Professor Phillipa Howden-Chapman and her 28-strong research team have been awarded the top Prime Minister’s Science Prize for their work on the HRC-funded He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme.
Experienced public health researcher Professor Kathryn McPherson has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).
Auckland City Hospital hepatologist Professor Edward Gane received the HRC's Liley Medal at last night's Research Honours Dinner in Wellington for demonstrating a safer, more effective treatment for people with hepatitis C virus.
The damaging effects on our bodies and brains from chronic stress is the focus of a Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship, announced today as part of the HRC's career development awards programme.
Dr Nikki Turner, Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre at the University of Auckland, explores the ethical issues of placebo use in vaccine trials.
A new HRC-funded study by Otago researchers has found that selenium levels that are both too high in the body, and worse, too low, can place young people at greater risk of depression.