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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.
  • Wellbeing and the precariat: How does it work in everyday life?

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,180,503.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Jarrod Haar
    ,
    Masters Student 3
    ,
    Dr Rand Hazou
    ,
    Dr Shiloh Groot
    ,
    Professor Darrin Hodgetts
    ,
    Professor Stuart Carr
    ,
    Professor James Liu
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Barriers and facilitators to self-management of asthma in Pacific children

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $971,541.84
    Researchers:
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Tristram Ingham
    ,
    Mr Tyronne Tranquilino
    ,
    Ms Ioana Viliamu-Amusia
    ,
    Dr Thorsten Stanley
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Dr Alvin Mitikulena
    ,
    Mrs Tofa Suafole Gush
    ,
    Dr Hayley Denison
    ,
    Dr Delwyn Goodrick
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health 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
  • Barriers and cultural values for Pacific women accessing breast cancer care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Emily Yee
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • The epidemiology of Crohn’s and Colitis in New Zealand: a data linkage study

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $248,987.18
    Researchers:
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea 't Mannetje
    ,
    Professor Richard Gearry
    ,
    Professor Dr Michael Schultz
    ,
    Dame Suzanne Snively
    ,
    Professor Andrew Day
    ,
    Dr Marine Corbin
    ,
    Dr Richard Stein
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • Instagram Influencers, Unhealthy Products, and Covert Marketing to Young People

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Ian Goodwin
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Dr Jessica Young
    ,
    Dr Tia Neha
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Tihei Rangatahi Programme: Improving hauora-oranga services for rangatahi Māori

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,397,789.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Ms Renee Davies
    ,
    Professor Lisa Te Morenga
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    ,
    Angelique O’Connell
    ,
    Associate Professor Anna Matheson
    ,
    Professor Te Kani Kingi
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Intervening in sleep to improve perinatal mental health outcomes

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,964.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Tracey Signal
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Sweeney
    ,
    Associate Professor Mark Huthwaite
    ,
    Dr Clare Ladyman
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Mrs Hannah Mooney
    ,
    Associate Professor Katherine Sharkey
    ,
    Associate Professor Bei Bei
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Tanya Wright
    ,
    Professor Jane Fisher
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Social response to COVID-19 in New Zealand: Obligations and stigmatisation

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $350,325.48
    Researchers:
    Dr Liangni Liu
    ,
    Dr Guanyu Ran
    ,
    Dr Yuan Gong
    ,
    Professor Richard Siegert
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Rapid diagnosis and genome sequencing to follow CoV-2019 outbreak

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $165,471.02
    Researchers:
    Dr Olin Silander
    ,
    Dr Nikki Freed
    ,
    Dr Paul Pickering
    ,
    Dr James Hadfield
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response Project
  • Development of a community-focused palliative care service model

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Ravi Reddy
    ,
    Dr Bevan Erueti
    ,
    Associate Professor Vili Nosa
    ,
    Associate Professor David Welch
    ,
    Dr Geoff Kira
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Stopping breast cancer evolution: evaluation of APOBEC3 inhibitors in live cells

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Vyacheslav Filichev
    ,
    Dr Elena Harjes
    ,
    Dr Wanting Jiao
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Jameson
    ,
    Professor Reuben Harris
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Breast Cancer Research Project
  • 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
  • Identifying biomarkers of aneuploidy in embryos

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $385,232.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Zaramasina Clark
    ,
    Associate Professor Janet Pitman
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 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
  • Low-intensity therapy and parent coaching for young children with ASD: An RCT.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hannah Waddington
    ,
    Dr Larah van der Meer
    ,
    Professor Andrew Whitehouse
    ,
    Dr Matthew Hammond
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • 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
  • Mental health casual video game for adolescents

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Russell Pine
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • The role of whānau in coronial processes and rangatahi suicide prevention

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,865.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Clive Aspin
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Dr Keri Lawson Te-Aho
    ,
    Dr Heather Gifford
    ,
    Dr Sarah Fortune
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Connecting Kai

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $248,539.60
    Researchers:
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Dr Eva Neely
    ,
    Ms Julia Milne
    ,
    Ms Carolyn Watts
    ,
    Associate Professor Anna Matheson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Community Action Grant