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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.
  • Understanding measles: severity and sequelae

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,104,966.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Anna Howe
    ,
    Dr Owen Sinclair
    ,
    Dr Gary Reynolds
    ,
    Dr Kuang-Chih Hsiao
    ,
    Dr Jocelyn Neutze
    ,
    Dr Alana Cavadino
    ,
    Dr Rachel Webb
    ,
    Dr Teuila Percival
    ,
    Dr Fiona Perelini
    ,
    Dr Maria Poynter
    ,
    Dr Catherine Gilchrist
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Measuring and boosting waning immunity to measles in young adults

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,163,259.24
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter McIntyre
    ,
    Professor James Ussher
    ,
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Rob Van Binnendijk
    ,
    Dr Andrew Anglemyer
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Effects of unique Pacific gene variants on immunity and metabolic disease

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $398,248.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Natalie Netzler
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    ,
    Dr John Taylor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Developing an assessment tool to gauge barriers to vaccination

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $896,195.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Associate Professor Margie Danchin
    ,
    Dr Janine Paynter
    ,
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Jessica Kaufman
    ,
    Dr Esther Willing
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Aetiology-focused treatment: a new paradigm for empiric pneumonia treatment

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,192,690.68
    Researchers:
    Dr Michael Maze
    ,
    Dr Amy Scott-Thomas
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Professor Steve Chambers
    ,
    Dr Catherina Chang
    ,
    Professor Bob Hancox
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Dr Susan Taylor
    ,
    Dr Jonathan Williman
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 among Pacific people in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,482.35
    Researchers:
    Associate Dean Collin Tukuitonga
    ,
    Dr Sam Manuela
    ,
    Dr Gerard Sonder
    ,
    Dr Debbie Ryan
    ,
    Dr Corina Grey
    ,
    Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga
    ,
    Dr Tamasin Taylor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health 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
  • Māori attitudes towards vaccination in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $32,400.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Grace Davies
    ,
    Dr Esther Willing
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Masters Scholarship
  • Genomic epidemiology of human respiratory viruses in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,196,858.43
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jemma Geoghegan
    ,
    Dr Joep de Ligt
    ,
    Ms Lauren Jelley
    ,
    Dr Xiaoyun Ren
    ,
    Dr Sue Huang
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr David Welch
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Edward Holmes
    ,
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Dr David Winter
    ,
    Professor Dr Jing Wang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Development of rifampicin as a dry powder inhaler for tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,086,230.65
    Researchers:
    Dr Jack Dummer
    ,
    Associate Professor Shyamal Das
    ,
    Professor Philip Hill
    ,
    Dr Bachti Alisjahbana
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Is acute rheumatic fever primarily caused by scabies? A case-control study.

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,189,100.15
    Researchers:
    Dr Gerhard Sundborn
    ,
    Dr Simon Thornley
    ,
    Dr Natalie Hopoi
    ,
    Dr Arthur Morris
    ,
    Dr Cielo Pasay
    ,
    Dr Daniel Engelman
    ,
    Dr Rachel Roskvist
    ,
    Noela Dugu
    ,
    Miss Loma Veatupu
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • A vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,789.30
    Researchers:
    Professor John Fraser
    ,
    Dr Fiona Radcliff
    ,
    Dr Ries Langley
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Targeting metabolic dysregulation to eradicate drug resistant M. tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,544.36
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    ,
    Associate Professor Michael Berney
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • ARISE FLUIDS Aotearoa Randomised Controlled Trial

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,949.75
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Peter Jones
    ,
    Nina Baker
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Dr Martin Than
    ,
    Professor Papaarangi Reid
    ,
    Dr Kim Yates
    ,
    Dr Eunicia Tan
    ,
    Dr Anna Vosseteig
    ,
    Dr Robert Martynoga
    ,
    Dr Michael Connelly
    ,
    Dr Matthew Moore
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Dr Alisa Higgins
    ,
    Dr Stephen MacDonald
    ,
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Project
  • New targets for infectious disease - tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Emily Parker
    ,
    Dr Wanting Jiao
    ,
    Professor Peter Tyler
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Associate Professor Jeremy Lott
    ,
    Dr Gerd Mittelstadt
    ,
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Accessible digital resources for rangatahi and their whānau

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Terryann Clark
    ,
    Dr Jade Le Grice
    ,
    Dr Shiloh Groot
    ,
    Dr Sonia Lewycka
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Stakeholder views on the Pharmacist Minor Ailment Service and access equity

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $32,127.60
    Researchers:
    Mr Brendon McIntosh
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Dr Anneka Anderson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Masters Scholarship
  • Mātauranga kai

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $346,984.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Nikki Renall
    ,
    Professor Lisa Te Morenga
    ,
    Dr Margaret Wilkie
    ,
    Dr Tracy Perry
    ,
    Miss Miriana Stephens
    ,
    Dr Meika Foster
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Hohua Tutengaehe Fellowship