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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.
  • 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
  • Measuring and reducing stroke burden in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,868.45
    Researchers:
    Professor Valery Feigin
    ,
    Professor Rita Krishnamurthi
    ,
    Professor Suzanne Barker-Collo
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Professor Bruce Arroll
    ,
    Professor Daniel Exeter
    ,
    Dr Yogini Ratnasabapathy
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Anna Ranta
    ,
    Dr Hinemoa Elder
    ,
    Dr Priya Parmar
    ,
    Dr Andrew Swain
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Tunnage
    ,
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    ,
    Professor Craig Anderson
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Amanda Thrift
    ,
    Associate Professor Derrick Bennett
    ,
    Professor Dominique Cadilhac
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • 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
  • 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
  • Health and the Ta'unga: Cook Island palliative health knowledge in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $134,921.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Amy Henry
    ,
    Associate Professor Faafetai Sopoaga
    ,
    Dr Virginia Jones
    ,
    Professor Lois Surgenor
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Developing Tongan-centred ways to improve primary health care access in Auckland, New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $85,658.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Manusiu Latu
    ,
    Dr Malakai Ofanoa
    ,
    Associate Professor Stephen Buetow
    ,
    Dr Natalie Gauld
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Improving Pacific youth wellbeing: co-creation and evaluation of a digital tool

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $128,600.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Taulaga Auva'a-Alatimu
    ,
    Associate Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
    ,
    Dr Karolina Stasiak
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick
    Host:
    The University of Auckland/Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease among Pacific people in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $118,050.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Julie Winter-Smith
    ,
    Dr Corina Grey
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Sleep, health, communication, and wellbeing for Pacific children and families

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $132,661.00
    Researchers:
    Mx Albany Lucas
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    ,
    Professor Rachael Taylor
    ,
    Dr Justine Camp
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Metabolic health of Maori and Pacific women: relationships between CREBRF genotype and metabolic resilience

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $127,550.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Taimi Tuimalealiifano
    ,
    Professor Rinki Murphy
    ,
    Associate Professor Jennifer Miles-Chan
    ,
    Dr Debbie Ryan
    ,
    Dr Ofa Dewes
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Counselling survivors of sexual violence trauma: Developing a Pasifika model.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $127,418.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Sarah McRobie
    ,
    Associate Professor Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni
    ,
    Professor Susan Kemp
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Exploring resilience among Pasifika children within the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) Study

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $85,128.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Jacinta Fa'alili-Fidow
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • 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
  • Revitilisation of the Samoan traditional diet

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $126,868.00
    Researchers:
    Amy Maslen-Miller
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Whakamana te reo a ngā rangatahi ki roto i nga tautuhinga hauora

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $127,043.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa
    ,
    Professor Denise Wilson
    ,
    Dr Moana Eruera
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Strategies to improve Maori recruitment and retention into nursing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $127,043.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Phillipa Barton
    ,
    Professor Denise Wilson
    ,
    Professor Stephen Neville
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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