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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.
  • Prevention of asthma

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $4,993,727.52
    Researchers:
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Enhancing primary health care services to improve health in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $4,779,446.10
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Mrs Nora Parore
    ,
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Dr Fiona Imlach
    ,
    Dr Kirsten Smiler
    ,
    Associate Professor Clive Aspin
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Untangling PCOS: Understanding androgen excess and the female brain

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,603.60
    Researchers:
    Professor Rebecca Campbell
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Dietary interventions: evidence and translation (DIET) programme

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $4,879,688.88
    Researchers:
    Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Translational advances in gastrointestinal (GI) surgical recovery and motility disorders

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $4,953,845.76
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory O'Grady
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Understanding genetic risk factors for metabolic disease in Maori and Pacific

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $4,997,081.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Whakahā o Te Pā Harakeke

    Year:
    2019
    Approved budget:
    $4,949,736.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Janet Hoek
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Aberrant purinergic afferent signalling in cardiovascular disease

    Year:
    2019
    Approved budget:
    $4,928,392.85
    Researchers:
    Professor Julian Paton
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Assessing the impact of maternal and perinatal interventions on life-long health

    Year:
    2019
    Approved budget:
    $4,971,164.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Jane Harding
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • 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
  • 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
  • Reducing the burden of osteoarthritis in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,268.10
    Researchers:
    Professor J Abbott
    ,
    Dr Ross Wilson
    ,
    Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell
    ,
    Professor Jacquie Kidd
    ,
    Dr Ricky Bell
    ,
    Professor Søren Skou
    ,
    Dr Kirsten Smiler
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Dr Yana Pryymachenko
    ,
    Dr Philippa Nicolson
    ,
    Professor David Gwynne-Jones
    ,
    Ms Angeline Tangiora
    ,
    Professor Peter Choong
    ,
    Professor Kim Bennell
    ,
    Professor Rachelle Buchbinder
    ,
    Professor Deborah Marshall
    ,
    Professor Michelle Dowsey
    ,
    Dr Jackie Whittaker
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Pathogenesis, detection and treatment of perinatal brain injury

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,982.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Alistair Gunn
    ,
    Professor Laura Bennet
    ,
    Associate Professor Joanne Davidson
    ,
    Associate Professor Justin Dean
    ,
    Dr Hamid Abbasi
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Strategies to improve gout management in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $4,998,486.21
    Researchers:
    Professor Lisa Stamp
    ,
    Dr Leanne Te Karu
    ,
    Professor Nicola Dalbeth
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Professor Keith Petrie
    ,
    Professor Carlo Marra
    ,
    Professor Anthony Kettle
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Magon
    ,
    Assistant Professor Daniel Wright
    ,
    Mr Suli Tuitaupe
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Taunakitanga Takitini: reframing self-management support for all in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,810.53
    Researchers:
    Professor Leigh Hale
    ,
    Mrs Bernadette Jones
    ,
    Dr Ofa Dewes
    ,
    Dr Mandy Wilkinson
    ,
    Dr Shirley Keown
    ,
    Mr Reweti Ropiha
    ,
    Dr Glenn Doherty
    ,
    Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
    ,
    Associate Professor Tristram Ingham
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    ,
    Associate Professor Meredith Perry
    ,
    Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay
    ,
    Dr Henrietta Trip
    ,
    Professor Kate Diesfeld
    ,
    Professor Nancy Longnecker
    ,
    Dr Robbie Francis Watene
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Translating biophysical models for heart health

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,999.65
    Researchers:
    Professor Martyn Nash
    ,
    Professor Alistair Young
    ,
    Assistant Professor Nicola Edwards
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Ms Misty Edmonds
    ,
    Dr Kevin Roos
    ,
    Dr Vicky Wang
    ,
    Dr Thiranja Babarenda Gamage
    ,
    Dr Debbie Zhao
    ,
    Dr Gonzalo Maso Talou
    ,
    Dr Abdallah Hasaballa
    ,
    Professor Robert Doughty
    ,
    Associate Professor Malcolm Legget
    ,
    Gina Quill
    ,
    Dr Edward Ferdian
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Impact of Dementia mate wareware and Solutions for Equity in Aotearoa: IDEA

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,941,560.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Associate Professor Nicholas Garrett
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Cullum
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Professor Rita Krishnamurthi
    ,
    Dr Oliver Menzies
    ,
    Dr Fuafiva Fa'alau
    ,
    Dr Amy Chan
    ,
    Dr Susan Yates
    ,
    Dr Emme Chacko
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Assistant Professor Claudia Rivera-Rodriguez
    ,
    Professor Lynette Tippett
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Dr Jacqueline Broadbent
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Translational advances in GI surgical recovery and motility disorders

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,999.65
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory O'Grady
    ,
    Dr Armen Gharibans
    ,
    Associate Professor Peng Du
    ,
    Dr Timothy Angeli-Gordon
    ,
    Professor Ian Bissett
    ,
    Dr Mikaela Law
    ,
    Dr Celia Keane
    ,
    Professor Jonathan Erickson
    ,
    Mr Wharengaro Ruha
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Investigating the functions of p53 isoforms and their clinical translation

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,700.81
    Researchers:
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    ,
    Associate Professor Tania Slatter
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Professor Ian Hermans
    ,
    Dr Sunali Mehta
    ,
    Dr Cath Drummond
    ,
    Professor Brett Delahunt
    ,
    Dr Deborah Wright
    ,
    Associate Professor Amir Zarrabi
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Whakatipu Rakatira: improving sleep as a vehicle to grow healthy future leaders

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,677.36
    Researchers:
    Professor Rachael Taylor
    ,
    Dr Justine Camp
    ,
    Associate Professor Jillian Haszard
    ,
    Professor Barbara Galland
    ,
    Associate Professor Deirdre Brown
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick
    ,
    Mr Stuart McDonald
    ,
    Dr Kim Meredith-Jones
    ,
    Rosalie Jackson
    ,
    Ms Takiwai Russell-Camp
    ,
    Professor Tracey Signal
    ,
    Dr Mohamed Alansari
    ,
    Dr Nicola Ludin
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Taiora taimau

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Mihi Ratima
    Host:
    Te Pou Tiringa Incorporated
    Proposal type
    Ngā Pou Senior Fellowship
  • Koi te mata punenga

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $299,967.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Leonie Pihama
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Ngā Pou Senior Fellowship