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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • HRC roadshows for the 2016 funding round

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    The HRC is holding a series of roadshows throughout New Zealand in May, giving you the chance to learn about opportunities for research funding in our 2016 funding round.
  • Drawing on Matāuranga Māori to promote health and well-being

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    Māori well-being specialist Dr Meihana Durie (Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa, Rangitāne, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Rongo Whakaata) was recently awarded the HRC’s prestigious Hohua Tutengaehe Research

  • Study shows Pacific peoples more at risk of traumatic brain injuries

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    HRC-funded research into traumatic brain injury within Pacific people is 'ground breaking' according to one of the study’s authors,Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairburn Dunlop.
  • 2015 Explorer Grant recipients announced

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    This year's Explorer Grants include a study to explore how food industry technology used to measure antioxidant properties could aid critically ill patients.
  • Exploring NZ's puzzling testicular cancer rates

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    Dr Jason Gurney (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Hine) is embarking on HRC-funded research to find out why Māori are the only non-white population in the world to have the highest rates of testicular cancer.
  • Partnership funds ischaemic heart disease research

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    Three research projects have been awarded a total of just over $1 million to gather evidence in regards to the cost effectiveness and prioritisation of technologies in the area of ischaemic heart disease.
  • Making cycling safer on New Zealand roads

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    The recently completed Taupo Bicycle Study has identified factors to help improve the conditions cyclists’ face on New Zealand's roads.
  • Potential breakthrough for treating hereditary cancers

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    Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even prevented, by existing drugs that have been newly identified by University of Otago researchers.