Welcome to June's issue of Relevant Research. We would like to invite you to a celebration this month of Dr Linda Robertson's appointment as an Associate Professor. This will be held in our Hub, Forth Street, Dunedin, at 5.30pm on Monday 9 July. You can find out more and register for this event here.

Prof. Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies

Contents

Food Design Conference 2016

We are what we eat

by Lesley Brook

Ron Bull's research explores how practices around food articulate cultural identity.

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Communication Design students working on The Chills exhibition

"Things Change"

by Shane Gilchrist

A group of Otago Polytechnic Communication Design students have been tuning into the kaleidoscopic world of Dunedin band The Chills in recent weeks.

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More Moeraki Boulders

Rural health

by Lesley Brook

Nursing students suggest how a rural community could improve its access to health services.

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Is your multibox a fire hazard?

by Lesley Brook

Lindon Keith's research project confirmed that imported multiboxes can overheat even when not overloaded.

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One of the Steady As You Go groups

Reasons for success

by Lesley Brook and Linda Robertson

What makes community peer-led exercise groups successful?

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Exchanging information

by Lesley Brook

This year's Audacious Business Plan competition was won by a team of four Otago Polytechnic students.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE)

Breathe easy, at home

by Lesley Brook

How might New Zealand reduce hospitalisations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

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Designing icons

by Lesley Brook

One of our art students has contributed to development of a new marketing brand.

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