-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Liliani 'Atiola
The University of Auckland
How Food Policy Awards impact Healthy Village Action Zone (HVAZ) Churches
$5,000
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Haxby Abbott
University of Otago
Decreasing pain, disability, waiting lists and costs of osteoarthritis
$646,762
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Haxby Abbott
University of Otago
Economic analysis of physiotherapy care to reduce costs of osteoarthritis
$134,565
12 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Haxby Abbott
University of Otago
Optimising cost-effectiveness in the management of osteoarthritis
$500,000
51 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Cliff Abraham
University of Otago
Cognitive decline during aging and Alzheimer's: Biomarkers & therapeutic targets
$4,479,233
60 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Istvan Abraham
University of Otago, Dunedin
ANGELS as a Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
$782,886
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Wickliffe Abraham
University of Otago
Mechanisms of secreted amyloid precursor protein regulation of synaptic plasticity
$1,024,344
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr David Ackerley
Victoria Link Limited
The role of quinone oxidoreuctases in virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
$131,000
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Monica Acosta
The University of Auckland
Studying eye diseases of Māori, Pacific and the elderly using animal models
$150,000
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Ms Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd
Te Tomokanga: a model for facilitating bicultural health policy and programme development
$350,000
18 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Philip Ainslie
University of Otago
Effects of physical activity on blood flow to the brain in young and old humans
$150,000
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Zarah Allport
The University of Auckland
Māori housing-related potentially avoidable hospitalisations in Waitemata DHB
$5,000
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Shanthi Ameratunga
The University of Auckland
Determinants of life-threatening injuries among young and middle-aged adults
$789,352
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Shanthi Ameratunga
The University of Auckland
M-health Delivery for Reducing Alcohol in the Trauma Environment (MoDeRATE) Trial
$1,185,265
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robert Anderson
The University of Auckland
Potent Reactive Radicals as Hypoxia-Selective Cytotoxins for Cancer Treatment
$1,194,225
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robert Anderson
The University of Auckland
Prodrug release of kinase inhibitors in cancer therapy
$719,625
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robert Anderson
The University of Auckland
Free radical studies and disease
$1,405,446
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Vickery Arcus
University of Waikato
The role of the toxin-antitoxin repertoire in pathogen survival and persistence
$843,987
36 months
-
2012 Research Exploring the Health Implications of the Canterbury Earthquake
Professor Michael Ardagh
Canterbury District Health Board
Earthquake Database Establishment and Analysis
$119,575
18 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Bruce Arroll
The University of Auckland
Trial of a NZ developed screening questionnaire compared with a standard screen
$581,755
19 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Armaz Aschrafi
Massey University
In search of the molecular basis of mental retardation
$138,350
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Clive Aspin
University of Waikato
Monitoring sexually transmitted infections among Māori in the Bay of Plenty
$144,267
12 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Trainng Fellowship
Dr Katinka Bach
The University of Auckland
The role of shear stress during artificial ventilation on preterm lung injury
$216,000
36
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Thomas Backstrom
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Inhibition of autoimmune diseases by superantigen-peptide conjugates
$923,425
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship
Dr David Baddeley
The University of Auckland
The nanostructure and organisation of cellular signalling domains
$500,000
4 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Andrew Bahn
University of Otago, Dunedin
Translational control of urate transporters via microRNAs
$149,884
36 months
-
2011 Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery
Robyn Bailey
Evaluation Works Ltd in partnership with Kapiti Youth Support
How do we know what we're doing works? Evaluating Kapiti Youth Support
$192,000
18 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - PhD Scholarship in Māori Health Research
Maria Baker
Massey University
A Māori centred grounded theory study of Māori with addiction and related problems
$85,050
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Edward Baker
The University of Auckland
Structural and molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions
$1,496,780
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Edward Baker
The University of Auckland
A targeted application of structural genomics to TB biology and drug development
$1,375,181
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Aust. Research Collaborative
Michael Baker
University of Otago
Housing and health research programme
$3,975
3 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Ms Mere Balzer
Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa Charitable Trust
Whanau Māori & mental health: Snapshots of strengths, resilience & recovery
$132,483
18 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Augusto Barbosa
The University of Auckland
The Outcomes of Lactobacillus and Trichomonas vaginalis Interaction
$145,200
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Suzanne Barker-Collo
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Reducing post-stroke attention deficits: Extending a randomised controlled trial
$60,000
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Suzanne Barker-Collo
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Reducing post-stroke attention deficits: a randomised controlled trial
$479,032
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Dr Carolyn Barrett
The University of Auckland
Measuring sympathetic nerve activity
$500,000
60
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Lesley Batten
Massey University
EGFR testing for Māori patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
$143,868
12 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Pharmacotherapy for the different phenotypes of airways disease
$1,200,000
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
A randomised placebo-controlled trial of paracetamol use in influenza
$747,053
18 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
RCT of regular paracetamol in mild to moderate asthma
$342,220
24 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington
Randomised Placebo-controlled Trial of Paracetamol in Febrile Septic Patients
$1,197,966
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
The Real Life Use of Symbicort "Smart" Regime in Adult Asthma
$1,302,654
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Richard Beasley
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Bronchodilator efficacy of inhaled magnesium in acute severe asthma and COPD
$1,120,318
24 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Evan Begg
University of Otago, Christchurch
Free drug metabolic clearance in older adults
$326,366
24 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Dorothy Begg
University of Otago, Dunedin
Programme Extension | Preventing injury and reducing subsequent disability outcomes
$4,353,633
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Laura Bennet
The University of Auckland
Can Pluripotent Amnion Epithelial Cells help the Injured Preterm Brain?
$1,154,402
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Simon Bennett
Massey University, Wellington
Cognitive behavioural therapy for depression with Maori tangata whaiora
$191,858
39
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Jackie Benschop
Massey University
Leptospirosis in New Zealand: diagnostics, strain typing and transmission
$148,000
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Associate Professor David Bilkey
University of Otago, Dunedin
Hippocampal processing of context in schizophrenia
$796,117
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr David Bilkey
University of Otago
Hippocampal processing of context in schizophrenia
$415,008
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Peter Black
The University of Auckland
The effect of an inhaler with ringtones on asthma control and school attendance
$428,355
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Peter Black
The University of Auckland
Randomised, controlled trial of the mediterranean diet for asthma - a feasibility study
$149,394
12 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Tony Blakely
University of Otago
Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness Programme
$4,996,275
60 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Tony Blakely
University of Otago
Cancer trends: Ethnic and socio-economic trends in cancer incidence and survival
$924,356
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Tony Blakely
University of Otago, Wellington
Programme Extension | Health Inequalities Research Programme (HIRP)
$4,310,406
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Francis Bloomfield
The University of Auckland
Perinatal Care and its Long-Term Consequences
$2,504,660
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Francis Bloomfield
The University of Auckland
Periconceptional regulation of fetal growth and adult physiology: studies in twins
$682,734
24 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Joseph Boden
University of Otago
Alcohol and antisocial behaviour: Findings in two birth cohorts
$868,766
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - DPPMa
Pauline Boland
University of Otago
Resiliency and multiple sclerosis - individuals and carers - a qualitative investigation
$17,820
12 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Mark Bolland
The University of Auckland
Effect of calcium supplements on cardiovascular events and other health outcomes
$400,000
48 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Ms Belinda Borell
Massey University
Conferred privilege and structural advantage - the health implications
$852,482
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Amohia Boulton
Te Maruo Ruahine Trust/Whakauae Research for Maori Health & Development
Supporting Traditional Rongoa Practice in Contemporary Health Care Settings
$1,023,301
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Antony Braithwaite
University of Otago
Can isoforms of the p53 tumour suppressor cause cancer?
$1,158,492
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Antony Braithwaite
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Therapeutics and diagnostic markers of cancer: From bench to clinic
$2,640,067
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Elizabeth Broadbent
The University of Auckland
A trial on the effects of psychological preparation for surgery on wound healing
$139,830
24 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Colin Brown
University of Otago
Kisspeptin-oxytocin regulation of pregnancy: implications for preterm delivery
$709,665
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Rachel Brown
University of Otago, Dunedin
Nuts for LIFE (Lipids, InFlammation, Endothelial)
$143,207
24 months
-
2011 Research Tūranga
Associate Professor Christopher Bullen
Auckland Uniservices Ltd, The University of Auckland
The grand challenge: Innovative research to halve smoking prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand
$5,000,000
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Christopher Bullen
The University of Auckland
Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial
$1,199,155
36 months
-
2010 Ethics Summer Studentship 2010
Stephanie Burcher
The University of Auckland
Performance of the Northern X Ethics Committee
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Anthony Butler
University of Canterbury
Eigenimage Processing of frontal chest radiographs
$79,128
12
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Winston Byblow
The University of Auckland
Priming to enhance rehabilitation after stroke
$812,955
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Catherine Byrnes
The University of Auckland
Interventional study on bronchiectasis in indigenous children
$555,895
30 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Rebecca Campbell
University of Otago, Dunedin
Understanding the Neuroendocrine Abnormalities of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
$650,735
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Mark Cannell
The University of Auckland
Structure and function in failing heart
$4,790,732
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Rosalind Case
University of Waikato
The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on School Functioning in Children aged 5-11 Years
$250,000
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Sally Casswell
Massey University
The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others
$853,355
24 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Sally Casswell
Massey University
Measuring impacts of alcohol marketing on young New Zealanders
$1,016,111
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Kerry Chamberlain
Massey University
Medications in everyday life: Understandings and social practices
$984,211
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Stephen Chambers
University of Otago
Evaluation of a novel breath test for tuberculosis
$593,993
18 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Stephen Chambers
University of Otago
Breath test for aspergillus: role of 2-pentylfuran
$645,850
24 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Chris Charles
University of Otago
Sympathoinhibitory hormone Urocortin 2: Beneficial effects in cardiac injury?
$1,057,693
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Dr Melanie Cheung
The University of Auckland
Molecular studies of human neurodegenerative disease
$100,234
49
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Eru Pomare Fellowship
Melanie Cheung
University of Waikato
Tangata-centred Huntington's disease research: Partnership between Indigenous community and biomedical science
$305,780
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Nathaniel Chiang
The University of Auckland
Infra-inguinal bypass surgery: tissue oxygenation and wound healing
$163,849
24 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Paul Chin
University of Otago
Determining drug clearance for clinically applicable dosing individualisation
$166,667
2 years
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Rangahau Hauora Awards
Josephine Church
The Cardiac Clinic (Tauranga)
A Kaupapa Māori approach to cardiac risk reduction
$12,000
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Trevor Clark
Massey University
What Has Sport Got to do With Health?
$105,673
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Andrew Clarkson
University of Otago, Dunedin
Sonic Hedgehog Facilitates Post-Stroke Axonal Sprouting and Function Recovery
$880,407
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Andrew Clarkson
University of Otago
Tuning post-stroke cortical excitability: implications for learning and memory
$500,000
48 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Mr Bevan Clayton-Smith
Massey University
Older Māori and medication: management, regulation and facilitation
$120,519
24 months
-
2011 Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery
Professor Sunny Collings
University of Otago, Wellington, in partnership with Valley Primary Health Organisation and Hutt Valley DHB
Found in translation: implementing a tool for primary mental health development
$199,249
18 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Sunny Collings
University of Otago, Wellington
The Nature and Extent of Informal Coercion in Community Mental Health in New Zealand
$1,884,065
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Sunny Collings
University of Otago, Wellington
Ultra-brief intervention for common mental health syndromes in primary care
$148,767
12 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Adelaide Collins
Māori Development Research Centre
Māori with disabilities and their whanau navigating complex support systems
$100,000
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Lesley Collins
Massey University
Eukaryotic Signature Proteins - Guides to modern eukaryotic parasites
$132,000
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Martin Connolly
The University of Auckland
Aged Residential Care Healthcare Utilization Study
$1,121,406
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Garth Cooper
The University of Auckland
Adiponectin: Molecular analysis to underpin therapeutic applications
$1,658,677
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Garth Cooper
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Targeting Type-2 Diabetes
$3,402,018
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Erana Cooper
The University of Auckland
A best practice package: early intervention for whanau violence
$229,575
37 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Jessica Costa
The University of Auckland
Analysis of mice lacking neuroendocrine peptide a-melanocyte stimulating hormone
$116,270
24 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Brian Cox
University of Otago, Dunedin
Comparative Effectiveness Research: One-off Sigmoidoscopy or iFOBT Screening
$666,038
20 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Julian Crane
University of Otago, Wellington
Nicotine inhaler plus patch in smoking cessation
$1,353,242
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Julian Crane
University of Otago, Wellington
Zonnic (oral nicotine) and nicotine patch in smoking cessation
$1,116,305
24 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Julian Crane
University of Otago
A pilot study for a national environmental intervention in childhood asthma
$304,235
12 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Janet Crawford
Victoria University of Wellington
Premature loss of oocytes leads to ovarian disorder and carcinomas
$148,000
36 months
-
2011 Māori Health Literacy and Palliative Care
Dr Sue Crengle
Auckland UniServices Ltd, The University of Auckland
Palliative care, health literacy, Māori communities and health services
$290,002
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Marie Crowe
University of Otago, Christchurch
A Randomised Clinical Effectiveness Trial of a Bipolar Disorder Clinic
$1,189,961
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Girdler's
Frances Crowe
Health Research Council of New Zealand
Fat and prostate cancer in the European prospective investigation into Cancer and nutrition
$180,000
24 months
-
2010 Ethics Summer Studentship
Rose Culy
AUT University
Cervical spine manipulation, a procedure with a rare but potentially dangerous adverse reaction: Exploring the ethical dimensions
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Jacqueline Cumming
Victoria University of Wellington
Improving health system performance: an economic analysis of primary care reform
$522,913
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Jacqueline Cumming
Victoria Link Limited
Equity, variation and convergence in surgeons' clinical judgements of priority
$1,093,031
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Wayne Cutfield
The University of Auckland
Assessment of pituitary function following traumatic brain injury in infancy
$616,770
24 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Amanda D'Souza
University of Otago
Healthy public policy for children in New Zealand: Overcoming the obstacles
$250,000
4 years
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Andrew Davis
University of Otago
Geographical access to medicines in Te Tairawhiti
$5,000
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Peter Davis
The University of Auckland
Improving health systems performance: enhancing hopsital outcomes
$1,727,442
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Catherine Day
University of Otago, Dunedin
Uncovering how inhibitor of apoptosis proteins regulate cell survival
$991,988
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Foxley
Louise Delany
University of Otago
Public Health Law in New Zealand
$80,000
9 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor William Denny
The University of Auckland
Dual activation of anticancer prodrugs by hypoxia and reductase-armed adenovirus
$1,150,069
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Paul Donaldson
The University of Auckland
Diabetic lens cataract: a problem with cell volume regulation
$1,302,476
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Jeroen Douwes
Massey University, Wellington
Building Research in Occupational Health in New Zealand (BROHNZ)
$2,812,901
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Jeroen Douwes
Massey University
Programme Extension | Building Research in Occupational Health in New Zealand (BROHNZ)
$2,812,901
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Susan Dovey
University of Otago, Dunedin
Patient Safety in New Zealand General Practices: Records Review Study
$149,276
12 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Tony Dowell
University of Otago, Wellington
Understanding diabetes management: tracking communication in primary care
$1,125,164
24 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Girdler's
Megan Dowie
Health Research Council of New Zealand
A novel approach to neurodegenerative disorders
$180,000
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Michael Dragunow
The University of Auckland
Neurodegeneration in the Human Brain - Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
$4,467,504
60 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Margaret Dudley
University of Waikato
Impact of attention process training on attention in early recovery from stroke
$150,269
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Rod Dunbar
The University of Auckland
Antigen presentation to T cells in human lymph nodes
$991,603
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Rod Dunbar
The University of Auckland
Targeting vaccines to human antigen-presenting cells with synthetic glycopeptides
$1,104,583
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Anita Dunbier
University of Otago
Investigation of genes involved in breast cancer susceptibility and response to therapy
$500,000
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Scott Duncan
AUT University
Healthy Homework: A physical activity and nutrition intervention for children
$1,187,412
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Mr Scott Duncan
AUT University
Healthy Homework: A physical activity and nutrition intervention for children
$142,681
12 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Mason Durie
Massey University
Programme Extension | Te Pumanawa Hauora
$2,345,384
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Masters Scholarship in Māori Health Research
Tui Edwards
AUT University
Optimising Māori women's breastfeeding
$17,600
-
2007 Funding Round
Mr William Edwards
Massey University
Oranga Kaumatua - Taranaki
$47,627
24 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Hohua Tutengaehe Fellowship
William Edwards
Massey University
Health research and services: Localising the interface between Matauranga Māori and Science
$388,626
40 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Massey University
Māori and Cancer - the Role of Primary Care
$574,465
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Massey University
Inequalities in cervical cancer survival in New Zealand
$665,198
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Massey University
Stomach cancer in Māori
$951,381
60 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Massey University
Understanding the determinants of inequalities in breast cancer survival
$1,004,153
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Daniel Exeter
The University of Auckland
Immunisation disparities and vaccine-preventable diseases in New Zealand
$133,004
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Sally Eyers
University of Otago
Effect of regular paracetamol on asthma control in mild to moderate asthma
$255,930
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Ausaga Faaselele Tanuvasa
Victoria University of Wellington
Exploring Samoan women's attitudes towrads antenatal and midwifery care
$303,331
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Joanna Fadyl
AUT University
Engagement with paid work after neurological injury in urban Aotearoa/NZ
$105,370
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Karen Falloon
The University of Auckland
Randomised controlled trial to study the effectiveness of sleep restriction compared to sleep hygiene in the treatment of Primary Insomnia in a Primary Care setting
$250,000
45 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Richard Faull
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Neurogenesis and neurodegenerative disorders of the human brain
$3,381,503
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Valery Feigin
AUT University
ARCOS IV: measuring and reducing the stroke burden in New Zealand
$4,942,311
60 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Valery Feigin
AUT University
Extension to the Traumatic Brain Injury Burden in New Zealand Study
$345,465
14 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Valery Feigin
AUT University
Traumatic brain injury burden in NZ: a population-based incidence & outcomes
$2,366,538
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Valery Feigin
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Long-term functional and neuropsychological outcomes after stroke in New Zealand
$1,015,021
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Peter Ferguson
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Novel magnetic nanoparticles as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging
$103,144
16 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor David Fergusson
University of Otago, Christchurch
The Christchurch Health and Development Study - Birth to 35 years
$3,914,157
60 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor David Fergusson
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Longitudinal studies of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
$3,789,499
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Justin Fernandez
The University of Auckland
Can Low Dose Fluoride Therapy Increase Bone Strength in Osteoporosis?
$139,100
36 months
-
2011 Cancer Research Partnership
Professor Michael Findlay
Auckland UniServices Limited, The University of Auckland
An Internal Examination of Colorectal Cancer Management in New Zealand
$1,000,000
35 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Jonathan Foo
University of Otago
Studies in the resolution of diabetes by gastric bypass surgery
$255,930
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Elizabeth Forbes
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
New strategies for the treatment and prevention of food allergy
$150,000
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Ms Lyndie Foster Page
University of Otago, Dunedin
A Novel Approach to Caries Management in New Zealand Children
$146,826
12 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor John Fraser
The University of Auckland
Microbial Virulence and Pathogenesis
$3,236,642
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor John Fraser
The University of Auckland
The role of superantigen-like toxins in staphylococcal disease
$1,283,262
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - DPPMa
Claire Freeman
University of Otago
Experiences of intimacy in acute spinal cord rehabilitation
$18,400
24 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Postgraduate Scholarship
Nite Fuamatu
Massey University, Albany
Samoans and Disability study
$101,550
36
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Philippa Gander
Massey University, Wellington
Can Reinforcing the Circadian Clock Improve the Sleep of Alzheimers Patients?
$146,717
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Edward Gane
Auckland District Health Board
Can Better Surveillance Prevent Liver Cancer and Death in Maori with Chronic HBV
$964,393
30 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
Lily George
Massey University
Nga ara hou: New pathways toward whanau ora for incarcerated Māori women
$293,948
36 months
-
2009 Whanau Ora Research Partnership
Dr Heather Gifford
Whakauae Research Services (Te Maru o Ruahine Trust)
Facilitating whanau resilience through Māori primary health intervention
$349,734
24 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Colin Gladstone
University of Canterbury
Self-determination and disabled students in the transition from school to adulthood
$48,667
27 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Elspeth Gold
University of Otago, Dunedin
Role of activin C in prostate disease
$953,695
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Ms Delvina Gorton
The University of Auckland
The effects of a school breakfast programme on school achievement and nutrition
$810,753
24 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Scott Graham
The University of Auckland
Are CB2 receptors a potential therapeutic target for neuroinflammatory diseases in humans?
$500,000
48 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Foxley
Frances Graham
University of Canterbury
Assessing climate change, health & adapting service demand: effects of extreme heat, ChCh, NZ
$80,000
9 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Rebecca Grainger
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Immune inflammation in neutrophilic disease: A study of Gouty Arthritis
$195,423
36
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Cameron Grant
The University of Auckland
Randomised placebo controlled study of vitamin D during pregnancy and infancy
$958,341
30 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor David Grattan
University of Otago, Dunedin
Mechanisms of hyperprolactinemia-induced infertility
$949,105
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Kelly Gray
AUT University
The use of rongoa in contemporary physiotherapy practise: An exploratory study
$5,000
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Patricia Grogan
AUT University
Indigenous women, problem gambling and the care of their children: A literature review
$5,000
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Parry Guilford
University of Otago, Dunedin
Synthetic lethal Targeting of the Tumour Suppressor Gene CDH1 in Common Cancers
$1,080,001
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Parry Guilford
University of Otago, Dunedin
Single Cell RNA Profiling for the Early Detection of Urological Cancers
$820,303
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Alistair Gunn
The University of Auckland
Pathogenesis, detection and treatment of perinatal brain injury
$2,625,614
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Alistair Gunn
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Pathogenesis, detection and treatment of perinatal brain injury
$3,581,134
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Jason Gurney
The University of Auckland
Can an exercise and footwear intervention improve the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy?
$102,550
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Leigh Hale
University of Otago, Dunedin
Prevention of Falls for Adults with Intellectual Disability (PROFAID)
$143,062
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Richard Hall
Institute of Environmental Science Research Limited
Hunting the Silent Majority: Unknown Viruses in Human Gastrointestinal Disease
$150,000
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Alayne Hall
AUT University
Parenting patterns of Māori women who have experienced domestic violence trauma
$113,050
52 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Mark Hampton
University of Otago, Christchurch
Peroxiredoxins in antioxidant defence and cell signalling
$1,520,054
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Hye-won Han
The University of Auckland
Pharmacological determinants of oxaliplatin neurotoxicity in cancer patients
$250,000
3 years
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Robert Hancox
University of Otago, Dunedin
The Dunedin Next Generation Studies
$1,850,398
60 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Christopher Hann
University of Canterbury
Model-based cardiac diagnosis and therapy in critical care
$500,000
48 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Occupational Health Research
Helen Harcombe
University of Otago
Cross cultural survey of musculoskeletal disorders and causes of disability
$13,080
24 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Jane Harding
The University of Auckland
Neonatal Hypoglycaemia: How do we know how low is too low?
$1,061,608
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Jane Harding
The University of Auckland
Childhood outcomes after exposure to repeat doses of antenatal corticosteriods
$898,510
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Ricci Harris
University of Otago
Racism as a health determinant: implications for Māori health and inequalities
$600,032
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Jeff Harrison
The University of Auckland
Systematic CVD risk screening with and without electronic decision support in CVD management
$147,139
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Joanne Harvey
Victoria University of Wellington
Analogues of Zampanolide: Design, Synthesis and Anti-Cancer Activity
$126,600
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Claire Heppenstall
University of Otago
Maintaining independence: predicting and preventing residential home care
$245,962
46 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Allan Herbison
University of Otago, Dunedin
Understanding Kisspeptin Neurons
$1,002,385
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Allan Herbison
University of Otago
Calcium oscillations in GnRH neurons
$1,084,086
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Allan Herbison
University of Otago
Neuroendocrine regulation of fertility
$1,929,358
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Allan Herbison
University of Otago, Dunedin
Programme Extension | Neuroendocrine regulation of fertility
$3,242,207
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Ian Hermans
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Vaccine-based immunotherapy of cancer
$4,508,186
60 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Ian Hermans
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Mechanisms of induction of anti-tumour immune responses by dendritic cells
$933,049
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Ian Hermans
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Increasing the potency of dendritic cell based vaccines for treatment of cancer
$562,623
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Merilyn Hibma
University of Otago
Regulation of host defences in the skin by a tumour-causing virus
$981,217
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Nancy Higgins
Ngāti Kāpo O Aotearoa Inc
Growing up kapo Māori: Accessing paediatric opthalmology services
$501,216
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Nancy Higgins
Donald Beasley Institute
Working in intellectual disability services: Staff retention and turnover
$1,137,610
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Nancy Higgins
Donald Beasley Institute
Growing up kapo Māori: Whanau, identity, cultural well-being and health
$389,589
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Janet Hoek
University of Otago, Dunedin
Evaluating branding and plain packaging: Implications for tobacco control
$740,727
36 months
-
2011 Cancer Research Partnership
Dr Maureen Holdaway
Massey University, Palmerston North
Culturally appropriate end of life care for Māori
$803,763
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Jade Hollis-Moffatt
University of Otago, Dunedin
Understanding the genetic basis of hyperuricemia in Te Tairawhiti, New Zealand
$137,707
18 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Cheri Hoti
The University of Auckland
DEFEND study - DElay Future End stage Nephropathy due to Diabetes
$106,000
18
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman
University of Otago, Wellington
He Kainga Oranga/Community Healthy Housing Intervention Research Programme
$2,966,584
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Mr Maui Hudson
Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd
Nga Tohu o te Ora: traditional Māori wellness outcome measures
$699,370
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Martin Hunn
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Improving immunotherapy for high grade glioma
$166,667
24 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Peter J Hunter
The University of Auckland
Cardiac structure and function: a bioengineering analysis
$3,546,836
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Peter Hunter
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Cardiac structure and function: a bioengineering analysis
$4,131,519
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Jessica Hutchings
Massey University, Wellington
Hauora practice led frameworks for health related new technologies.
$256,063
36
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Brian I Hyland
University of Otago
Neurophysiological basis of a novel drug treatment for Parkinson's disease
$889,668
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Ms Louise Ihimaera
Massey University
Māor Whanau participation in mental health service delivery
$114,497
24 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Louise Ihimaera
Massey University
Development of framework to assess dual competency in mental health
$96,011
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Tristram Ingham
University of Otago, Wellington
Whiti Te Ra: The Contribution of Housing Conditions to Bronchiolitis Disparities
$1,157,725
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Tristram Ingham
University of Otago
Whiti Te Ra: Bronchiolitis Disparities among Māori and Pacific Children
$1,146,720
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr John Irvine
University of Otago, Christchurch
Genes of the renin-angiotensin system: risk factors for renal impairment and heart disease
$221,080
36
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Sharleen Irvine
University of Otago
Tissue Repair Scaffold
$106,150
49 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Rodney Jackson
The University of Auckland
Vascular Informatics using Epidemiology and the Web (VIEW)
$4,939,449
60 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Stephen Jamieson
The University of Auckland
Small Molecule Inhibitors of AKR1C3 in Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
$148,231
24 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori Master Scholarship
Diana Johnson
University of Waikato
Why are mental health services failing Māori homeless?
$16,066
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Rhys Jones
The University of Auckland
Marae Food Gardens: Health and Wellbeing through the Urban Marae in Tamaki Makaurau
$1,165,597
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Rhiannon Jones
University of Otago
Racism and its link with body size
$5,000
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Peter Jones
Auckland District Health Board
Implementing performance improvement in New Zealand Emergency Departments: the six hour time target policy
$1,138,171
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Stuart Jones
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Pregnancy Hypertension
$147,466
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Ms Bernadette Jones
University of Otago
Pukapuka Hauora: Parents knowledge of preventing and treating their child's asthma
$624,415
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Peter Joyce
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Mental health clinical research
$3,345,053
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Reena Kainamu
The University of Auckland
Whanau ora: Māori motherhood, cultural identity and mental wellbeing
$107,602
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Tai Kake
Victoria University of Wellington
Mental health and substance abuse disorders among Rangatahi Māori offenders
$149,999
12 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Roslyn Kemp
University of Otago, Dunedin
T cell mediated regulation of colorectal cancer immune responses
$133,413
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Martin Kennedy
University of Otago
Pharmacogenomics of antidepressant drugs
$682,555
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Aust. Research Collaborative
Martin Kennedy
University of Otago
Genetics of complex disease
$1,500
12 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Rangahau Hauora
Stephen Kenny
Health Research Council of New Zealand
Porirua Harbour and the relationship to tangata whenua - Working towards a healthy built environment
$11,873
13 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Ngaire Kerse
The University of Auckland
Life and Living in Advanced age: a Cohort study in New Zealand, (LILACS NZ): Waves 2 and 3
$1,200,000
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Ngaire Kerse
The University of Auckland
Maximising health for older people - a multidisciplinary approach
$2,675,813
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Ngaire Kerse
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Maximising health for older people
$4,686,522
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Pita King
University of Waikato
Māori conceptions of health in intimate relationships: An exploration of health and intimacy
$5,000
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Bronwyn Kivell
Victoria University of Wellington
Investigating Novel Compounds to Prevent Addiction
$145,659
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Jane Koziol-McLain
AUT University
Internet-based Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Abused Women
$1,187,960
60 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Jeremy Krebs
University of Otago
Diabetes excess weight loss (DEWL) trial: High protein vs low fat diets
$1,461,278
36 months
-
2012 Research Exploring the Health Implications of the Canterbury Earthquake
Dr Cameron Lacey
University of Otago, Christchurch
Psychological Stress and Genetic Associations with Stress Cardiomyopathy
$104,918
12 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor John Langley
University of Otago
Preventing injury and reducing subsequent disability outcomes
$1,980,543
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Elisa Lavelle
AUT University
Developing strategies to better meet the needs of partners of people with brain injury
$108,027
36 months
-
2011 Cancer Research Partnership
Professor Ross Lawrenson
Waikato Clinical School, The University of Auckland
The costs and complications of screening for prostate cancer
$898,500
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Beverley Lawton
University of Otago
Addressing barriers to care for young pregnant Māori women and their infants
$1,199,936
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Beverley Lawton
University of Otago, Wellington
Wahine hauora: reducing barriers to care for pregnant mums and their whanau
$1,179,945
48 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Beverley Lawton
University of Otago, Wellington
Wāhine Hauora-Inequalities in uterine cancer: exploring the pre-diagnosis gap
$707,474
30 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Graham Le Gros
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Food Allergen Sensitisation
$1,186,852
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Graham Le Gros
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Novel vaccine approaches for protecting against helminth parasites
$1,199,319
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Graham Le Gros
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Candidate Cytokines involved in Allergic Airway disease
$1,029,696
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Wai Gin Lee
The University of Auckland
RCT of beta-blockers to reduce energy expenditure and improve nutrition in cirrhosis
$245,962
42 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Daniel Lemanu
The University of Auckland
The Role of Community-Based Prehabilitation in Bariatric Surgery
$166,667
2 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Diana Lennon
The University of Auckland
Can we reduce Māori and Pacific School children's hospitalisations to Pakeha rates?
$149,883
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr William Levack
University of Otago, Wellington
Pulmonary Wii-habilitation: a Pilot Study
$81,686
18 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Rebbecca Lilley
University of Otago, Dunedin
Feasibility of a national study of worker's exposure to health and safety risks
$65,966
12 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Julie Lim
The University of Auckland
Antioxidant strategies to prevent eye disease: is the lens a glutathione reservoir?
$500,000
54 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Thomas Lintern
The University of Auckland
Investigation into Soft Tissue Damage of Infants During Shaking Associated with Child Abuse
$104,737
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Judith Littleton
The University of Auckland
Transnationalism in Pacific health through the lens of TB
$1,411,510
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Denis Loiselle
The University of Auckland
Energetics of the Diabetic Heart
$1,009,179
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Ian Longley
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
Exposure Assessment using Carboxyhaemoglobin as a biomarker for Traffic emissions
$147,481
12 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Benjamin Loveday
The University of Auckland
The role of lymphatics in severe pancreatitis: anatomy, physiology and therapy
$237,884
42 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Rangahau Hauora Award
Jacqueline Lumsden
Massey University
Best outcomes for Māori with cancer
$11,970
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Andrew Macann
Auckland District Health Board
Chemoradiotherapy vs radiotherapy in high risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
$123,562
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Katarzyna Mackenzie
University of Otago
Why are skin cancers more aggressive in renal transplant patients?
$41,330
14 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Anna Mackey
The University of Auckland
Improving arm function in children with hemiplegia - insights from neuroscience
$105,949
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Joanna MacKichan
Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd
Epithelial Cell Damage: Is it the key to Meningococcal Disease?
$150,000
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Alexandra Macmillan
The University of Auckland
Health effects of intervening in the trip to work
$428,497
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Maori Health Masters Scholarship
Phoebe Macrae
University of Canterbury
Rehabilitative potential of the cortex for swallowing impairment: A study of the supplemental motor area
$16,424
12 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship
Associate Professor Ralph Maddison
The University of Auckland
Preventing cardiovascular disease in New Zealand: An mHealth approach
$500,000
4 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Ralph Maddison
The University of Auckland
Efficacy of an m-health exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programme
$1,158,387
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Ralph Maddison
The University of Auckland
Exercise to enhance smoking cessation outcomes
$1,343,716
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Erin Mahoney
University of Otago, Wellington
The prevalence and carious potential of hypomineralised molars
$121,793
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Simon Malpas
The University of Auckland
Development of wireless power for an implantable heart pump
$1,183,070
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Jim Mann
University of Otago
Lifestyle over and above drugs in diabetes (LOADD) study
$669,075
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Jim Mann
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Lifestyle and nutritional approaches to reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and its complications
$2,116,152
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Patrick Manning
University of Otago, Dunedin
Does Cabergoline Prevent Weight Regain in People with Obesity
$1,192,020
48 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Eru Pomare Research Fellowship
Glenis Mark
Whakauae
Huarahi rongoā ki a ngai tātou: Māori views o rongā (traditional medicines and practice)
$333,273
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Mark Marshall
Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland
Sodium Lowering in Dialysate (SOLID) Study
$1,170,074
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Greg Martin
Victoria University of Wellington
Impact of Substance Use and Mental Health Presentations in the Emergency Department
$147,000
24 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Tupuna Mataio
The University of Auckland
Cook Island Adolescents perception and behaviour of alcohol use in Auckland
$5,000
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Peter Maulder
AUT University
The role of movement variability and muscle stiffness in lower limb injury
$104,712
42 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Elizabeth Mayland
University of Otago
Disability foundations: Anxiety and injury perceptions after upper limb trauma
$107,105
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Colin McArthur
Auckland District Health Board
Randomised evaluation of normal vs augmented level renal replacement therapy
$187,900
24 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Kirsten McAuley
University of Otago
Determining optimal approachs for successful maintenance of weight loss
$533,445
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Megan McAuliffe
University of Canterbury
Factors influencing older listeners' comprehension of speech
$149,924
36 months
-
2012 Research Exploring the Health Implications of the Canterbury Earthquake
Dr David McBride
University of Otago, Dunedin
Occupational Health of Front Line Workers in Christchurch
$120,000
18 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
Alana McCambridge
The University of Auckland
Improving upper-limb impairment after stroke with novel brain stimulation
$105,230
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Kahu McClintock
The University of Auckland
Acceptable child/adolescent Mental Health Services for New Zealand Maori
$101,050
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
Kahu McClintock
Te Rau Matatini
Tomo mai, Responsive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) for Māori Rangatahi
$322,034
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Sally McCormick
University of Otago
Regulation of HDL levels
$665,680
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Tim McCreanor
Massey University
Media, health and wellbeing in Aotearoa
$813,650
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Janet McDonald
University of Otago
The process and experience of family carers managing nursing procedures at home
$113,450
48 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Ailsa McGregor
The University of Auckland
Targeting dysfunctional cholinergic transmission in a model of Huntington's Disease
$500,000
82 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - PhD Scholarship in Māori Health Research
Andre McLachlan
University of Otago
Collaboration with and for rural Māori with addiction and related problems
$80,278
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr David McLean
Massey University
Cancer in meat workers: identifying the causal exposures
$1,199,183
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Rachael McLean
University of Otago
Sodium in New Zealand, intake, consumer perceptions, and implications for chronic disease
$250,000
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Kathryn McPherson
AUT University
Experiences of recovery and adaptation after disabling traumatic brain injury
$733,196
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Kathryn McPherson
AUT University
Portable airway support in stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
$146,726
12 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Kathryn McPherson
AUT University
Goals and self regulation skills in brain injury rehabilitation: an RCT
$1,541,590
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Kathryn McPherson
AUT University and Auckland UniServices Ltd
Improving health interventions and support for mothers experiencing disability
$486,106
27 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Kathryn McPherson
AUT University
Addressing barriers to physical activity in multiple sclerosis: a RCT
$250,521
12 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Hayden McRobbie
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Rapid assessment of smoking status using change in acoustic parameters of voice
$148,238
12 months
-
2010 Ethics Summer Studentship
Eva Mengwasser
Massey University
Applying the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Stewardship Model to New Zealand Public Health Policy: A case study
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Andrew Mercer
University of Otago
Human pathogenic viruses: drug targets and therapeutic potential
$2,889,479
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Andrew Mercer
University of Otago, Dunedin
Human pathogenic viruses: drug targets and therapeutic potential
$4,978,146
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Tony Merriman
University of Otago, Dunedin
Application of Genetics to the Pathogenesis of Common Chronic Conditions
$4,765,885
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Tony Merriman
University of Otago, Dunedin
Application of genetics to the pathogenesis of common chronic conditions
$3,436,119
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Tony Merriman
University of Otago
The GRIK2 gene: A link between rheumatoid arthritis and schizophrenia?
$878,896
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Tony Merriman
University of Otago, Dunedin
Programme Extension | Application of Genetics to the Pathogenesis of Common Chronic Conditions
$4,765,885
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Alan Merry
The University of Auckland
Multimodal, clinical assessment of a system to reduce error during anaesthesia
$397,347
18 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Patricia Metcalf
The University of Auckland
Predictors of CVD morbidity and mortality in New Zealand adults
$500,914
24 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Edwin Mitchell
The University of Auckland
Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI): Nationwide Case-control Study
$1,180,131
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Edwin Mitchell
The University of Auckland
Children of SCOPE: The influence of fetal and maternal adiposity on obesity at 5
$1,059,101
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Edwin Mitchell
The University of Auckland
Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) case-control feasibility study
$144,000
12 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Arna Mitchell
Massey University
The impact of whakapapa exchange on the therapeutic alliance in therapy with Māori clients
$65,550
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Alok Mitra
The University of Auckland
Structure/function correlates of adiponectin
$742,919
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
Tess Moeke-Maxwell
University of Waikato
Kia Ngawari: Investigating Palliative Care of Māori and their whanau
$341,433
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Ms Kate Morgaine
University of Otago, Dunedin
Pilot intervention study to improve the oral health of rangatahi in Taranaki
$100,000
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Ian Morison
University of Otago, Dunedin
The epigenome of myelodysplastic syndrome
$1,326,265
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
Laurie Morrison
AUT University
Nga Pou Wahine: A kaupapa wahine intervention addressing gambling misuse
$334,761
38 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Training Research Fellowship
Dr Suzie Mudge
The University of Auckland
Measuring rehabilitation outcomes in adults with stroke
$217,000
36
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Roger Mulder
University of Otago, Christchurch
Health Anxiety CBT vs TAU for Patients with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
$726,684
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor David Murdoch
University of Otago, Christchurch
Effect of vitamin D supplementation on upper respiratory infections in adults
$1,719,632
30 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Rinki Murphy
The University of Auckland
Genetics of type 2 diabetes, obesity and personalised obesity surgery
$146,000
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Shyamala Nada-Raja
University of Otago
An internet-based CBT self-help for depression: a randomised controlled trial
$1,222,946
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Peter Nagy
University of Otago, Christchurch
Roles of hydrogen sulfide in inflammation
$150,000
18 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
Rochelle Newport
The University of Auckland
Going Local: Impact of sustainable development policies on health in Rarotonga
$18,253
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Rochelle Newport
The University of Auckland
Health promotion and Pacific Peoples
$5,000
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Research Fellowship in Māori Health
Ronald Ngata
University of Waikato
Exploring practical applications of Matakite (unusual perception) understandings in health provision
$339,407
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori Master Scholarship
Renei Ngawati
AUT University
Sport as a forum for capacity building and self-determination in Indigenous communities
$11,600
24 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Jeffrey Ngu
University of Otago
Autoimmune Liver Diseases in NZ: Population-based Epidemiology, Genetics and Therapeutics
$250,000
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Population interventions to improve nutrition and physical activity
$1,712,946
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Feasibility of traffic light labels to signpost food choices in supermarkets
$150,000
12 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Feasibility of an intervention to decrease television watching in children
$147,838
12 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Strategies to promote healthier food purchases: a supermarket intervention trial
$1,856,708
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Population interventions to improve nutrition and physical activity
$3,780,162
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Ashalyna Noa
University of Canterbury
The Canterbury Earthquake: Impact on Pacific Health Provision
$5,000
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Pauline Norris
University of Otago
Equity in prescription medicines use
$911,503
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Tony Norris
Massey University
New Zealanders' attitudes towards access to Electronic Health Records
$142,186
12 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Gregory O'Grady
The University of Auckland
A rational foundation for gastric stimulation through continuum-modelling
$233,340
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Susannah O'Sullivan
The University of Auckland
The role of the PDGFR in bone formation
$150,000
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Ronan O'Toole
Victoria University of Wellington
Targeting essential genes in the treatment of tuberculosis
$129,500
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Sarah-Jane Paine
Massey University
Developing Sleep Services that meet the needs of Māori: A feasibility study
$145,561
12 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Eru Pomare Fellowship
Te Hereripin Paine
Massey University
Moe tika, moe pai: Advancing sleep health in Aotearoa/New Zealand
$321,740
41 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Suetonia Palmer
University of Otago, Christchurch
Vasoactive peptides in kidney disease
$221,080
36
-
2007 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Joy Panoho
Massey University
A Māori-centred inquiry into health governance: Māori directors on DHBs
$65,740
30 months
-
2011 Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery
Associate Professor Matthew Parsons
The University of Auckland, in partnership with the Waikato District Health Board
Evaluating a Supported Discharge Team; a randomised controlled trial
$199,785
18 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Janis Paterson
AUT University
Pacific Islands Families Study: nutrition, body size and physical activity of nine year old children (PIF:NBS-2)
$898,178
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Neil Pearce
Massey University
Neurotoxic effects of occupational solvent exposure
$1,199,985
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Neil Pearce
Massey University
Building Research in Occupational Health in New Zealand
$2,529,353
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Maria Pearse
Auckland District Health Board
Phase 3 trial studying optimal radiotherapy timing after radical prostatectomy
$1,169,103
60 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Chris Pemberton
University of Otago, Christchurch
Sending A Signal? Ghrelin Peptides in Acute Cardiac Ischemia
$643,363
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Chris Pemberton
University of Otago, Christchurch
BNP signal peptide: A novel, specific marker of acute cardiac injury
$666,368
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Chris Pemberton
University of Otago
BNP signal peptide: a novel, specific marker of acute cardiac injury
$500,000
49 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Mera Penehira
University of Waikato
Maori and Indigenous health initiatives: blood borne viral and sexually transmitted infections
$102,550
47 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Hohua Tutengaehe Fellowship
Mera Penehira
University of Waikato
Mauri Tangata: Re-Positioning Māori resistance and well-being in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Service Provision
$296,297
36 months
-
2012 Research Exploring the Health Implications of the Canterbury Earthquake
Dr Kathy Peri
The University of Auckland
Impact of Christchurch Earthquakes on Health of Older People
$105,700
18 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Kyle Perrin
University of Canterbury
The effect of oxygen therapy on clinical outcomes in acute asthma and pneumonia
$235,101
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Ngaire Phillips
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
Determining the contaminant health risk of kai moana, kai roto and kai awa
$705,786
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Anna Pilbrow
University of Otago
Blood relations: finding circulating biomarkers for inherited heart disease
$500,000
50 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Janine Pilcher
Victoria University of Wellington
High concentration oxygen and hypercapnia in respiratory disease
$250,000
3 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Helen Pilmore
Auckland District Health Board
The Beta-blocker to Lower Cardiovascular Dialysis Events Vanguard Study
$138,740
12 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori Health Rangahau Hauora
Gillian Pirikahu
Whakauae Research Services (Te Maru o Ruahine Trust)
He Arorangi Whakamua - A Ngati hauiti tobacco control intervention
$12,000
6
-
2006 Funding Round
Ms Suzanne Pitama
University of Otago
The Māori community heart study
$1,919,504
60 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Associate Professor Lindsay Plank
Auckland Hospital
Efficacy on beta-blockade for reducing energy expenditure in cirrhosis
$114,261
12 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Pikihuia Pomare
The University of Auckland
He Kaakano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiaatea: engaging Māori in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
$104,738
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - PhD Scholarship in Māori Health Research
Jodi Porter
Massey University
Ngaitai wellbeing indicators: Measuring iwi health outcomes
$110,050
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Richie Poulton
University of Otago, Dunedin
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study of Aging and Risk for Chronic Disease
$4,568,389
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Richie Poulton
University of Otago
Programme Extention | Development of risk for chronic diseases: A longitudinal multidisciplinary study
$3,890,260
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Rakesh Premkumar
The University of Auckland
Delineating the pro-inflammatory state of obesity on severe acute illness
$166,667
2 years
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Tim Prickett
University of Otago, Christchurch
Studies on the cardio-protective effects of CNP agonists
$646,169
24 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Patricia Priest
University of Otago, Dunedin
Hand sanitiser to reduce illness absences in primary school children
$797,205
22 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Andrew Pullan
The University of Auckland
New Clinical Tools for Diagnosing Gastric Dysfunction
$1,114,289
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Andrew Pullan
The University of Auckland
Mapping, Modelling and Manipulating Gastric Electrical Activity
$1,303,066
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Eliza Puna
The University of Auckland
Identifying risk factors associated with Pacific suicide in New Zealand
$5,000
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Suzanne Purdy
The University of Auckland
SPICCATO: Stroke and Parkinson's Community Choir Engagement and Therapeutic Outcomes
$149,986
12 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Miriam Rademaker
University of Otago, Christchurch
Implantable devices: Improved monitoring of heart failure and tachyarrhythmia
$589,775
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Annemarei Ranta
University of Otago, Wellington
Efficacy and Safety of TIA Electronic Support Tool (FASTEST) Trial
$624,846
24 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Rangahau Hauora
Leah Redstone
Ngaitai Iwi Authority
Ngaitai Papakainga Toiora: Sustainable Housing Development for Ngaitai Whanau
$12,000
6 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Anthony Reeve
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Genetics and epigenetics of cancer
$5,913,600
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Ian Reid
The University of Auckland
Mechanisms and Management of Musculoskeletal Disease
$5,241,424
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Ian Reid
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Studies in bone and calcium metabolism
$3,396,757
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Jennifer Reid
University of Otago
SICK TO DEATH: Māori Access to Quality Health Care in Christchurch
$60,550
21 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori Master Scholarship
Marnie Reinfelds
Massey University
Do whanau Māori in Taranaki support community based breastfeeding initiatives?
$15,600
12 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Pania Renati
University of Waikato
Whakapapa: An Interpretation of Indigenous Theory for the Postvention of Suicide for Whanau Māori Experiencing Whakamomori
$108,095
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Gordon Rewcastle
The University of Auckland
Strategies for developing PI3K p110α isoform specific anticancer drugs
$1,498,525
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Gordon W Rewcastle
The University of Auckland
PI3K inhibitors as targeted anticancer drugs
$1,324,193
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Paul Reynolds
Independent Māori Institute for Environment and Health: Te Atawhai o te Ao, Whanganui
He Kokonga Whare: Māori Intergenerational Trauma and Healing
$4,728,200
60 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Paul Reynolds
Te Atawhai o Te Ao
He kakano: Māori views and experiences of fertility, reproduction and ART
$656,062
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Mark Richards
University of Otago, Christchurch
Neurohumoral and Genetic Prediction and Protection in Heart Disease
$3,430,492
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Mark Richards
University of Otago, Christchurch
Neurohumoral and genetic prediction and protection in heart disease
$1,917,993
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Mark Richards
University of Otago, Christchurch
Urocortin2 in Decompensated Heart Failure
$435,081
24 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Mark Richards
University of Otago, Christchurch
Programme Extension | Neurohumoral and Genetic Prediction and Protection in Heart Disease
$3,430,492
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Ann Richardson
University of Otago, Christchurch
Colorectal cancer control in New Zealand
$1,397,629
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Tania Riddell
The University of Auckland
Whanau ora cardiovascular risk assessment and management - a feasibility study
$146,002
12 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Stephen Ritchie
The University of Auckland
The role of staphylococcal superantigen like proteins in invasive S. aureus disease
$247,338
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Evan Roberts
Victoria University of Wellington
Stature and body mass of the New Zealand population, 1850-2008
$149,942
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Rebecca Roberts
University of Otago
Genetics of susceptibility and management in inflammatory bowel disease
$500,000
48 months
-
2009 Māori Health Joint Venture: Māori Health Research Priorities - Oral Health
Bridget Robson
University of Otago, Wellington
Oral health research priorities for Māori
$257,000
12 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Anthony Rodgers
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Innovative interventions tackling major risks to health
$3,727,431
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Christopher Rodley
Massey University
The nuclear architecture of cancer: Oncogenes in genomic space
$105,550
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori Master Scholarship
Te Moana Rolleston
Massey University
How do different populations define whanau ora?
$11,600
18 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington
Immunotherapy of Allergic Disease
$1,170,798
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated immunotherapy of allergic airway inflammation
$1,186,241
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Role of dendritic cells in allergic sensitisation
$1,023,152
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Defining the characteristics of effective anti-tumour T cells
$1,071,239
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Manipulating antigen presentation to control disease
$809,747
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Franca Ronchese
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Programme Extension | Regulation of immunity and immune-mediated diseases
$3,493,763
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Katya Ruggiero
The University of Auckland
Probing Illness with a Novel Multi-omic Time-course Statistical Platform
$135,000
24 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Juliet Rumball-Smith
University of Otago
Quality of public hospital care for Māori and NZ Europeans in Christchurch, NZ
$250,311
61 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Bruce Russell
The University of Auckland
The acute and chronic effects of party pills containing BZP and TFMPP
$119,633
30 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori Health Postdoc Fellowship
Lynne Russell (Pere)
Victoria University of Wellington
The significance of culture in mental health understandings
$391,452
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Lynette Sadleir
University of Otago
Defining the Genetic Determinants for Epilepsy
$1,158,831
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Lynette Sadleir
University of Otago, Wellington
Genetics of epilepsy
$149,917
24 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Research Summer Studentships
Sara Samuela
University of Otago
The effects on breast cancer in Pacific women and cancer survival rates in regions with most Pacific Island residents
$5,000
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Diana Sarfati
University of Otago
C3 study: Effect of comorbidity on care and cancer survival inequalities
$1,171,238
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Evelyn Sattlegger
Massey University
Making an IMPACT on brain function
$148,900
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Peter Saxton
University of Otago, Dunedin
Estimating unrecognised HIV infection in a community sample of homosexual men
$150,000
12 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Philip Schluter
AUT University
Pacific Islands Families Study: Hearing Status of 11 year olds (PIF: HS)
$732,717
24 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
Jacqueline Schmidt-Busby
The University of Auckland
Diabetes: Impact on work, income and finances in Samoan families
$18,253
-
Associate Professor Grant Schofield
AUT University
Built environments, physical activity and obesity: A national and international study
$1,128,187
36 months
-
2010 Ethics Summer Studentship
Amelda Schrenk
University of Waikato
New Zealand law on the sterilisation of intellectually disabled girls and women
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Kate Scott
University of Otago, Dunedin
The Association of Mental Disorders with Subsequent Physical Condition Onsets
$643,944
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Kate Scott
University of Otago, Wellington
Double disability: mental disorders and comorbid physical conditions
$154,576
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Nicola Scott
University of Otago, Christchurch
Metabolic Syndrome: From Mice to Men
$147,220
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robert Scragg
The University of Auckland
Effect of vitamin D on cardiovascular and respiratory disease event rates
$4,944,757
60 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robert Scragg
The University of Auckland
Quantifying the association between sun exposure and vitamin D status in New Zealanders
$1,731,317
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Douglas Sellman
University of Otago, Christchurch
Treatment Evaluation of Alcohol and Mood: The TEAM Study
$840,037
42 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Paul Sexton
The University of Auckland
Airways disease, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome
$250,000
36 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Caroline Shaw
University of Otago
Quantifying the health effects of climate change mitigation policies in NZ
$250,000
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Jonathan Shemmell
University of Otago, Dunedin
Fire together, wire together: sensory synchronisation to enhance stroke recovery
$142,917
32 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Peter Shepherd
The University of Auckland
Signalling Pathways Involved in the Control of Glucose Metabolism
$2,657,516
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Peter Shepherd
The University of Auckland
The metabolic effect of antipsychotic medication
$820,149
24 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Peter Shepherd
The University of Auckland
Signalling pathways involved in the control of glucose metabolism
$1,908,803
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Peter Shepherd
The University of Auckland
A new role for beta-catenin as a sensor for changes in glucose levels
$653,317
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Peter Shepherd
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Signalling Pathways Involved in the Control of Glucose Metabolism
$2,657,516
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Vickie Shim
The University of Auckland
Finding Links between Knee Injuries and Cartilage Degeneration
$143,000
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Kamran Shoshtari
The University of Auckland
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and preoperative Steroids and their effect on postoperative recovery in major colonic surgery
$78,224
12 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Jeff Sigafoos
Victoria University of Wellington
Communication intervention for adults with intellectual disability
$150,000
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Louise Signal
University of Otago, Wellington
C3 - Cancer Care Journeys and Clinical Decision Making
$1,198,742
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Leigh Signal
Massey University
Sleep in pregnancy and postpartum: the relationship to maternal health
$945,456
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Louise Signal
University of Otago, Wellington
Is Junk Food Promoted through Sport?
$501,489
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Leigh Signal
Massey University
Sleep during pregnancy and postpartum: the relationship with maternal health
$149,962
12 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - DPPPhD
Nada Signal
AUT University
Strength for task training (STT) to optimise function following stroke
$91,550
45 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Ms Victoria Simon
Massey University
Workplace safety for Māori nurses
$50,690
18 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Tania Slatter
University of Otago, Dunedin
The role of p53 isoforms for increased cancer susceptibility
$150,000
36 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Research Fellowship in Māori Health
Kirsten Smiler
Victoria University of Wellington
Ka puāwa ngā kōhungahunga turi: The early development of Māori deaf children
$330,273
-
2006 Funding Round
Ms Kirsten Smiler
Victoria Link Limited
Partnership: refocusing successful interventions for Māori deaf/hearing impaired children
$196,923
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Cherryl Smith
Te Runanga o Ngati Apa
Health, cultural and social experiences of Māori affected by chemical related illness
$275,625
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
Cherryl Smith
Te Atawhai o Te Ao
He mokopuna, he taonga: Health and wellbeing of grandparents raising mokopuna
$265,045
44 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Student Masters
Alexandra Smith
University of Otago
Social marketing, health and youth with congenital physical impairment - the role of media in the promotion of health within the youth and disability sector
$21,000
22 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Moira Smith
University of Otago
Attitudes of children and adults to the food environment in organised sport
$250,000
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Mr Mattias Soop
The University of Auckland
High vs Low Urine Output Targets in Surgical Patients: A Clincal Trial
$147,939
12 months
-
2011 Improving Pacific Health Outcomes
Dr Margaret Southwick
Pacific Perspectives Ltd
Pacific health outcomes: Trends, barriers and navigating ways forward
$897,303
16 months
-
2011 Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery
Associate Professor Lisa Stamp
University of Otago, Christchurch, in partnership with Arthritis New Zealand
Identifying & overcoming barriers to smoking cessation in rheumatoid arthritis
$102,779
18 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Lisa Stamp
University of Otago, Christchurch
Safety and Efficacy of High Dose Allopurinol in the Management of Gout: A Randomised Interventional Study
$1,199,225
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Lisa Stamp
University of Otago, Christchurch
Effect of vitamin C on serum urate in patients with gout
$149,780
12 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Foxley
Malcolm Stewart
The University of Auckland
Tools and approaches for enhancing mental health outcomes
$80,000
12 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Cathy Stinear
The University of Auckland
TRIO: Targeted Rehabilitation, Improved Outcomes
$1,126,268
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Cathy Stinear
The University of Auckland
Identification of therapeutic targets for theta-burst magnetic brain stimulation
$66,133
12 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Bridget Stocker
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Deciphering the molecular fingerprints of allergens
$149,882
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor Peter Stone
The University of Auckland
Promoting Quality at Birth
$149,944
12 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Martin Sullivan
Massey University
A longitudinal study of the life histories of people with spinal cord injury
$897,876
48 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Judith Symonds
AUT University
A Personal Digital Assistant to Augment Goal Management Training
$132,292
12 months
-
2010 Career Development Awards - Māori PhD Scholarship
Kiri Tamihere-Waititi
The University of Auckland
A Process Evaluation of a Wraparound Service
$70,550
24 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Sebastien Taurin
University of Otago, Dunedin
Effect of Raloxifene on Oestrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer Tumour Growth
$145,000
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Merryn Tawhai
The University of Auckland
Predicting pulmonary hypertension
$996,896
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Denise Taylor
AUT University
Low-cost Telerehabilitation to Improve Outcomes for People with Chronic Stroke
$986,660
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Barry Taylor
University of Otago, Dunedin
Safer Sleeping Environments: Evaluating new options for New Zealand babies
$1,199,740
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Rachael Taylor
University of Otago, Dunedin
Screening, feedback and treatment in overweight 4-8 year old children
$1,307,272
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Rachael Taylor
University of Otago, Dunedin
Improving school playgrounds to enhance physical activity in children
$799,244
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Barry Taylor
University of Otago, Dunedin
Primary prevention of rapid weight gain in early childhood
$2,179,960
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr William Taylor
University of Otago, Wellington
A feasibility study of a structured means of eliciting goals in rehabilitation
$149,734
12 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Robin Taylor
University of Otago
Predicting response to corticosteriods in COPD using exhaled nitric oxide
$374,211
18 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Occupational Health Research
Ian de Terte
Massey University
Resilience and the prevention of work related traumatic stress: Testing an ecological model
$91,531
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Martin Than
Canterbury District Health Board
Can an 'Accelerated pathway' Reduce Admissions for Chest Pain in New Zealand?
$899,710
27 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Benjamin Thompson
The University of Auckland
Promoting neural plasticity to recover visual function in amblyopia
$149,971
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr George Thomson
University of Otago, Wellington
Policymaking to reduce smoking around children
$700,445
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Peter Thorne
The University of Auckland
Abnormal ion homeostasis in inner ear disease
$1,273,525
36 months
-
2012 Research Exploring the Health Implications of the Canterbury Earthquake
Ms Louise Thornley
Quigley and Watts Ltd
Building Community Resilience: Learning from the Canterbury Earthquake Response
$120,000
18 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Mattie Timmer
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Glycolipid adjuvants for anti-cancer immunotherapy
$149,981
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Sandar Tin Tin
The University of Auckland
Taupo Bicycle Study: Follow-up of a cohort of cyclists
$640,602
48 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Adrian Trenholme
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Intervention study of children at high risk of chronic lung disease
$1,198,758
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Ms Hope Tupara
Massey University
Whanau bioethical decision making - genetic disorders and Māori health
$74,650
24 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Shieak Tzeng
University of Otago, Wellington
Autonomic modulation of pulmonary gas exchange efficiency
$145,854
24 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Shieak Tzeng
University of Otago
Influence of tobacco smoking on dynamic cerebral auto-regulation
$500,000
48 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellow
James Ussher
The University of Auckland
Experimental strategies for ex-vivo immunotherapy of chronic hepatitis B infection
$247,757
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Hukarere Valentine
Massey University
Kia ngawari ki te awatea: a psychological journey toward wairuatanga and Māori wellbeing
$66,039
32 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Mark Vickers
The University of Auckland
Developmental programming of disease: critical windows for intervention
$943,647
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Silas Villas-Boas
The University of Auckland
In vivo metabolic pathway analysis of pathogenic bacteria in response to oxygen
$123,000
30 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Margaret Vissers
University of Otago, Christchurch
Ascorbate-mediated Regulation of HIF-1 Mediated Tumour Growth and Angiogenesis
$812,985
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Pamela von Hurst
Massey University, Albany
Vitamin D Deficiency Risk and Respiratory/Allergy Disease in NZ 1-4 year-olds
$149,883
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Ms Cathrine Waetford
AUT University
Health measurement and knowledge translation for improved Māori health outcomes
$417,189
18 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Maori Health Masters Scholarship
Cathrine Waetford
AUT University
Exploring resiliency factors for prevention and management of Chlamydia in young Māori women
$13,900
12 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship
Dr Logan Walker
University of Otago
Genetic variation and breast cancer development
$500,000
4 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Natalie Walker
The University of Auckland
Cytisine - a promising low cost intervention for smoking cessation
$1,180,705
30 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor Robert Walker
University of Otago, Dunedin
Dialysis Outcomes in those aged 65 years and over
$772,060
36 months
-
2006 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Steve Wannenburg
The University of Auckland
The development of executive functions in children and adolescents
$216,000
36
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Isaac Warbrick
Massey University
The optimal mode of exercise for preventing diabetes in Māori men
$335,538
-
2006 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Isaac Warbrick
Massey University
Insulin resistance & Māori health - repeated measures study
$95,050
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Marie-Louise Ward
The University of Auckland
How does myocardial stretch determine the strength of the heartbeat?
$130,452
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Jim Warren
The University of Auckland
Adherence Innovations in Medication use for Health Improvement (AIM-HI)
$147,617
12
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Rangahau Hauora
Anne Webster
Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust
He Kura Aro Huango: Primary Schools & Māori children with Asthma - A Pilot
$11,997
7 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Susan Wells
The University of Auckland
Cardiovascular risk prediction for New Zealanders - beyond Framingham
$1,321,281
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Robyn Whittaker
The University of Auckland
A trial of a mobile phone-based depression prevention programme for adolescents
$1,741,371
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Robyn Whittaker
Auckland UniServices Ltd
Can a multimedia mobile phone programme help young people stop smoking?
$1,553,670
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Kirsten Wickens
University of Otago, Wellington
A Maternal Probiotic Intervention for Infant Allergic Disease Prevention
$1,181,991
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Dr Kristin Wickens
University of Otago, Wellington
Six year follow-up of the effects of probiotics on development of allergic disease
$986,784
24 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor Jeffery Wickens
University of Otago
Programme Extension | Behavioural and cellular mechanisms of hyperactivity and movement disorders
$2,617,829
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Janine Wiles
The University of Auckland
Resilient aging in place: Improving the lives of older people in NZ communities
$771,894
36 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Siouxsie Wiles
The University of Auckland
Experimental bacterial infections: improved models for vaccine and treatment development
$500,000
48 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Deborah Williamson
The University of Auckland
Molecular analysis of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections
$200,000
3 years
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor William Wilson
The University of Auckland
Physiological Targeting in Cancer Therapy
$5,252,166
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Marc Wilson
Victoria University of Wellington
Longitudinal Study of Developmental and Cessation of Self-harm among Adolescents
$1,122,650
48 months
-
2012 Career Development Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Nichola Wilson
The University of Auckland
Whare are 'real world' outcomes after surgery for children with cerebral palsy?
$200,000
3 years
-
2010 Funding Round
Professor William Wilson
The University of Auckland
Exploiting hypoxia and DNA repair defects in triple negative breast cancer
$1,184,058
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor William Wilson
The University of Auckland
Physiological targeting in cancer therapy
$3,270,316
36
-
2007 Funding Round
Professor William Wilson
The University of Auckland
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the hypoxia-activated prodrug PR-104 plasticity
$1,157,615
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Denise Wilson
Massey University
Nursing and Māori patient outcomes
$311,620
15 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Nicholas Wilson
University of Otago
Longitudinal study of smokers for tobacco control: NZ arm of multi-country study
$1,429,126
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor William Wilson
The University of Auckland
Programme Extension | Physiological Targeting in Cancer Therapy
$5,252,166
36 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Julia Wilson
University of Otago
Pathways to panic: Genetics in the pathogenesis and treatment of panic
$111,559
36 months
-
2006 Career Develoopment Award - Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Dr Ian Winburn
University of Otago, Dunedin
Protective effects of carbon monoxide following renal transplant ischaemic surgery
$145,876
24
-
2011 Funding Round
Professor John Windsor
The University of Auckland
Toxicity of Mesenteric Lymph in Critical Illness
$1,134,445
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor John Windsor
The University of Auckland
Mitochondria in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
$679,561
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Professor Christine Winterbourn
University of Otago, Christchurch
Oxidative Stress in Health and Disease
$2,215,010
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Professor Christine Winterbourn
University of Otago, Christchurch
Neutrophil oxidants in infection and inflammation
$1,588,079
36 months
-
2010 Funding Round
Associate Professor Karen Witten
Massey University
Children's mobility and physical activity in higher density urban neighbourhoods
$1,186,407
36 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Dr Conroy Wong
Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland
A Randomised Trial of Tiotropium Treatment for Bronchiectasis
$1,198,253
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Conroy Wong
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Prophylactic azithromycin for bronchiectasis: A randomised, controlled trial
$1,347,563
30 months
-
2008 Career Development Award - Student PhD
Esther Woodbury
University of Otago
The impact of public and private transport on the health, economic situation and social participation of physically disabled people in New Zealand
$106,550
41 months
-
2011 Funding Round
Associate Professor Lianne Woodward
University of Canterbury
Neurological Development of the Very Preterm Infant: A Longitudinal Study
$923,902
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Associate Professor Lianne Woodward
University of Canterbury
Childhood exposure to family violence and later parenting risk
$767,909
36 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Deborah Wright
The University of Auckland
Prognostic modelling of colorectal cancer using multiple data sources
$250,000
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Eru Pomare Fellowship
Emma Wyeth
University of Otago
Kei ruka, kei raro: Māori health experiences and perspectives
$400,774
58 months
-
2010 Ethics Summer Studentship
Shanshan Yan
University of Otago
Should deep brain stimulation be used in psychiatry?
-
2006 Funding Round
Professor Tim Yandle
University of Otago
Variable structure and activity of B-type natriuretic peptides in heart disease
$673,903
36 months
-
2008 Funding Round
Dr Sangsun Yoon
University of Otago, Dunedin
Breaking up the anaerobic pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm
$149,823
18 months
-
2012 Career Development Awards - Māori Health Research Summer Studentship
Stephen York
AUT University
Trends in Diabetes Related Lower-Extremity Amputations in Te Tai Tokerau: 2000-2010
$5,000
-
2010 Funding Round
Dr Deborah Young
The University of Auckland
Self-regulating gene therapy for Parkinson's disease
$1,166,710
36 months
-
2009 Funding Round
Associate Professor Alistair A Young
The University of Auckland
Cardiac MRI During Exercise: Ventricular and Vascular Function
$1,165,090
36 months
-
2007 Funding Round
Dr Deborah Young
The University of Auckland
Driving neurogenesis as a therapeutic strategy for age-related cognitive decline
$991,955
36 months
-
2006 Funding Round
Dr Alistair A Young
The University of Auckland
Detailed myocardial function in vascular disease using displacement encoded MRI
$1,069,163
36 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Maori PhD Scholarship
Karen Young
University of Otago
Dopamine function in an animal model of ADHD
$31,545
12 months
-
2009 Career Development Awards - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Sarah Young
University of Otago
The use of virus-like particles as vaccines and therapies against cancer
$500,000
48 months
-
2011 Career Development Awards - Clinical Research Training Fellow
Tzu-Chieh Yu
The University of Auckland
Targeting Peritoneal Inflammation and Injury in Paediatric Acute Appendicitis
$170,000
24 months
-
2007 Career Development Award - Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Yiwen Zheng
University of Otago
Searching for answers to cognitive deficits following vestibular damage
$500,000
55 months