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

  • NZ's occupational health burden highlighted

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    A multi-pronged HRC-funded research programme is painting a clearer picture of New Zealand's occupational disease burden.

  • NZ joins $200m science investment fund

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    Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce yesterday announced that New Zealand has joined Australia’s Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF).

  • Research award for dedicated rheumatologist

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    Professor Lisa Stamp from Otago University's Christchurch campus has been awarded the Jubilee Celebration Research Award from Arthritis New Zealand.

  • Revolutionising heart disease diagnosis

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    Christchurch researchers are playing a key role in a new company aiming to revolutionise the accurate diagnosis of heart conditions.

  • New breast cancer project

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    An additional research project has been funded through the Breast Cancer in New Zealand Research initiative to test a new drug target.

  • Pacific Career Development Awards announcement

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    A second round of Pacific Career Development Awards will be held for the following Awards:

  • EU research opportunity: Biomarkers for nutrition and health

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    A call for joint transnational research proposals on biomarkers for nutrition and health will be launched this February - and New Zealand researchers can get involved.

  • Predicting heart disease risk in Pasifika

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    HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellow Dr Allamanda Fa’atoese is exploring whether levels of a protein called lipoprotein(a) might be a good predictor of heart disease among New Zealand’s Pacific population.

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