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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.
  • Aho Tapairu: Developing a mana wahine wellbeing toolkit

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $394,035.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Ngahuia Murphy
    Host:
    Tu Tama Wahine o Taranaki
    Proposal type
    Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
  • 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
  • Clinical utility of ultrasound imaging for evaluation of foot osteoarthritis

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $259,900.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Prue Molyneux
    ,
    Professor Matthew Carroll
    ,
    Professor Catherine Bowen
    ,
    Associate Professor Richard Ellis
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Keith Rome
    ,
    Associate Professor Nicholas Garrett
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Te Maramataka - restoring 'health' by reconnecting with Te Taiao

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,125,097.05
    Researchers:
    Dr Isaac Warbrick
    ,
    Mr Rereata Makiha
    ,
    Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes
    ,
    Dr Valance Smith
    ,
    Mr Garth Harmsworth
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Kalei Nuuhiwa
    ,
    Mrs Davina Thompson
    ,
    Ms Ayla Hoeta
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Pacific Islands Families: Thriving Pacific Young Adults (PIF: TPYA)

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,365.95
    Researchers:
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    ,
    Dr Leon Iusitini
    ,
    Dr Jesse Kokaua
    ,
    Associate Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
    ,
    Associate Professor Sione Vaka
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Samoan families experience with mental health services

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $172,500.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Ioana Mulipola
    ,
    Associate Professor Sione Vaka
    ,
    Professor Eleanor Holroyd
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Culture, church and community: Understanding Tongan gambling in New Zealand

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $4,700.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Edmond Fehoko
    ,
    Associate Professor Maria Bellringer
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • 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
  • Me'akai, Suka mo e Mo'ui Lotolu (Food, diabetes and total wellbeing)

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Soana Muimuiheata
    ,
    Associate Professor Gael Mearns
    ,
    Associate Professor Sione Vaka
    ,
    Professor Elizabeth Smythe
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Talanoa 'o e Me'akai mo e Suka

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Soana Muimuiheata
    ,
    Associate Professor Gael Mearns
    ,
    Associate Professor Sione Vaka
    ,
    Professor Elizabeth Smythe
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Improving outcome of mild Traumatic Brain Injury with advanced brain imaging

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $249,964.95
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mangor Pedersen
    ,
    Professor Alice Theadom
    ,
    Dr Samantha Holdsworth
    ,
    Professor Tania Ka'ai
    ,
    Professor Sir Richard Faull
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Light-responsive molecular tools to study Tau-mediated neurodegeneration

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $246,869.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cassandra Fleming
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Crouch
    ,
    Associate Professor Christopher Hall
    ,
    Associate Professor Dong-Xu Liu
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Environmental determinants of national physical activity and nutrition behaviour

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $124,261.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tom Stewart
    ,
    Professor Scott Duncan
    ,
    Professor Daniel Exeter
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First 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
  • Optimising telerehabilitation practice in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,388,974.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Nicola Kayes
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Associate Professor Felicity Bright
    ,
    Dr Hinemoa Elder
    ,
    Professor Stephen Reay
    ,
    Mark Shirley
    ,
    Dr Marama McDonald
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Kaiāwhina Hauora Hapori (Community Health Helpers)

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $29,927.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Bridget Dicker
    ,
    Mrs Michelle Brett
    ,
    Mr Dan Spearing
    ,
    Dr Verity Todd
    ,
    Dr Andrew Swain
    ,
    Dr Graham Howie
    ,
    Dr Kevin Govender
    ,
    Mr Joey McGrath
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Ngā Toronga o Te Kukunetanga: The branches of the Te Kukunetanga family

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $29,971.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Dean Mahuta
    ,
    Mrs Stacey Gillard-Tito
    ,
    Dr Hannah Wyatt
    ,
    Professor Dr Patria Hume
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • A technology-based intervention for early detection of post-natal depression

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $29,998.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Liesje Donkin
    ,
    Ms Penelope Hayward
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Creating food havens in South Auckland

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $29,897.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Radilaite Cammock
    ,
    Dr Catherine Conn
    ,
    Mrs Daysha Tonumaipe'a
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Implementing effective lifestyle treatment for T2 Diabetes in primary care

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,938.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Caryn Zinn
    ,
    Professor Grant Schofield
    ,
    Dr Lily Fraser
    ,
    Dr Glen Davies
    ,
    Dr Marcus Hawkins
    ,
    Dr Olivia Currie
    ,
    Dr Tom Stewart
    ,
    Dr Catherine Crofts
    ,
    Professor Nigel Harris
    ,
    Dr David Unwin
    ,
    Dr Dion Enari
    ,
    Dr Sierra Keung
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project