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New Publication: Neurodegenerative diseases in male former rugby players
PhD student, Fran Anns, led a paper on neurodegenerative disease outcomes among former rugby players, supported by senior author and project leader, Steph D’ Souza, COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, and national and international colleagues. This paper received...
VHIN Webinar: Vaccine effectiveness and vaccine safety of herpes zoster vaccination
Our next Virtual Health Information Network webinar takes place on Wednesday 10 September from midday. What: Vaccine effectiveness and vaccine safety of herpes zoster vaccination Who: James Mbinta, School of Health, Victoria University of Wellington When: Wednesday...
PhD Success!
PhD Student Mohammad Shahbaz successfully defended his PhD!! Mohammad’s PhD, “Quality of linked data to assess the long-term outcomes of a neonatal trial” was part of the ANCHOR project, and was supervised by Jane Harding, Greg Gamble, and Barry Milne. Well done,...
New Publication: Pan-Pacific mental health study
Barry Milne worked with colleagues from University of Otago and (formerly) Ministry for Pacific Peoples to produce a paper describing the Tivaivai model for analysis of data in the IDI to understand Pacific mental health. Forrest Samu, K., van der Veer, A., Ruhe,...
New publication: Doing the Bare Minimum to Ease the Suffering of Animals We Choose to Eat
A new article from our Research Associate, Komie. Kolandai, K. (2025). Doing the Bare Minimum to Ease the Suffering of Animals We Choose to Eat: A Critical Examination of the Status Quo on Alternatives to Farrowing Crates. Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research...
Event: Inaugural Lecture
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Barry Milne COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, gave his professorial lecture on August 6, 2025. You can watch the recording below. About the lecture My research career has focused on understanding various aspects of the human...
Publication: Antenatal corticosteroid exposure
COMPASS’s work with collaborators at the Liggins Institute has led to a paper by student, Libby Lord, on outcomes for the grandchildren of women exposed to antenatal corticosteroids. Grandchildren showed no ill-effects of the grandmother’s antenatal corticosteroid...
COMPASS 2025 Colloquium
We are running our 19th annual research colloquium on Friday 26 September 2025, hosted by StatsNZ at 8 Willis Street, Wellington. We have a day of presentations showcasing our research lined up, running from 10:00AM to 2:30PM. Please see the Event Page for...
International Life Course Conference 2025
Ofa Dewes and Stephanie D'Souza attended the International Life Course Conference 2025: A roadmap for the future, hosted by the Life Course Centre in Brisbane, Australia, along with our collaborators at iNZight Analytics, Andrew Sporle and Nicole Satherley....
Project funding: Pathways out of poverty
COMPASS Researchers, Barry Milne and Natalia Boven, were successful with MBIE ‘Smart Ideas’ funding with a project titled, “Pathways out of poverty: removing barriers to upward social mobility”. This project is led by Andrew Sporle at iNZight Analytics and also...