Victoria University of Wellington

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Aotearoa's maternity system found to privilege whiteness

A study undertaken as part of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Whānau Manaaki research program shows that evidence-based medical care is systematically advantaging and privileging outcomes for some women ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Study shows preventability of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes

A study led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher shows more than half of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes linked to women with life-threatening complications in pregnancy could have been prevented.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First NZ study to diagnostically validate COVID-19 saliva testing

Scientists at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have used real-world samples to confirm the 98.7 percent accuracy of a saliva test for COVID-19. This is the first, and currently the only, COVID-19 saliva ...

Neuroscience

Unique insight into babies' cerebral fuel

Newly published research from a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington-led study provides the first reliable data of its kind measuring normal patterns of plasma ketones and lactate levels in healthy babies shortly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Research finds impacts of games psychologically complex

Florian first came to Wellington in 2014, for a trimester abroad from Göttingen University in Germany, and returned several years later to do his doctoral research. "In Germany it is rare that students can choose their own ...

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