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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • More funding for long-term health conditions research

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    A new study will help empower Pacific communities to tackle the alarmingly high rate of prediabetes in Pacific youth and adults.
  • Big spike in Pacific career development award applications

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    We've had a big increase in the number of applicants applying for a HRC Pacific career development award in our 2018 funding round, which closed in July this year.

  • New discovery could help prevent preterm birth

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    Otago University researchers have discovered a new trigger that stimulates the release of oxytocin from the brain in pregnancy – the hormone responsible for contracting the uterus during birth.

  • HRC's latest strategic direction outlined

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    The publication of the New Zealand Health Research Strategy has had a major impact on the programme of work that we will deliver going forward.

  • Severe food allergies increase threefold in Pacific peoples

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    New Zealand’s hospital admission rates for food-induced anaphylaxis – the most severe form of allergic reaction – have increased threefold in Pacific peoples over a 10-year period, according to a r

  • New Māori health research emerging leader fellowship

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    We are pleased to announce a new Māori health research emerging leader fellowship, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, covering salary and research expenses up to $500,000 over four ye

  • New strategy firmly backs NZ’s health research workforce

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    New Zealand’s first health research strategy, launched today, will help nurture and grow a strong health research workforce that can provide solutions to New Zealand’s unique health challenges.
  • Project to unmask genes for antibiotic resistance in ‘superbug’

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    A New Zealand-based study with strong international collaboration from Australia and the UK is set to provide a major step forward in understanding how one of the world’s most problematic superbugs survives antibiotic treatment during infection.