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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Māori health research appointment

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    Mr Stacey Pene (Ngāti Kahungunu) has been appointed as the HRC’s new Manager of Māori Research Investment.
  • Tackling fevers in Asia through e-ASIA JRP

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    Otago University researchers have secured $450,000 in HRC funding through the e-ASIA program to study causes of fever and how patients with fever are managed in Myanmar and the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic.
  • New building for Dunedin Study

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    Work is starting on a new purpose-built home for the world-renowned HRC-funded Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, on the University of Otago’s campus in Dunedin.
  • NZ gene discovery drives global leukaemia research

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    Julia Horsfield made a surprise discovery while working on a HRC-funded project more than 10 years ago. What she found is today the major focus of leukaemia researchers worldwide.
  • New projects for breast cancer partnership

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    Two new research projects will use data from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Register to improve delivery of care to breast cancer patients and lead to better health outcomes.

  • $7.9m for long-term health conditions research

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    Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman today announced the opening of applications for a new $7.9 million research fund to help improve the management o
  • Air pollution leading risk factor for stroke

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    A part HRC-funded study* led by AUT University Professor Valery Feigin and recently published in the Lancet Neurology shows that air pollution is now a leading risk factor for stroke worldwide.
  • Dr Don Mackie to join the HRC on secondment

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    We are pleased to announce that Dr Don Mackie is joining the HRC from 25 July 2016, on a twelve month secondment.