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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.
  • Novel strategies to harness therapeutic potential of CB2 in the immune system

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $565,312.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Natasha Grimsey
    ,
    Dr Andrea Vernall
    ,
    Associate Professor Scott Graham
    ,
    Professor Rod Dunbar
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Vulnerability of the female heart

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $593,057.00
    Researchers:
    Dr June-Chiew Han
    ,
    Professor Andrew Taberner
    ,
    Dr Kenneth Tran
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony Hickey
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Adult stem cell treatments for corneal endothelial diseases

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $575,742.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jie Zhang
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    ,
    Professor Dipika Patel
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Precision cancer treatment using predictive software and imaging biomarkers

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $469,821.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hayley Reynolds
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Tickling cancer cells to provoke an antitumour immune response

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $580,348.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Muhammad Hanif
    ,
    Professor Christian Hartinger
    ,
    Professor Rod Dunbar
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Exploring the views of NZ born Samoan youth on alcohol consumption

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $31,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Audrey Po'e-Tofaeono
    ,
    Associate Professor Vili Nosa
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ngā Kaumātua ō Tātou Taonga: Supporting kaumātua health in a changing world

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,181,194.40
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Marama Muru-Lanning
    ,
    Hone Thomson
    ,
    Dr Mere Kepa
    ,
    Dr Tia Dawes
    ,
    Professor Margaret Mutu
    ,
    Dr Ngapare Hopa
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Hilary Lapsley
    ,
    Miss Charmaine Tukiri
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • 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