Victoria University of Wellington PhD student receives scholarship for fertility research
Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Matire Ward hopes a new scholarship will assist her goal of becoming a leading reproductive health researcher and one of the few Māori women in the field.
Matire (Ngāpuhi iwi; Te Matarahurahu hapū; Te Kotahitanga marae) has received a Māori Health Research PhD Scholarship valued at $113,791, a part of the Health Research Council of New Zealand 2019 Career Development Award. Working under Dr Janet Pitman, her research will investigate improvements to the fertility treatment, in vitro maturation (IVM).
In addition to her research, Matire aims to have conversations with Māori about the use of fertility treatments and how her research might mitigate commonly-held concerns about fertility treatments.
Read the full story about Matire's research on the Faculty of Science News page.