Dr Cameron Grant's study shows that New Zealand's high rate of hospital admissions for whooping cough decreased in the 2000s - the first decade to record a drop since the 1960s.
Frances Graham's HRC-funded study shows that the predicted increase in heat-related extreme weather events due to climate change, in particular the nor'wester in Christchurch, could pose a risk to the delivery of hospital services.
Dr Siouxsie Wiles has picked up the 2012 New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Science Communicators award for communicating scientific issues of interest to the public.
Neurosurgeon Mr Martin Hunn has developed a novel vaccine therapy for a highly aggressive brain tumour with colleagues at Wellington Hospital and the Malaghan Institute.
An HRC-funded study to estimate rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) suggests the worldwide incidence of TBI could be six times higher than previously estimated.
Professor John Fraser, who has a long association with the HRC, has received the Sir Charles Hercus Medal at the Royal Society of New Zealand's honours dinner for his pioneering work on bacterial superantigens.
University of Canterbury's Dr Paul Gardner has crunched the numbers... and two HRC-funded researchers - Professors Ian Reid and Allan Herbison - are in the top three 'hottest' researchers in New Zealand.
Clinical psychologist Dr Margaret Dudley has received an HRC Māori health research fellowship to help improve rehabilitation outcomes for Māori following a stroke or head injury.