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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.
  • Regulation of lens water transport: A strategy to treat presbyopia and cataract

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,936,997.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    ,
    Mr Marvin Tang
    ,
    Mr Wilson Pan
    ,
    Dr Renita Martis
    ,
    Dr Yadi Chen
    ,
    Dr Julie Lim
    ,
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr Ehsan Vaghefi
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    ,
    Professor Dr Zimei Wu
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    ,
    Dr Bianca Heilman
    ,
    Assistant Professor Marco Ruggeri
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Demarais
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Neurovascular pathology in human neurodegenerative disorders

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,999.65
    Researchers:
    Professor Michael Dragunow
    ,
    Professor Sir Richard Faull
    ,
    Professor Maurice Curtis
    ,
    Professor William Denny
    ,
    Professor Johanna Montgomery
    ,
    Dr Rebecca Johnson
    ,
    Dr Helen Murray
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Vascular risk equity for all New Zealanders

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,920.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Rodney Jackson
    ,
    Associate Professor Susan Wells
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Professor Thomas Lumley
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri
    ,
    Dr Romana Pylypchuk
    ,
    Dr Claris Chung
    ,
    Dr Corina Grey
    ,
    Mrs Julie Winter-Smith
    ,
    Associate Professor Monique Jonas
    ,
    Professor Nicola Dalbeth
    ,
    Ms Catherine Choi
    ,
    Dr Jinfeng Zhao
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Translating treatments for lymphatic dysfunction associated with organ failure

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,761.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    ,
    Professor Merryn Tawhai
    ,
    Dr Natalie Trevaskis
    ,
    Professor Dr Wei Huang
    ,
    Mr Fred Astle
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony Hickey
    ,
    Dr Douglas Campbell
    ,
    Dr Yannan Jiang
    ,
    Professor Colin Green
    ,
    Dr Kelly Burrowes
    ,
    Dr Richard Clarke
    ,
    Associate Professor Ali Mirjalili
    ,
    Professor Ben Boyd
    ,
    Professor Julian Paton
    ,
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Christopher Porter
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Therapeutic development for Fragile X Syndrome

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $126,350.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Victoria Hawkins
    ,
    Dr Kimiora Henare
    ,
    Professor Russell Snell
    ,
    Dr Jessie Jacobsen
    ,
    Dr Renee Handley
    ,
    Associate Professor Maui Hudson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Exploring interrelationships between racism, time and Māori health inequities

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $131,247.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Natalie Paki Paki
    ,
    Associate Professor Donna Cormack
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
    ,
    Associate Professor Ricci Harris
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • DIET 2: Māori Health Equity

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $129,390.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Hannah Rapata
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • 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
  • Upholding the right of Māori older adults to control their medicines journey

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Developing serotonergic 2A receptor agonists as treatments for mood disorders

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,511.55
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
    ,
    Dr Rachael Sumner
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Spatial oculomics with imaging mass spectrometry for drug delivery

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,120.10
    Researchers:
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr George Guo
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    ,
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Looking at the placenta through a detailed lens: relating anatomy to function

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $595,830.35
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Peter Stone
    ,
    Dr Joanna James
    ,
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    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