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Children who move into more deprived neighbourhoods are more likely to experience mental health issues as teenagers, according to Canterbury research.

Innovative ΢��ҕ�l research aiming to remove megatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year has received a $10 million grant from the Government. 

Dr Kaaren Mathias coordinated an international team studying the value of community mental health assets in Ghana, India, Occupied Palestine and South Africa.

A new, world-first study has used imaging technology to reveal the largest differences yet discovered in the structures of male and female brains.

New ΢��ҕ�l research has found vape stores are proliferating in ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand’s most deprived communities – with many also located near schools. 

A New Zealand-developed structured literacy programme is delivering outstanding results for Kiwi children, new research by the University Of Canterbury shows.

A ΢��ҕ�l-led public health study with city-wide participation generated a mountain of raw data, and researchers turned to machine learning to analyse it all.

A Canterbury researcher hopes her newly-funded research will lead to better ways of managing endometriosis, a disease that affects over 100,000 Kiwi women.

A ΢��ҕ�l-led research team is determined to create more accessible pipelines of support for autistic Kiwi kids and their caregivers.

A debilitating condition that affects about 10% of females in ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand, endometriosis remains virtually unknown or mysterious condition to most people. Can we engineer a solution to end endometriosis?

΢��ҕ�l Associate Professor Debbie Munro has invented prototype technology to reduce the risk in spinal fusion surgery.

Two ΢��ҕ�l researchers have received Canterbury Medical Research Foundation’s Major Projects Grants worth $220,000 in total.

Misleading research findings in Clinical Psychology can perpetuate social myths and create social inequities, according to ΢��ҕ�l PhD graduate, Nadia Summers.

A study led by a ΢��ҕ�l geospatial and population health expert has uncovered gaps in nationwide data that tracks maternal immunisation rates.

What are the biggest influences on youth mental health and how does experiencing climate change-related events, such as floods and bushfires, affect young people?

΢��ҕ�l with data from nearly a million young people reveals link between environmental factors and youth mental health.

What does it mean to be a Māori or Polynesian male in ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand today? How is that shaped?

You might not think you’re good with numbers, but ΢��ҕ�l researchers believe people use instinctive mathematics to navigate.

A newly published ΢��ҕ�l study may help town planners and policymakers design better services for their communities.

Senior Lecturer in Public Health Dr Matt Hobbs outlines the case for both changing the appeals process and restricting alcohol sponsorship of broadcast sports, in a collaborative article on The Conversation.

Higher density neighbourhoods can help create vibrancy and lead to benefits for the environment and public health, argues a ΢��ҕ�l academic.

Professor Michael Plank takes a look at the most recent Covid-19 wave and shares key findings in an collaborative multi-author article on The Conversation.

A group of New Zealand academics, including ΢��ҕ�l's Professor Michael Plank and PhD student Giorgia Vattiato, explain why this might be the most serious moment in the Covid-19 pandemic this year.

Autistic people need to be actively involved in future research and don’t want it to focus on a cure or behaviour management.

Young parents can be as successful as older parents if they have supportive relationships and financial security, according to new ΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) research.

Raising awareness about an important issue that affects women has earned an award for an enthusiastic group of ΢��ҕ�l colleagues.

Young female rugby players will join a world-leading trial to find out whether headgear can help prevent collision-related injuries on the field.

A ΢��ҕ�l research project in partnership with the Autistic and autism communities will co-produce a set of autism research priorities – a first in ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand.

Five ΢��ҕ�l academics have won grants of over $100,000 each towards their research, with topics including cancer treatments, stuttering in children, and the effects of cannabis use during pregnancy.

What do a mathematician, a chemist, an epidemiologist and a law expert have in common? These ΢��ҕ�l academics are all involved in vital aspects of the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

In an upcoming ΢��ҕ�l Connect public lecture, a world-leading scientist will share her knowledge of how nutrition can help overcome stress, ADHD, and depression.

A new field trial investigating whether headgear can help prevent collision-related injuries in junior rugby players will kick off next year amid growing concern about health and safety in the sport.

Our ability to connect and communicate helps us to thrive and contribute to society in meaningful ways. What can parents do today to ensure a bright future for our tamariki in a fast-changing digital world?

΢��ҕ�l Professor Michael Plank, who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics.

΢��ҕ�l's Dr Kaaren Mathias writes about the lack of investment in India's public sector, which has led to an unaffordable, failing healthcare system, in a new article on The Conversation.

This ΢��ҕ�l Connect public lecture is postponed.

The 2021 symposium brought together world-renown researchers across fields of education, children's language development, psychology, Pasifika, nutrition, quality sleep, pre-term baby support, public health, and speech-language therapy, and highlighted the exciting interdisciplinary developments in facilitating young children’s success and well-being. Hon Judge Andrew Becroft, Children’s Commissioner, inspired the audience in his keynote address on Day 1 of the symposium.

A national research team, including several ΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) researchers, has won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize 2020 for their mathematical simulation of Covid-19 infection modelling and their communication work.

Anyone who’s experienced a sharp swab up the nose and a tense, isolated wait for results will surely be interested in a pain-free COVID test with a speedy result delivered in minutes, not days.

Three ΢��ҕ�l academics have won grants of over $80,000 to research autism, sleep problems, brain injuries and their impact on children and parents.

Croquet may bring to mind lazy summer afternoons on the lawn or Alice in Wonderland’s flamingo mallets, however ΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) Sport Coaching academic Dr Jenny Clarke takes it far more seriously. The world’s top-ranked female player and New Zealand’s 2019 Player of the Year, she is also one of the top international researchers on croquet coaching and performance techniques.

The 6-7% of children and adults who use natural toothpaste may not realise that using these fluoride-free products is contributing to NZ’s ‘neglected epidemic’ of tooth decay, says ΢��ҕ�l's Dr Matt Hobbs in The Conversation.

΢��ҕ�l-led research that could help Parkinson’s disease patients learn more about their risk of dementia has received a million-dollar funding boost.

A chance conversation at the shared Manawa facility has resulted in a mutually beneficial project to transform an assessment room at community mental health service Whakataka House.

The Dementia Prevention Research Clinic will be officially opened in Christchurch today – the third in a national network of clinics established by Brain Research New Zealand| Rangahau Roro ΢��ҕ�l (BRNZ).

΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) researcher Professor Steven Ratuva has secured research funding of more than $588,000 over three years from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to investigate Pacific community health.

Interacting with adults is necessary for young brains to fully develop, however childhood education experts in the United States of America have found that under-fives need far more “back and forth” interaction than previously thought.

΢��ҕ�l continues to produce top quality research despite challenges resulting from the Canterbury earthquakes.

Newly published research has shown the important role social media can play supporting health and wellbeing following a disaster.

A new study from the ΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) shows a link between recreational physical activity spaces in a neighbourhood and obesity risk in adults.