Research

The Department houses several specialist units, whose main purpose is research. These units are:

• AIDS Epidemiology Group
• Biostatistical Group
  This supplies a statistical service to researchers in health in this area.
• Cancer Epidemiology and Control
• Cancer Society Social & Behavioural Research Unit
  Established in 1990 with core funding from the Cancer Society of New Zealand.  It has worked, mainly, in the priority areas identified for the primary prevention of cancer in New Zealand, in particular, tobacco control, sun protection, and healthy physical activity and nutrition.
• Centre for Health Systems
• Centre for International Health, and the Otago International Health Research Network
• Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit
  The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit conducts the long-running cohort study of approximately 1,000 babies born in Dunedin in 1972-73. The Study members have been assessed at birth, at age three, then every two years up to age 15, and again at age 18, 21 and 26years (1998-99). The age 32 assessments are currently under way (2003-2005). Recent assessments have included a broad range of studies in the psychosocial, behavioural medicine and biomedical research areas. To date nearly 900 publications and reports have been generated from this ongoing study.
• Environmental Health
• Health Promotion
• Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit
• Human Development
• Infectious Diseases (Including Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
• Injury Prevention Research Unit
  The goal of the Injury Prevention Research Unit is to contribute to: reducing the incidence, severity and consequences of injury in New Zealand.
  • The Adolescent Mobility Consortium (AMC)
    The goal of the Adolescent Mobility Consortium is to encourage, develop and support research and interventions that lead to adolescent transportation modal shift from motor vehicles to active and public transport.
    
• National Poisons Centre
  The National Poisons Centre answers inquiries both from health professionals and from the general public concerning acute poisoning and the toxic effects of chemicals which may be encountered in emergencies of any sort.
• New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre
  Previously called CARM, the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre was established in 1965 for the purpose of monitoring adverse reactions occurring in patients to medicines marketed in New Zealand.
• Occupational Health
• Centre for Hauora Māori, Dunedin, and the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit