Updates
Testing and adapting dietary habits and food security questions for a national nutrition survey using cognitive interviews and expert consultation
TRANSFORM members Dr Berit Follong and Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu have published a paper on their work in developing the New Zealand National Nutrition Survey. The publication looks at how the dietary habits and food security questions were cognitively tested and...
TRANSFORM Member wins excellent abstract award at HealthEx
TRANSFORM member Dinithi Uthumange won the FMHS excellent abstract award at HealthEx. The abstract title: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards reducing meat consumption among meat-eaters: A systematic review.
Community health, patient safety under increasing threat
As nurses witness failures of care related to unsafe staffing levels, “they experience significant distress and many leave, adding turnover costs to the cost of risks associated with poor staffing levels”, the authors say. Community health, patient safety under...
AI in Health Research Network Newsletter
It was great to receive positive feedback following our first newsletter - there is clearly an appetite for content and opportunities to connect. Our small team is working hard to meet this demand and deliver more events, networking opportunities, and tools to support...
Celebrating Research Excellence in AI and Healthcare
We’re proud to announce that Professor Robyn Whittaker and Associate Professor Rosie Dobson, members of TRANSFORM, are involved in three Health Research Council (HRC) grants focussed on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, in collaboration with Te Whatu Ora....
Noah Bunkley 2025 UoA 3MT Finals Winner and a finalist in the Asian Pacific 3MT
Huge congratulations to Dr Noah Bunkley for winning the University of Auckland 3 Minute Thesis Competition! What a night—high stakes, high energy, and intense competition. Honestly, it felt like the Crufts agility contest for PhD students. Noah’s superb performance...
Reflective roof project looks to beat the heat
The University of Auckland’s REFLECT project is tackling the health impacts of extreme heat by testing reflective white roof coatings across Niue, Mexico, India, and Burkina Faso. Climate change has pushed temperatures to extremes that can be harmful for people’s...
Call to make health star ratings essential on all products
Public health advocates are urging the Australian and New Zealand governments to make Health Star Ratings mandatory on all food products. Call to make health star ratings essential on all products