An event that may be of interest to our community, hosted by Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA Office of the Associate Dean Pacific.

We support this Manwataki Fatu Fatu study to understand the experiences of Māori who received care from our ambulance staff for heart symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath, racing heart) and/or their whānau. To take part, see manawafatu.org/prehospitalcar… for more information.

Nice schematic of breast cancer risk from pathogenic variants in these genes! #SABCS22

📌 New paper: “Navigating digital inclusion and the digital vā among Niue 🇳🇺 mamatua through the provision of mobile phones during COVID-19” published in AlterNative. Working on open access - watch this space 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11…

Our team would like to congratulate our Community general manager, Amio Matenga Ikihele for being one of the recipients of the 2023 Winston Churchill Fellowship. To read more about her studies click the link below. moanaconnect.co.nz/amio-ikihele-r…

In Tāmaki Makaurau we're very happy to see the sun come out today! Here's a write-up of a writing sprint we ran in late Jan: manawafatu.org/writing-sprint…

Tonight has been the launch of Fofonga for Pacific Research Excellence for Pacific research excellence - a place to share important Pacific research currently being undertaken here at University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau

It's been fabulous being part of this team. Here is our overarching protocol for the Manawataki Fatu Fatu project journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16… Sandra Hanchard Vanessa Selak Matire Harwood Julie Winter-Smith Rochelle Ellison-Lupena

Join us on stand 12 at CSANZ in Auckland’s Aotea Centre from 15 to 17 June to meet some of the amazing Heart Foundation-funded researchers who are investigating ways to improve heart health for all New Zealanders. bit.ly/43zGvTt

The legendary and wonderful #pūtahimanawa researcher Dr Corina Grey delivering her Heart Foundation NZ Lecture at CSANZ NZ CSANZ manawafatu

What evidence have you collected about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how it is implemented in your practice? Step up and ACTUALLY learn Te Tiriti o Waitangi as you have learned your science, your clinical skills in order to truly understand the equity agenda 🔥🔥🔥🔥

New paper alert from manawafatu! How pharmacist-led health services are tailored to minoritized populations, their acceptability and effectiveness: A scoping literature review sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Led by the fabulous Jess Hutchings

Ethnic inequities in incident heart failure hospitalisation have widened in NZ over the past 13 years. Urgent action is required to address development of HF in Māori and Pacific people. New paper co-authored by PIs of manawafatu heart.bmj.com/content/early/…

Congratulations, Mayanna! So well deserved, we are privileged to have you as a collaborator manawafatu

Our AI governance paper published - a long time in getting it here and will now need to be updated for recent advances nature.com/articles/s4174…

Dame Teuila Percival and Fiona Langridge spoke to nzherald about our study. We need to do more to improve housing for families and make services universally welcoming nzherald.co.nz/nz/pacific-bab…

Vape stores clustered around schools and in the most disadvantaged suburbs, Australian study finds. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Utterly reckless.

Please get in touch if you have a paper idea on "heart health literacy" for our Health Literacy & Communication Open article collection - research on helping patients/consumers access, understand & act on cardiovascular or genetic risk factors, diagnosed conditions, prevention & management options.

It was packed for the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Workforce Day, with topics around Indigenous Workforce Development with robust panel discussions Finishing with creative weaving with Aunty Janice Rigney. 🙏 📸 Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD Dr Anna Rolleston