoa researchers held another successful Symposium in early December. Our Dean Professor David Murdoch is the co-director of this collaboration between animal, human and environmental health experts.
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Update on 150th celebrations
A 150th picnic will be held on February 15th in Christchurch's Hagley Park to kick of a year of 150th celebrations. There will be 150th picnics on that date in Dunedin, Wellington and other parts of the world.
Registrations for the Queen's Birthday Weekend 150th anniversary celebrations open in late January. Register here.
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