The HRC is funding exploratory research into the use of ‘human digital twins’ and artificial intelligence aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes. The work is among 20 potentially transformative research studies awarded funding in our 2024 Explorer Grants round.
A newly funded study will seek to develop New Zealand’s first digital tool using AI technology to guide the safer use of medicines in older adults. It is one of 24 HRC grants announced today to support emerging researchers.
The Health Research Council has today announced more than $5.6 million in funding to help support nine talented Māori and Pacific health researchers to become leaders in their field.
Recently we sat down to chat with Dr Jackie Cumming, who is celebrating 30 years of health services research at Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | the Health Services Research Centre.
We are pleased to announce a record 81 recipients in our second round of 2023 Health Delivery Research Grants. These grants, worth a combined total of more than $16.8 million in this round, are dedicated to increasing research engagement within healthcare settings.
The HRC has awarded its medals for excellence in health research at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Aotearoa event in Wellington. And in a first for the HRC, two of its three medals have gone to researchers from the same team who are working with iwi and whānau to prevent cervical cancer and improve maternity and infant outcomes.
With a fellowship of nearly $600,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), a University of Otago researcher will trial a novel brain stimulation technique for treating chronic low back pain – a leading cause of disability worldwide. Dr Divya Adhia is one of 76 recipients of the HRC’s Career Development Awards announced today.