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
MBIE Smart Ideas grant
Anthony Phillips and team have been awarded an MBIE ‘Smart Ideas’ grant to improve the way people are given enteral feeding.
Re-purposed drug therapy to reduce lung injury due to prolonged mechanical ventilation in Covid-19 patients.
This study will provide key initial experimental data for this indication and will support a decision to re-manufacture the drug and use it in a Covid-19 clinical trial.
Helping set the research agenda in lymphatic research
Anthony Phillips and John Windsor were invited to give presentations and participate in the Research Consensus Panel sponsored by the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation on the topic of...
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