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Māori neuroscientist Dr Melanie Cheung has been awarded nearly $1.2 million in the HRC's 2014 funding round to slow the progression of Huntington's disease using Māori-focused brain training.

HRC Board Chair Sir Robert Stewart has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to manufacturing and the community.

Looking at applying for funding in the HRC's upcoming funding round? Documentation on how to apply for funding using our new online submission system, HRC Gateway, is now available to download.

Otago researchers have found there's very low risk of serious muscle damage in the general population from taking a widely used cholesterol-lowering drug.

The HRC congratulates all the health researchers involved with the newly announced Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs).

Microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles has been awarded one of three 2014 HRC Explorer Grants to take the fight to infectious microbes.

HRC Māori Health Committee member Dr Suzanne Pitama has been recognised by the University of Otago, Christchurch, and the wider medical community for her outstanding teaching skills.