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HRC Research Repository

This library contains details of HRC-funded studies over the past 10 years, including study title, lay summary, lead investigator, host organisation, the sum awarded, year of study commencement, and contract duration.
  • Mahi Ngātahi - Culturally responsive ways of working together

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $110,742.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Zoe Tipa
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Korero mai: taitamariki Maori development of healthy relationships

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Terry Dobbs
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Whakamana te reo a ngā rangatahi ki roto i nga tautuhinga hauora

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $127,043.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa
    ,
    Professor Denise Wilson
    ,
    Dr Moana Eruera
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Synthesis of a million stories with natural language processing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Simone Rodda
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Exploring the role of Tongan faith leaders in influencing wellbeing

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $84,033.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Rubinstine Manukia
    ,
    Dr Margaret Williams
    ,
    Professor Janis Paterson
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Kei roto tō tātau rongoā: A community/whānau-based approach for wellbeing

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,919.80
    Researchers:
    Professor Denise Wilson
    ,
    Dr Tanya Allport
    ,
    Dr Alayne Mikahere-Hall
    ,
    Dr Leland Ruwhiu
    ,
    Dr Nicole Coupe
    ,
    Professor Tania Ka'ai
    ,
    Ms Rolinda Karapu
    ,
    Professor Stephen Reay
    ,
    Dr Moana Eruera
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Wellbeing of essential workers during COVID-19: Community support

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Katherine Ravenswood
    ,
    Ms Kirsty McCully
    ,
    Miss Melissa Woolley
    ,
    Dr Amber Nicholson
    ,
    Dr Fiona Hurd
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Community Action Grant
  • Sustainable LMC midwifery: Balancing work and whānau responsibilities

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,364,660.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Tagonei Mharapara
    ,
    Dr Lesley Dixon
    ,
    Dr Nimbus Staniland
    ,
    Mrs Talei Jackson
    ,
    Dr Janine Clemons
    ,
    Professor Katherine Ravenswood
    ,
    Professor Gill Kirton
    ,
    Ms Waimarie Onekawa
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Mitochondrial injury and inter-cellular mitochondrial transfer

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $1,036,746.44
    Researchers:
    Dr Melanie-Jane McConnell
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Integrated services to improve the health of Pacific peoples

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $1,194,152.88
    Researchers:
    Dr Ausaga Fa'asalele Tanuvasa
    ,
    Dr Debbie Ryan
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • He Tapu Te Whare Tangata: Empowering rural solutions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,293,194.40
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Mr Charles Lambert
    ,
    Dr Leigh Duncan
    ,
    Mrs Bobbie Cameron
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Jennifer Harré Hindmarsh
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Designing a scalable vaccine to induce liver resident T cells against malaria

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,195,993.80
    Researchers:
    Professor Gavin Painter
    ,
    Susanna Chan
    ,
    Ms Sarah Draper
    ,
    Professor William Heath
    ,
    Professor Ian Hermans
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Vaccine development: upping the ante

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,504.10
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Bridget Stocker
    ,
    Dr Emma Dangerfield
    ,
    Associate Professor Mattie Timmer
    ,
    Professor Sho Yamasaki
    ,
    Dr Kensuke Shibata
    ,
    Dr Jacelyn Loh
    ,
    Professor Thomas Proft
    ,
    Professor Dr Ulrich Maus
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Implementing HPV primary testing to prevent cervical cancer in NZ: Te Tai Tokerau

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,398,122.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Associate Professor Marion Saville
    ,
    Associate Professor David Hawkes
    ,
    Dr Nokuthaba Sibanda
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Predict and Prevent COVID-19: a data driven innovation project

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $533,224.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Alexei Drummond
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Dr Binh Nguyen
    ,
    Professor Winston Seah
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr Mehnaz Adnan
    ,
    Dr David Welch
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Economic Risks from COVID-19 in Pacific Island Countries

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $51,435.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Ilan Noy
    ,
    Mr Nguyen Doan
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response Project
  • Harnessing lung resident immune cells for mucosal vaccines

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,975.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Lisa Connor
    ,
    Dr Benjamin Compton
    ,
    Professor Ian Hermans
    ,
    Professor Gavin Painter
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Burden of MRSA on Far North communities

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Kennedy Sarich
    Host:
    Independent Researcher
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Te Puna Roimata Te Oranga whanau

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $12,000.00
    Researchers:
    Reverend Bettina Maxwell
    Host:
    Independent Researcher
    Proposal type
    Rangahau Hauora Training Grant
  • Te hao nui, he hao komarohi

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    Host:
    Independent Researcher
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant