One Health Aotearoa Co-director joins elite group

Professor Nigel French

One Health Aotearoa Co-director Nigel French has been appointed distinguished professor, a title bestowed on up to 15 Massey University professors who have achieved outstanding international eminence in their fields. The appointment was confirmed by Massey University Vice-Chancellor Professor Jan Thomas last week. Formal presentations will be made next month. Distinguished Professor Nigel French, a…

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OHA Summer Newsletter 2018

One Health Aotearoa Management Group 2017

Our latest newsletter calls for expressions of interest to participate in our strategic retreat, re-caps our successful symposium held late last year and highlights the Risk, Response and Social Systems Group at ESR.   View the One Health Aotearoa Summer 2018 newsletter

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Fighting superbugs

Professor Iain Lamont in the laboratory

Professor Iain Lamont from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago is leading a project to unmask the genes in a superbug that make it resistant to antibiotic drugs used to treat and prevent bacterial infections. Lamont says that the rapid rise of superbugs – or bacteria that have become resistant to all…

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