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.
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.
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.