Welcome to STaR Centre
Our multi-disciplinary research hub works collaboratively to undertake world class research that improves the outcomes of patients with surgical diseases within Aotearoa, New Zealand and beyond.
Research Platforms
Applied Surgery and Metabolism Laboratory
Surgical Engineering Laboratory
Surgical Trials Unit
Indigenous and Global Surgery Group
About STaR Centre
Latest News and Highlights
$5M HRC programme grant awarded to Professors Windsor, Phillips and team
We are pleased to announce that new devices and drugs to prevent organ failure in critically ill patients will be the target of a $5 million programme grant awarded to STaR Centre researchers by the...
New PEI and PERT course
A new course was launched last week on pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), through the Surgical and Translational Research Centre at the...
Virtual Visiting Professorship In South Africa
This week Professor John Windsor provided a critical review of research projects at a symposium in the Department of Surgery at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Masters and doctoral...
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