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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.
  • Hauora Rangatahi Māori: Appropriateness and acceptability of health measures

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $135,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Georgia McCarty
    ,
    Professor Emma Wyeth
    ,
    Associate Professor Trudy Sullivan
    ,
    Professor Sarah Derrett
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Microdrop administration of phenylephrine and cyclopentolate in neonates

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $74,927.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Lisa Kremer
    ,
    Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott
    ,
    Associate Professor David Reith
    ,
    Assistant Professor Roland Broadbent
    ,
    Dr Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Dr Mary Jane Sime
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • 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
  • Interrogating immunotherapy for dental pulp therapy and management

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $206,045.95
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Haizal Hussaini
    ,
    Dr Benedict Seo
    ,
    Dr Shakila Rizwan
    ,
    Assistant Professor Lara Friedlander
    ,
    Chuen Yen Hong
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Preoperative exclusive enteral nutrition versus usual care in Crohn's disease

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $180,375.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Catherine Wall
    ,
    Dr Melissa Haines
    ,
    Professor Richard Gearry
    ,
    Professor Tim Eglinton
    ,
    Dr Tamara Mullaney
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Metabolites in plasma and urine as objective markers of dietary intakes

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,761.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Andrew Reynolds
    ,
    Professor Jim Mann
    ,
    Associate Professor Alastair Ross
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Novel non-invasive neuromodulation treatment for chronic low back pain

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $209,995.25
    Researchers:
    Dr Divya Adhia
    ,
    Professor Dirk De Ridder
    ,
    Associate Professor Ramakrishnan Mani
    ,
    Professor John Reynolds
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Taking a break from Netflix: The effect on glycaemia and sleep

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $203,305.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Meredith Peddie
    ,
    Professor Rachael Taylor
    ,
    Associate Professor Jillian Haszard
    ,
    Associate Professor Rachel Brown
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Calsequestrin as a target to restore calcium balance in atrial fibrillation

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $246,380.45
    Researchers:
    Dr Michelle Munro
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Jones
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • SYMBIOTIC: Integrated prevention of infectious diseases and long-term conditions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,951,982.35
    Researchers:
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Andrew Day
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea 't Mannetje
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Dr Amanda Kvalsvig
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Associate Professor Jason Gurney
    ,
    Dr Andrea Teng
    ,
    Dr Sheree Gibb
    ,
    Dr Marine Corbin
    ,
    Dr Virginia Signal
    ,
    Dr Kirsty Danielson
    ,
    Dr Dougal Thorburn
    ,
    Ms Jane Zhang
    ,
    Mr William Leung
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew Waa
    ,
    Dr Melissa McLeod
    ,
    Dr Celia Hume
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Comprehensive pan-cancer characterization of uncommon TP53 mutations

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $239,631.65
    Researchers:
    Dr Sunali Mehta
    ,
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    ,
    Associate Professor Tania Slatter
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Decoding GWAS to combat renal disease in Māori and Pacific people

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,978.70
    Researchers:
    Dr Megan Leask
    ,
    Professor Tony Merriman
    ,
    Professor Julia Horsfield
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Research to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,214.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Nevil Pierse
    ,
    Professor Dr Philippa Howden-Chapman
    ,
    Professor Michael Keall
    ,
    Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard
    ,
    Dr Elinor Chisholm
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Caroline Halley
    ,
    Dr Lynn Riggs
    ,
    Dr Ramona Tiatia
    ,
    Ms Amber Logan
    ,
    Dr Julie Bennett
    ,
    Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan
    ,
    Dr Sarah Bierre
    ,
    Helen Viggers
    ,
    Kim Nathan
    ,
    Dr Caroline Fyfe
    ,
    Ms Brodie Fraser
    ,
    Ms Jenny Ombler
    ,
    Miss Madeleine White
    ,
    Mr Oliver Robertson
    ,
    Ms Clare Aspinall
    ,
    Ms Wei Zhang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • A clinical:research alliance for diagnosing genetic disorders in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $599,939.44
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Louise Bicknell
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Consolidator 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
  • Extracellular vesicles as inter-cellular communicators in fat graft retention

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $228,392.75
    Researchers:
    Dr Kirsty Danielson
    ,
    Associate Professor Margaret Currie
    ,
    Associate Professor Elizabeth Dennett
    ,
    Dr Elisabeth Phillips
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Breast Cancer Research Project
  • Exploring a novel therapy to reduce breast cancer risk in high-risk individuals

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,974.83
    Researchers:
    Dr Vanessa Lau
    ,
    Associate Professor Logan Walker
    ,
    Professor Bridget Robinson
    ,
    Dr Sarah Diermeier
    ,
    Dr Andrew Douglas
    ,
    Professor Dr Diana Baralle
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Breast Cancer Research Project