Dr Apo Aporosa from Waikato University has received a HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellowship to examine the effects of the popular Pacific Island drink, kava, on driver ability and road safety.
Ethnic differences in New Zealand’s obesity rates are often attributed to consuming too many calories and a sedentary lifestyle. But a new HRC-funded study may help prove that this is only part of the story.
Students who have a greater 'fear of missing out' are much more likely to experience negative consequences from drinking alcohol, new University of Otago psychology research suggests.
The latest research led by HRC Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie fellow Dr Reremoana Theodore has provided important insights into the profile of Māori university graduates as part of the 10-year Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand.
People who eat red or processed meat daily have a 40 per cent higher risk of bowel cancer than those who eat it once a week or less, according to the latest research from HRC Girdlers’ fellow Dr Kathryn Bradbury.