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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Call for e-Asia funding applications

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    The e-Asia Joint Research Programme (JRP) and the HRC are seeking applications for funding focusing on one of two health research areas: infectious diseases or cancer research.

  • Excellence award for clinical research fellow

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    HRC clinical research training fellow Dr Jin Russell was recently awarded the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) 2016 New Zealand Paediatric Trainee Research Award for Excellence.
  • Latest evidence shows wahakura safe for babies

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    Infants sleeping in wahakura (flax bassinets) are relatively safe when compared with bassinets, a joint study between the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic has found.
  • New HRC Pacific committee chair

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    Dr Palatasa Havea has been confirmed as the new chair of the

  • Childhood disadvantage strong predictor of adult outcomes

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    A small segment of the population accounts for a disproportionate share of costly service-use across a society’s health care, criminal justice, and social welfare systems – and paediatric tests of brain health can identify these adults as young as age three.
  • AUT research fellow joins HRC Pacific committee

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    We are pleased to welcome a new member to the HRC's Pacific Health Research Committee, Auckland University of Technology Senior Research Fellow Dr El-Shadan Tautolo.

  • Missing link discovered in type 2 diabetes

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    New Zealand researchers have uncovered a new mechanism that controls the release of the hormone insulin in the body, providing hope for those with a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

  • Ngā Kanohi Kitea grants announced

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    The HRC has announced $650,000 in funding for four Ngā Kanohi Kitea Māori knowledge and development research grants.