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 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.
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.
A newly funded study will investigate why Māori are overrepresented in the national drowning statistics despite having a strong cultural connection to the water.
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).
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.