by nall486 | Nov 29, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Wilson Pan was awarded a grant from The Sir John Logan Campbell Medical Trust. This medical fellowship was established in 2016 to help outstanding early to mid-career researchers further their health and medical studies overseas. In November Wilson attended the...
by nall486 | Nov 29, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Pictured from left: Professional Teaching Fellow Michele O’Hanlon and Part V students During the year, all final-year BOptom students visit the Blind Foundation to perform Low Vision Enhancement examinations, increasing their knowledge, awareness and skills in this...
by nall486 | Nov 29, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
The increased use of LED-based light sources, both in consumer items such as phones and as energy-efficient lighting in homes, has raised the issue of whether the higher levels of blue-light emitted by LED sources have health and environmental implications. In...
by nall486 | Nov 29, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
In November, our school hosted the annual Te Whe visit. The purpose of Te Whe is to raise aspirations, expose rangatahi (young people) to science, Māori role models and potential career choices and to encourage the participation, achievement and retention in the...
by nall486 | Oct 29, 2018 | SOVS Post
Dear Colleagues Welcome to the ninth issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2018. November is a busy month for the school: final exams are underway and significant amounts of marking will be due in a relatively short time-frame. We then look forward to celebrating...
by nall486 | Oct 29, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Tasi Watson recently joined us as a PhD student with Associate Professor Sam Schwarzkopf. Tasi previously studied for his Master’s degree with Will Hayward in Psychology here at the University of Auckland. In his research in SOVS he will investigate the use of eye...