Visualising the Migration of Leprosy Patients Admitted and Discharged from Makogai, Fiji During the 20th Century
Research leader Wayne Tyson Duration 2017 Project summary This project brings the history of thousands of 20th century leprosy patients to life through data visualisation. A leprosy hospital on the small Fijian island of Makogai operated between 1911 and 1968 under the care of the Sisters of the Society of Mary. Some 4,500 men, women […]
Life-course impact of chronic health conditions: A family and whānau perspective. The impact of chronic disease of elders on the wider family and whānau
Research team Lukáš Marek (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Simon Kingham (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Funding A Better Start – National Science Challenge Duration 2022-2024 Project summary A life-course approach is essential to inform health and wellbeing policies and programmes that make a difference for children, youth, adults and later in life. An understanding […]
Population mobility patterns
Research team Lukáš Marek (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Samuel Hills (Bournemouth University (UK)) Jesse Wiki (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Matt Hobbs (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Malcolm Campbell (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Funding GeoHealth Laboratory/GRI Duration 2023 Project summary This nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand describes the frequency and spatial […]
Cumulative impacts of air pollution exposure on adult physical and mental health
Research team Matt Hobbs (FoH – UoC) Joseph Boden (UoO) Lianne Woodward (UoC) Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll (UoC) Funding HRC Emerging Researcher First Grant Duration 2023-2024 Project summary Air pollution is recognised as a cause of morbidity but its longer-term and cumulative effects on health are less established. In New Zealand, persistent health inequities exist for Māori […]
Generating evidence to improve uptake and equity in maternal immunisation
Research team Matt Hobbs (FoH – UoC) Lukáš Marek (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Peter McIntyre (UoC) Pauline Dawson (UoO) Amber Young (UoO) Esther Willing (UoO) Funding HRC Activation Grant Duration 2023 Project summary Immunisation during pregnancy is a safe and effective way of protecting women and their babies against harmful diseases, both during and […]
Socioeconomic determinants of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Mortality
Research team Andrew Kindon (GeoHealth Lab) Matthew Hobbs (FoH – UoC) Simon Kingham (GRI – UoC) Justin Roake (UoO) Funding HRC clinical research training fellowship Project summary This research uses geospatial technology to spatially identify areas across New Zealand that have excess risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) death in New Zealand, and the associated […]
Life-course impact of chronic health conditions: A family and whānau perspective
Research Team: Phoebe Eggleton (PhD Candidate) Malcolm Campbell (Main supervisor – UoC) Matt Hobbs (Secondary supervisor – UoC) Joseph Boden (Supervisor – Christchurch Health and Development Study) Funding UC Aho Hīnātore | UC Accelerator Scholarship Duration 2022-2024 Project summary The Canterbury (NZ) Earthquake Sequence (2010—2011) is made up of four major earthquakes. This project investigates how […]
Do the environment young people grow up in promote or obstruct mental health? A nationwide geospatial study
Research Team: Lukáš Marek (GRI – UoC) Matthew Hobbs (FoH – UoC) Jesse Wiki (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Funding Cure Kids Duration 2022-2024 Project Summary Mental health is one of the biggest health challenges facing New Zealand. One in four NZ young people will experience a mental health issue before they turn 18 years […]
Nationwide geospatial study of water fluoridation
Research Team: Matthew Hobbs (SoH – UoC) Lukáš Marek (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Mario Puente Sierra (GRI GeoHealth Lab – UoC) Tim Chambers (Ngāi Tahu Research Centre – UoC) Funding Ministry of Health Oral Health Research Fund 2022 Duration of Project 2022-2023 (1.5 years) Project Summary Community water fluoridation (CWF) is a proven way […]
Breaking through the cloud: Vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand
Research TeamIsaac Waterman (GeoHealth Lab intern – UoC)Lukáš Marek (GRI – UoC)Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll (FoH – UoC)Jalal Mohammed (FoH – UoC)Michael Epton (FoH – UoC)Matt Hobbs (FoH – UoC) Funding:HRC Emerging Researcher Duration of Project2023-2024 Summary:Vaping is a relatively new phenomenon that was initially hailed as a promising alternative to smoking. However, the number of non-smokers who have started vaping is […]