by lwan604 | Jan 14, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, Updates
New Zealand research has shown how gut bacteria from healthy, lean people can be used to improve the health of teenagers who are clinically obese. Obese Auckland teenagers who swallowed capsules of the gut bacteria of healthy peers reduced a condition called...
by lwan604 | Dec 2, 2020 | Media release
Decades of work aimed at improving children’s learning success and wellbeing has earned A Better Start’s deputy director Professor Gail Gillon the University of Canterbury’s highest research honour. Professor Gillon is the winner of the UC 2020 Research Medal, awarded...
by michelecrawshaw | Nov 2, 2020 | Media release, Research activity, Updates, Vision Matauranga
New kaupapa Māori research funded by A Better Start: E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge aims to address inequities in maternal health services for Māori by using Māori knowledge and tikanga to empower Māori families. Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki from the University of...
by ksch009 | Jul 22, 2020 | Big Data, Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A Better Start National Science Challenge’s Big Data theme has developed a method for identifying children and young people on the autism spectrum/Takiwātanga using health data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). The method enables research to better...
by ksch009 | Jul 20, 2020 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
Kia ora and welcome to Michele Crawshaw. Michele is our new Senior Communications & Marketing Adviser. Michele brings with her a wealth of experience as an award-winning magazine editor and a passionate digital, social media, video and print storyteller. We...
by ksch009 | Jul 1, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens
Aroha features in a new multimedia hub for New Zealand’s tech industry, Umbrellar Connect. Digital journalist Cat Mules recently interviewed the Challenge’s Dr Sarah Hetrick and Tania Cargo about Aroha – a co-designed evidence-based chatbot designed...
