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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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hinemoana: Our Ocean Narratives

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Mera Penehira
    Host:
    Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Maori mental health in New Zealand prisons

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Armon Tamatea
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Breastfeeding support for whanau Maori: The Northland experience

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Dr Amanda Kvalsvig
    ,
    Dr Zoe Tipa
    ,
    Mrs Belinda Tuari-Toma
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • He Toa Taumata Rau - the many resting places of courage

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tepora Emery
    ,
    Dr Heather Hamerton
    Host:
    Te Pūkenga - Toi Ohomai
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Evaluation of a new screening tool for atrial fibrillation in Pacific people

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $286,955.00
    Researchers:
    Dr John Sluyter
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship
  • Lighted Paths: Education and pathways to better health for Pacific families

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $256,775.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jesse Kokaua
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    ,
    Associate Professor Reremoana Theodore
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship
  • Improving publicly funded Pacific bariatric surgery patients' retention rates

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $296,503.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tamasin Taylor
    ,
    Dr Ofa Dewes
    ,
    Professor Richard Siegert
    ,
    Dr Wendy Wrapson
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship