The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is pleased to announce funding for two innovative research projects that share the goal of improving and ultimately ensuring breast cancer survival
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman has been commenting on the viability of a rental warrant of fitness following the release of a Coroner’s report into the tragic death of a 2 year-old living in col
A survey of all the health-related research published by New Zealand researchers between 2005 and 2009 shows that New Zealand research is punching above its weight.
Christchurch doctor and researcher Associate Professor Suetonia Palmer has compiled the first definitive summary of the best and safest treatments for kidney disease and diabetes patients.
Pacific PhD student Alana McCambridge’s HRC-funded research into a novel brain stimulation technique shows promise for helping rehabilitate patients with impaired arm co-ordination and control following a stroke.
Otago pharmacist Dr Shakila Rizwan is one of nine up-in-coming researchers to receive an Emerging Researcher First Grant in the HRC’s 2015 funding round. Read about her plans to develop nose-to-brain drug delivery for epilepsy patients.
A new feasbility study announced today will determine if a weight management programme delivered throughout New Zealand rugby clubs could help to curb the nation’s growing obesity problem.