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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.
  • Health and the Ta'unga: Cook Island palliative health knowledge in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $134,921.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Amy Henry
    ,
    Associate Professor Faafetai Sopoaga
    ,
    Dr Virginia Jones
    ,
    Professor Lois Surgenor
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Estimating the cost of dementia care in NZ and modelling future costs and needs

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $319,087.00
    Researchers:
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Cullum
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Malakai Ofanoa
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease among Pacific people in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $118,050.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Julie Winter-Smith
    ,
    Dr Corina Grey
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Can love break your heart? Oxytocin makes the failing heart skip a beat!

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,648.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Daryl Schwenke
    ,
    Professor Colin Brown
    ,
    Associate Professor Karl Iremonger
    ,
    Associate Professor Regis Lamberts
    ,
    Dr Rachael Augustine
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • The Metformin Aneurysm Trial

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,325,323.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Greg Jones
    ,
    Professor Justin Roake
    ,
    Dr Manar Khashram
    ,
    Mrs Jo Krysa
    ,
    Dr Andrew Hill
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Professor Dr Jonathan Golledge
    ,
    Professor Bruce Neal
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Respiratory modulated pacing to improve outcomes in heart failure

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,191,072.60
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    ,
    Professor Julian Paton
    ,
    Associate Professor Nigel Lever
    ,
    Dr Julia Shanks
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Enhancing Spontaneous Recovery after Stroke Study (ESPRESSo)

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,421,459.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Winston Byblow
    ,
    Professor John Krakauer
    ,
    Professor Cathy Stinear
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Dr Arier Lee
    ,
    Assistant Professor Tomoko Kitago
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • A novel marker to assess cardiac ischemia and outcomes

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,182,419.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Chris Pemberton
    ,
    Associate Professor Philip Adamson
    ,
    Professor Richard Troughton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Exploring resilience among Pasifika children within the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) Study

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $85,128.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Jacinta Fa'alili-Fidow
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • A novel therapeutic to protect hearts in acute ischaemic procedures

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,143,638.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Ivan Sammut
    ,
    Professor David Larsen
    ,
    Dr Joanne Harrison
    ,
    Professor Sean Galvin
    ,
    Associate Professor Max Berry
    ,
    Professor Gerard Wilkins
    ,
    Dr Sean Coffey
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Impact of multimorbidity on CVD risk prediction and management in primary care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,047,796.65
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Susan Wells
    ,
    Dr Claris Chung
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Dr Allan Moffitt
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Dr Ruth Teh
    ,
    Ms Catherine Choi
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Novel potential anti-arrhythmic target

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,171,620.25
    Researchers:
    Professor Julian Paton
    ,
    Professor David Paterson
    ,
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Lifestyle program for Pacific

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $125,790.40
    Researchers:
    Mr Gavin Faeamani
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Associate Professor Nia Aitaoto
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • exciteBCI telerehabilitation: determining optimal dose and testing feasibility

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $245,116.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Denise Taylor
    ,
    Associate Professor Nada Signal
    ,
    Dr Imran Khan Niazi
    ,
    Dr Sharon Olsen
    ,
    Mrs Gemma Alder
    ,
    Associate Professor Alain Vandal
    ,
    Dr Usman Rashid
    ,
    Professor Valerie Pomeroy
    ,
    Dr Nicola Saywell
    ,
    Dr Hugh Hanger
    ,
    Dr Alan Davis
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • Neonatal Glucose Care Optimisation (NeoGluCO) Study

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,641.25
    Researchers:
    Dr Christopher McKinlay
    ,
    Associate Professor Jane Alsweiler
    ,
    Professor Jane Harding
    ,
    Professor Wayne Cutfield
    ,
    Ms Jennifer Rogers
    ,
    Professor Geoff Chase
    ,
    Mr Gregory Gamble
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • A pandemic response and recovery framework supporting equity for older people

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $996,615.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Christine Stephens
    ,
    Professor Fiona Alpass
    ,
    Dr Brendan Stevenson
    ,
    Dr Joanne Allen
    ,
    Associate Professor Polly Yeung
    ,
    Associate Professor Siautu Alefaio
    ,
    Associate Professor Mary Breheny
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    ,
    Dr Maureen Mooney
    ,
    Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Rāpua te Mārama: Bereaved Māori whānau experiences of palliative care and death

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $999,999.05
    Researchers:
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Professor Linda Nikora
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Associate Professor Janine Wiles
    ,
    Dr Lisa Williams
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Tatiana Tavares
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project