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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.
  • 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
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew Swain
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Tunnage
    ,
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    ,
    Professor Craig Anderson
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Amanda Thrift
    ,
    Professor Derrick Bennett
    ,
    Professor Dominique Cadilhac
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Copy-number variation: a source of missing heritability for heart failure?

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,926.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Anna Pilbrow
    ,
    Dr George Wiggins
    ,
    Dr Gemma Moir-Meyer
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Dr Vinicius Tragante do O
    ,
    Dr John Pearson
    ,
    Professor Logan Walker
    ,
    Dr Nikki Earle
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Professor Julia Horsfield
    ,
    Professor Robert Doughty
    ,
    Professor Richard Troughton
    ,
    Professor Mark Richards
    ,
    Dr Jessika Wise
    ,
    Miss Moizle Grace Ocariza
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • 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
    ,
    Julia Muir
    ,
    Dr Louisa Ashby
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Direct-to-stomach delivery of drugs for the chemoprevention of inherited stomach cancer

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,177.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Parry Guilford
    ,
    Dr Jessica Fairhall
    ,
    Dr Lyvianne Decourtye-Espiard
    ,
    Associate Professor Allan Gamble
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • A study of Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island Māori, and Niuean infant care practices

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,155,335.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Vili Nosa
    ,
    Dr Teuila Percival
    ,
    Dr Maryann Heather
    ,
    Dr Fiona Langridge
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Exploring the role of the inflammasome pathway in diabetic retinopathy

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,660.15
    Researchers:
    Dr Odunayo Mugisho
    ,
    Professor Rinki Murphy
    ,
    Professor llva Rupenthal
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Social return on investment methodology: a narrative review of evaluations

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $29,992.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Claire O'Loughlin
    ,
    Dr Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Cause and effect in childhood bone and joint infection

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $260,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sarah Hunter
    ,
    Professor Cameron Grant
    ,
    Dr Haemish Crawford
    ,
    Associate Professor Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Professor Jillian Cornish
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • No smokers left behind: A trial of adaptive smoking cessation treatment

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,725.60
    Researchers:
    Professor Christopher Bullen
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Feasibility study on long-term mental health of emergency responders to March 15

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $29,388.00
    Researchers:
    Dr SM Akramul Kabir
    ,
    Dr Ruqayya Sulaiman-Hill
    ,
    Professor Richard Porter
    ,
    Professor Lois Surgenor
    ,
    Mrs Fari Ali
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Virtual cognitive stimulation therapy - an online treatment for dementia mate wareware

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,974.77
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Hamish Jamieson
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Mr Hans Bergler
    ,
    Dr Kathryn Peri
    ,
    Dr Tai Kake
    ,
    Mr Mau Te Rangimarie Clark
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea Menclova
    ,
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • 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
    ,
    Professor Jason Gurney
    ,
    Dr Andrea Teng
    ,
    Dr Sheree Gibb
    ,
    Dr Marine Corbin
    ,
    Dr Virginia Signal
    ,
    Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson
    ,
    Ms Jane Zhang
    ,
    Mr William Leung
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew Waa
    ,
    Associate Professor Melissa McLeod
    ,
    Dr Celia Hume
    ,
    Dr Neilenuo Rentta
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Assessing invasion risks of mosquito vectors into New Zealand using genomic databanks

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sherif Ammar
    ,
    Professor Simon Hales
    ,
    Mr Matthew Ashworth
    ,
    Mrs Liliana Clarke
    ,
    Dr Véronique Paris
    ,
    Dr Thomas Schmidt
    ,
    Dr Mary McIntyre
    ,
    Dr Mariana Musicante
    Host:
    PHF Science
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $892,380.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Lynn Sadler
    ,
    Dr Meghan Hill
    ,
    Professor John Thompson
    ,
    Dr Robin Cronin
    ,
    Dr Erena Browne
    ,
    Professor Jane Alsweiler
    ,
    Dr Sarah Tout
    ,
    Dr Deborah Schlichting
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
  • Fibrinogen Early In Severe Trauma studY (FEISTY-II)

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $1,228,225.50
    Researchers:
    Dr James Moore
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Professor Zoe McQuilten
    ,
    Dr James Winearls
    ,
    Dr Richard Charlewood
    ,
    Professor Ian Civil
    ,
    Associate Professor Grant Christey
    ,
    Ms Trisha Falleni
    ,
    Professor Stephane Heritier
    ,
    Dr Alisa Higgins
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew MacCormick
    ,
    Dr Diane Mackle
    ,
    Dr Matthew Moore
    ,
    Ms Shaanti Olatunji
    ,
    Max Raos
    ,
    Dr Alice Rogan
    ,
    Mr Christopher Wakeman
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Can we attenuate inflammation in metabolic syndrome? A feasibility study

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.59
    Researchers:
    Professor Anitra Carr
    ,
    Dr Allamanda Faatoese
    ,
    Dr Catherine Wall
    ,
    Dr Emma Vlasiuk
    ,
    Dr Jonathan Williman
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • 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
    ,
    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
  • REMAP-CAP: Improving treatment for pneumonia, influenza and pandemic infections

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $4,998,511.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Dr Anthony Jordan
    ,
    Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Anne Turner
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Scott Berry
    ,
    Professor Richard Beasley
    ,
    Miss Allie Eathorne
    ,
    Dr Lindsay Berry
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • HCQ4ARF: A randomised trial of Hydroxychloroquine for acute rheumatic fever

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,437,916.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rachel Webb
    ,
    Professor Nigel Wilson
    ,
    Dr Danny de Lore
    ,
    Dr Alexandra Wallace
    ,
    Joshua Agnew
    ,
    Dr John Malcolm
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Where are the inequities in the journey from health to gynae cancer in Aotearoa?

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,187,765.62
    Researchers:
    Dr Carrie Innes
    ,
    Dr Bryony Simcock
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Dr Karen Bartholomew
    ,
    Professor Dr Lynn McBain
    ,
    Associate Professor Phillip Hider
    ,
    Dr Sarah Te Whaiti
    ,
    Mrs Alexandria Tino
    ,
    Ms Tania Batley
    ,
    Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga
    ,
    Dr Sathana Ponnampalam
    ,
    Dr Simone Petrich
    ,
    Dr Elaine White
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Development and implementation of nutrition guidelines in childhood cancer

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $1,353,460.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Amy Lovell
    ,
    Dr Andy Wood
    ,
    Dr Claire Gooder
    ,
    Dr Amy Jones
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Dr Alana Cavadino
    ,
    Dr Hui Yee Yeo
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • WellConnectedNZ – Improving individuals’ health by strengthening community connectedness – a proof of concept initiative

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $1,129,598.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Michael Epton
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waitaha Canterbury / Te Tai o Poutini West Coast
    Proposal type
    Long Term Conditions Project
  • Manaaki Te Iti Kahurangi: Improving outcomes for whānau

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,905.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Helmut Modlik
    ,
    Associate Professor Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Dr Anna Adcock
    ,
    Dr Leigh Duncan
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Dr Tania Slater
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Judy Ormandy
    ,
    Ms Victoria Roper
    ,
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Mrs Hayley Laursen
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Healthy for life: education and support for older people

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,946.00
    Researchers:
    Professor John Parsons
    ,
    Professor Vanessa Burholt
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Professor Debra Waters
    ,
    Professor Denise Taylor
    ,
    Assistant Professor Rosemary Gibson
    ,
    Professor Carol Wham
    ,
    Dr Kathryn Peri
    ,
    Dr Tia Dawes
    ,
    Miss Elizabeth Binns
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Professor Clare Wall
    ,
    Mrs Annabel Grant
    ,
    Dr Ruth Teh
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Assessing the reduction of recurrent admissions using OM85 for preschool wheeze

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,999.60
    Researchers:
    Professor Cameron Grant
    ,
    Dr Owen Sinclair
    ,
    Dr Simone Watkins
    ,
    Mrs Marisa van Arragon
    ,
    Dr Arun Gangakhedkar
    ,
    Dr Rebecca Alekzander
    ,
    Dr Alexandra Wallace
    ,
    Dr Anita Lala
    ,
    Dr Angus Goodson
    ,
    Associate Professor Laurel Teoh
    ,
    Dr Natalie Martin
    ,
    Dr Jessica Costa-Pinto
    ,
    Professor Peter Vuillermin
    ,
    Dr Sarah McNab
    ,
    Professor Peter Sly
    ,
    Professor Lisa Gold
    ,
    Dr Rachel Schembri
    ,
    Professor Katherine Lee
    ,
    Dr Thomas Saunders
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • A community-based RCT evaluating micronutrients for mood dysregulated teenagers

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Julia Rucklidge
    ,
    Professor Roger Mulder
    ,
    Professor Joseph Boden
    ,
    Ms Meredith Blampied
    ,
    Ms Leona Manna
    ,
    Dame Susan Bagshaw
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Ethics of animal-only antimicrobials as a novel approach to emerging infectious disease control from a One Health perspective

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $6,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Maeve Cleary
    ,
    Dr Mike King
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynley Anderson
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Ethics Summer Studentship
  • The Dunedin Study: Ka mua, ka muri

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,999.83
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Reremoana Theodore
    ,
    Professor Terrie Moffitt
    ,
    Professor Avshalom Caspi
    ,
    Professor Gareth Treharne
    ,
    Dr Mihi Ratima
    ,
    Professor Jonathan Broadbent
    ,
    Professor Bob Hancox
    ,
    Professor Peter Thorne
    ,
    Professor Suzanne Purdy
    ,
    Associate Professor Graham Wilson
    ,
    Dr Sandhya Ramrakha
    ,
    Dr Ashleigh Barrett-Young
    ,
    Dr Kirsten Cheyne
    ,
    Professor Wickliffe Abraham
    ,
    Associate Professor James Foulds
    ,
    Dr Michaela Pettie
    ,
    Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
    ,
    Dr Robbie Francis Watene
    ,
    Dr Tom Elliott
    ,
    Dr Will Edwards
    ,
    Professor Joseph Boden
    ,
    Professor Barry Milne
    ,
    Professor Stephen Robertson
    ,
    Mr Samuel Carrington
    ,
    Associate Professor Jesse Kokaua
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    ,
    Professor Robert Walker
    ,
    Professor Michael Williams
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Bridging rongoā Māori healing and medical health treatment collaboration

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $219,375.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Jonathan Koea
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waitematā
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Feasibility Study
  • Toward a digital paradigm of postoperative monitoring

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $699,996.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory O'Grady
    ,
    Dr Chris Varghese
    ,
    Dr Cameron Wells
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • The effects of urinary incontinence on Māori women's health and wellbeing

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $31,600.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Elisabeth Dacker
    ,
    Dr Robin Quigg
    ,
    Ms Katrina Bryant
    ,
    Dr Carrie Falling
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Masters Scholarship
  • A mega randomised registry trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,438,369.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Diane Mackle
    ,
    Professor Michael Bailey
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Professor Rinaldo Bellomo
    ,
    Associate Professor Daniel Martin
    ,
    Mr Paul Mouncey
    ,
    Professor Kathryn Rowan
    ,
    Professor David Harrison
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Advancing palliative care among Pacific children

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,148,229.74
    Researchers:
    Professor Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Dr Salina Iupati
    ,
    Mrs Telusila Vea
    ,
    Mrs Veenita Rairi
    ,
    Dr Delwyn Goodrick
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Hayley Denison
    ,
    Dr Gemma Aburn
    ,
    Dr Ross Drake
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Rangatahi Māori Views on pharmacy in Aotearoa as a study and career pathway

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Sharnee Breingan
    ,
    Dr Trudi Aspden
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Te Hao Nui

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,494.80
    Researchers:
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    Host:
    McDonald Sporle
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Maximising Maori participation for measuring unmet need in secondary healthcare

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship