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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • 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.
  • New Year's honour for Professor McCowan

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    HRC Board member Professor Lesley McCowan has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health in the 2016 New Year's honours list.
  • 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.
  • Leadership expert appointed as new Chair of the HRC

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    The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, has announced the new Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is Dr Lester Levy (CNZM).

  • Māori water safety record under spotlight

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    A newly funded study will investigate why Māori are overrepresented in the national drowning statistics despite having a strong cultural connection to the water.
  • HRC farewells Chair, Sir Robert Stewart

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    Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM, has completed his term of six years as yesterday he stepped down from his role as Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).
  • Upcoming RFP for breast cancer partnership

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    A third round of funding through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand partnership will be outlined in a Request for Proposals (RFP) in late-January 2016.