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Celebrating New Zealand Women In Science

Celebrating New Zealand Women in Science

21 March, 2024

To celebrate 2024 International Women in Science Day, the Foundation spoke with four inspiring Kiwi women who are working in respiratory research and te...

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Tackling health literacy one step at a time

9 February, 2024

Ella Guy hopes to develop a device to record respiratory data to ensure access to adequate healthcare for all Kiwis. ...

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The Science of Vaping

19 September, 2023

Learn what we know about vaping from Dr. Kelly Burrowes, as well as some answers to some common vaping questions here....

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My research: digital lungs, using models of lungs to personalise medicine

6 April, 2023

We spoke to Merryn Tawhai, who is Deputy Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, and Kelly Burrowes, who is an Associate Professor at the Ins...

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Wellington Asthma Research Group: Hygiene Hypothesis and Healthy Homes

6 April, 2023

Professor Julian Crane is the director of the Wellington Asthma Research Group at the University of Otago. Julian leads a group of research scientists w...

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Katie Lowles: how cell miscommunication could contribute to fibrosis

28 March, 2023

Katie Lowles is mid-way through her immunology PhD at The University of Manchester. She has spent three months interning at the Asthma and Respiratory ...

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Dervla Braem – Science, maths and creativity

8 February, 2023

Dervla Braem combines her love of science and engineering with practical creativity in her role as a Design and Development Engineer at technology compa...

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Dr Amy Chan – harnessing technology to predict asthma attacks

7 February, 2023

Imagine a future where you wake in the morning and your smart phone beeps with your daily asthma forecast. Senior research fellow Dr Amy Chan is workin...

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Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard – the woman behind the stats

7 February, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered how we know that 1 in 7 New Zealanders has a respiratory disease, or that 350,000 school days were missed due to asthma, then re...

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Cheryl Davies – on a lifelong learning journey

7 February, 2023

After more than two decades of involvement with research, Cheryl Davies still sees herself as an ‘emerging’ researcher. “I’m still on a learning journey...