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Stunning Win for Deputy Vice-Chancellor This issue 2 Spring Graduation 3 Staff PhDs 4 Aiming high University of Auckland news for staff | Vol 41 | Issue 17| 6 October STUNNING WIN FOR DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR Professor Jane Harding, Deputy Vice- duration, severity and frequency of the oversight and coordination of the project and is Chancellor (Research) has been awarded a hypoglycaemic episodes are all important leading a team of about 25 people. prestigious grant from the United States factors. So the question we’re trying to answer is, “Neonatal hypoglycaemia is an area I’ve National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a when does hypoglycaemia matter?” always been interested in and I think we can project that has global implications for It is very rare for researchers to get direct really make a difference with how we care for reducing brain damage in newborn babies. access to NIH funding outside the US. “You have these babies within five years,” she adds. “And “This is a remarkable achievement, not only to have an argument that says we can caring for them probably means preventing because the NIH rarely funds major projects contribute in a way that North American brain damage.” outside the USA, but also because Professor investigators can’t.” Jane became Deputy Vice-Chancellor Harding is carrying out the duties of the Deputy The project Jane is leading, called the CHYLD (Research) in 2008 and has a chair in Vice-Chancellor while also producing world class Study (Children with Hypoglycaemia and their Neonatology at the Liggins Institute. She is an research,” says the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Later Development), already has a unique international authority on the regulation of fetal Stuart McCutcheon. cohort of nearly 600 children ranging in age growth, placental function, and the treatment Jane received an individual investigator grant from nine months to four and half years old – all and consequences of undernutrition in the from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National of whom were born in Hamilton – and all of womb. The CHYLD project is the largest study Institute of Child Health and Human whose blood glucose concentrations were she has led in her career to date and fits in Development - one of 21 institutes which make monitored continuously over the first few days within the wider research programme of up the NIH - for research which is investigating after their birth. the Liggins Institute’s Fetal and Neonatal the connection between hypoglycaemia in “The NIH recognises that we can do this study Physiology Group, focused on caring for babies newborn babies and subsequent brain damage. better and faster than anyone in the US because in the newborn period to improve their longer As many as 15 percent of newborn babies we have a population already willing to term health. have periods of hypoglycaemia (low blood participate in the study and available for glucose concentrations), which in some cases follow-up.” may lead to brain damage, explains Jane. “At The CHYLD study will be funded over five Photo: Jane and some of her team (left to right, back years to enable teams of investigators to follow row then front): Dr Jane Alsweiler, Dr Chris McKinlay, present we don’t know which babies will suffer Yann Henry, Judith Ansell, Elba Escobar, Dr Nicola the development of the cohort of children. brain damage or what glucose concentrations Anstice, Jenny Rogers Dr Janine Paynter, Prof Jane will trigger the damage. It is likely that the “It’s very exciting,” says Jane who has overall harding, Dr Trecia Wouldes, Ellen Campbell UNIVERSITY NEWS IS PUBLISHED BY Communications and Marketing, Fisher Building,18 Waterloo Quadrant, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142. EMAIL [email protected] www.auckland.ac.nz/universitynews EDITOR Tess Redgrave PHOTOGRAPHY Godfrey Boehnke DESIGN AND PRODUCTION The University of Auckland From the Vice-Chancellor Spring Graduation The University held graduation ceremonies at Business and Economics was the faculty the Auckland Town Hall for the final time awarding the most qualifications with 611 during Spring Graduation. followed by Science (599), Arts (596) and The Aotea Centre, whose greater capacity Education (252). necessitates fewer ceremonies, has been used There were 201 in Engineering, 195 in Medical since 2009 but was required for Rugby World and Health Sciences, 140 in Creative Arts and Cup purposes during September. Industries, 113 in Law and one in Theology. There were six Spring Graduation ceremonies Associate Professor Toni Ashton from the spread over two days (20 and 22 September) School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical From 11 to 18 September I led a delegation of with 2450 graduates receiving a total of 2708 and Health Sciences was the only academic to University of Auckland staff to Canada and the qualifications. These included 124 doctorates. (At receive a Sustained Excellence in Teaching West Coast of the United States to explore Autumn Graduation 6051 students graduated at Award. (see story in the next issue). opportunities for research collaboration and to ten ceremonies.) continue our programme of engagement with alumni and friends. In the course of five days A challenging path we visited four universities – the University of workforce but she had been given a Alberta (Edmonton), University of British gift through the Kate Edger Columbia (Vancouver), University of Charitable Trust scholarship without Washington (Seattle) and University of which she would not have embarked California (Davis). In addition to being leading on an academic path. “KEECT West Coast universities, all are partners of The enabled me to give up the security of University of Auckland through one or more of employment to study fulltime. Staff the international research university networks member Jane Bellamy and the to which we belong. KEECT had put their faith in me, they The purpose of the trip was to develop gave me the encouragement and collaborations, where appropriate, in four key flexibility I needed.” areas – Food, Nutrition and Health (led by The year Sue started at university, Grant Guilford), Indigenous Knowledges her daughter graduated with a BA/ (Charles Royal), Materials Science and LLB(Hons). “I had seen how she had Technology (Debes Bhattacharyya) and Human Three and a half years ago when Sue Nash grown and developed as a person through her Therapeutics (Rod Dunbar). In addition we held enrolled in the University’s New Start time at Auckland. She was my inspiration. Both alumni events in each of the four cities visited programme she had no clear idea of what she my sons were also studying. James left (as well as in Palo Alto) and met with a number wanted to study but she wanted to make a university with a BE(Hons) and today I am of the University’s friends and philanthropic difference. At Spring Graduation Sue graduating with Sam. supporters. Overall it was a very full agenda, graduated with a double major in History and “I was very aware of not compromising my in common with most of the visits of this type Sociology alongside her youngest son Sam sons' experience at university,” says Sue. “It was we undertake, but very productive and a good Nash with a conjoint BA (Political Studies) and their time as much as it was my time. During use of time. BCom (Marketing). the first year I only saw them when they had run Despite the fact that several of the Unfortunately Sue’s journey into academic life out of refill, or credit on their photocopying universities we visited have been subjected to coincided with the family moving from two account, but by my third year Sam and I were savage budget cuts (particularly in the USA), incomes to one income to no income. Her initial studying the same Irish history paper and sitting our delegation was very warmly received and reaction was to give up study and return to the together in tutorials.” there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the development of collaborative research High-achieving partners share law success programmes and student exchanges. Even after recent cuts these universities are well resourced by our standards and they recognise that we have unique capabilities which complement their own. This is true in each of the four key areas represented by our team. In the past weeks the team has met again and we have assembled a list of key opportunities, which we will now discuss further with our partners. If staff would like to know more about the opportunities presented by these relationships they are invited to contact the programme leaders listed above or the tour organiser, Director of Research Management John Smart. Law lecturer (pictured left) Valmaine Toki Not only was her daughter Kiri Toki (Ngāti (Ngāti Wai, Ngati Rehua,Ngā Puhi) had double Wai, Ngā Puhi) capped but also Kiri’s partner cause for family pride at Spring Graduation. Kingi Snelgar (Ngā Puhi, Whakatohea, Te Arawa) 2 6 October 2011 — both with a conjoint BA/LLB(Hons). between them. “Their approach and study courage.” Each came to University holding a 28th Māori methods were very different but The korowai (feather cloak) worn by Kiri is the Battalion Ngarimu VC Scholarship. As well as complementary,” says Valmaine. same korowai which Valmaine and her colleague majoring together in Political Studies for their She is proud of how Kiri coped with the Law Dr Nin Tomas used at their graduations. Kingi's Arts degree the pair took the same elective School’s “competitive and challenging” korowai was specially handmade for him by his papers in Law. environment. “To complete with a BA/LLB (Hons) mother Eliza. “Both are special korowai for Although they had already met the shared is a testament not only to her strength of occasions of celebration and great experience undoubtedly strengthened the bond character but also her academic aptitude and accomplishment,” says Valmaine.
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