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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.

  • The HRC's 2014 funding round in review

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    What were the main health issues supported in 2014? Find out this and more in a wrap-up of the HRC's annual funding round.

  • Reducing obesity among Pacific youth

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    Dr Riz Firestone was recently interviewed on Radio NZ about her HRC-funded research to help reduce obesity among Pacific youth.

  • HRC Finance Manager appointed

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    The HRC is pleased to announce that Grant Barnett has been appointed as its new Finance Manager.

  • Impressive results for smart inhaler

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    A new smart asthma inhaler with an audio-visual function has dramatically improved child and adolescent use of preventative asthma medication.

  • $2.2m awarded to promising Māori health researchers

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    The HRC has today announced more than $2.2 million in funding for Māori health researchers as part of its career development awards programme – up from $1.5 million last year.

  • Have your say on health and disability research ethics

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    The National Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC) is seeking feedback on the current health and disability research ethics arrangements.

  • New Biomedical Research Committee members

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    The HRC welcomes Associate Professor Patrick Manning and Associate Professor Sally McCormick to the HRC's Biomedical Research Committee

  • NZ's 'virus hunters' make new discovery

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    ESR scientist Dr Richard Hall has confirmed what is believed to be New Zealand’s first reported case of the sometimes nasty virus known as human parechovirus 3 (HPeV3).

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