Media mentions

On this page you will find media news reports of NISAN's projects during the last 2 years. For older items please refer to our archived media page.

Valery Feigin and Bala Nair recently visited Vietnam. As well as attending the VinFuture Science Week, they also visited the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.  Their visit was covered by several media outlets, including the following:

Valery Feigin in Vietnam

A recent paper authored by Valery Feigin and the GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factors Collaborators has garnered a lot of media attention. The article is entitled: Global, regional and national burden of stroke and its risk factors 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021". Published in The Lancet Neurology, 23(10), 973-1003, the paper has attracted attention from global media, such as:

Balakrishnan Nair and Michael Kravchenko presented a talk on stroke awareness to 153 members of the Chinese Community at the Sunnynook Community Centre, July 2024.

Rita Krishnamurthi (centre) at the Radio New Zealand studio, 22 March 2024. The investigator team was being interviewed about a new HRC-funded dementia research project: Impact of Dementia mate wareware and Solutions for Equity in Aotearoa (IDEA).

Rita Krishnamurthi (centre) at the Radio New Zealand studio, 22 March 2024. The investigator team was being interviewed about a new HRC-funded dementia research project: Impact of Dementia Mate Wareware and Solutions for Equity in Aotearoa (IDEA).

On 3 March 2024, Rita Krishnamurthi held a consultation meeting “Adapting Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Indians and Chinese in New Zealand” at the Onehunga Community Centre.

Selection of media appearances

Below you will find a small selection of media appearances, selected from >30,000 social media mentions of Prof. Feigin and from >10,000 social mentions of Prof. Krishnamurthi (as of October 2023).

World Stroke Organization– Lancet Neurology Commission

Valery Feigin is a co-chair of a WSO Lancet Neurology Commission on global stroke. The report was launched at the World Stroke Congress in Toronto, Canada on 11 October 2023 and has received significant media attention. This includes coverage in more than 350 international news outlets, including top-tier coverage in:

There was good engagement with the Commission on LinkedIn (this post has an engagement rate of over 5%) and  X/Twitter.

Reception of Prime Minister's Science Prize

The Stroke Riskometer app and PreventS-MD web app

The Global Burden of Disease Study

ARCOS Studies and stroke epidemiology in NZ

Other media mentions

Increasing awareness of TBI

Valery Feigin was interviewed by Moleac at the World Stroke Congress in Singapore, in October 2022. The video is intended to raise awareness about Traumatic Brain Injury and to help patients on their recovery journey.

The video can be found here: https://youtu.be/QPgInOg1aJY

Valery Feigin interviewed by VJNeurology

On 3 November 2022, Valery Feigin was interviewed by VJ Neurology.  These interviews relate to papers presented at the World Stroke Congress 2022.

The Lancet special series highlights innovation

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific and WSO Regional Office for the Western Pacific have created a special series featuring Viewpoints of the WHO Western Pacific Innovation Challenge winners. A special collation of articles that delve into public health innovation was launched on 27 October 2022, during the RCM innovation side event.

The series dates back to November 2021, when an agreement was made between The Lancet and WPRO that the winners of the Innovation Challenge will be invited to submit their viewpoints for the special series. More than 468 entrants showed off their innovative solutions in and for the Western Pacific Region. Based on the five criteria of novelty, scalability, impact, relevance and adaptability, 29 winners were named, including Valery Feigin and the NISAN team.

Valery Feigin's viewpoint can be found here: Digital solutions for primary stroke and cardiovascular disease prevention: A mass individual and public health approach.

WSO webinars

Valery Feigin has appeared in a series of Webinars organised by the World stroke organisation.

WSO hypertension guidance

On 26 August 2021, the World Stroke Organization issued a press release and video featuring Valery Feigin. The World Stroke Organization has welcomed the provision of new global guidance on the management of hypertension. The WHO Guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults provides new recommendations to help countries improve the management of hypertension.

2021 Pacific language week series

This is a new video series in various Pacific languages aiming to bust health myths surrounding stroke. The AUT Pacific Language Weeks project is supported by the Pacific Media Network. The videos are narrated in the Pacific language, with English subtitles. They encourage the use of the free Stroke Riskometer™ mobile app developed by Professor Valery Feigin, Director of NISAN, to assess their individual risk of stroke and undertake efforts to reduce the risk.

Rita Krishnamurthi was interviewed on Radio New Zealand, 12 May 2021:"Pacific language video series highlights key facts about strokes".

Dementia

22 March 2024: Rita Krishnamurthi was interviewed on Radio New Zealand about the new HRC-funded dementia research project: Impact of Dementia mate wareware and Solutions for Equity in Aotearoa: IDEA

March 2024:  Landmark dementia study focuses on ethnic diversity. Rita Krishnamurthi is one of the lead investigators

28 September 2021: The 2021 Dementia Economic Impact Report prepared for Alzheimer's NZ was launched by Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall on 27 September. Rita Krishnamurthi is co-author.

The report was also featured on TVNZ news, and addressed in the Asia Pacific Report of 27 October 2021 under the title: Dementia tsunami by 2050 'likely to hit Pasifika, Māori, Asian communities'. 

Stroke and Stroke Riskometer

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