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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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    ,
    Associate 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
  • 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
    ,
    Miss Tina Bennett
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Judy Ormandy
    ,
    Ms Victoria Roper
    ,
    Ms Michelle Vincent
    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
    ,
    Dr Joanne Baxter
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Evidence-based management of Long COVID

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,904.30
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Ms Jenene Crossan
    ,
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Dr Anna Brooks
    ,
    Dr David Davies-Payne
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Fiona McKenzie
    ,
    Dr Claire O'Loughlin
    ,
    Dr Sarah Rhodes
    ,
    Fiona Dunford
    ,
    Dr Rochelle Ellison-Lupena
    ,
    Dr Janet McDonald
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • 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
  • Catalyst for Maori health development: a case-study of Maori nursing

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Erana Burrows
    Host:
    Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Laying the foundations for a NZ primary care research and surveillance network

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Carol Atmore
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Professor Dr Lynn McBain
    ,
    Dr Ben Hudson
    ,
    Professor Les Toop
    ,
    Professor Tony Dowell
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Professor Bruce Arroll
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Towards medical education that addresses Indigneous rights to health

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $57,277.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Anna Fay
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Health and service delivery needs of the Turangi Maori community

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Casey Te Rangi
    Host:
    Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Perioperative local anaesthetic

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $210,236.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Wiremu MacFater
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Optimising post-operative pain relief following abdominal surgery

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $114,025.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • He tono whakapiki ora: Whānau and pharmacists’ knowledge exchange

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $258,471.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Nora Parore
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Enhancing community healthy lifestyles: digital technologies

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Tessa Malolo-Seu
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Adaptation and implementation of stratified care (STarT Back) in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,619.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Cathy Chapple
    ,
    Dr Julia Hill
    ,
    Professor Richard Ellis
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Roger White
    ,
    Dr Anna Gilmour
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • 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
  • 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
  • Aotearoa Roadmap for AI Scribes

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $399,886.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Mr Riki Kyle
    ,
    Dr Ryan Radecki
    ,
    Dr Cheng Kai Jin
    ,
    Dr Magda Rosin
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Trans-Tasman perspectives on telehealth for palliative care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,712.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Katherine Bloomfield
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Associate Professor Annmarie Hosie
    ,
    Dr Michael Chapman
    ,
    Professor Dr Meera Agar
    ,
    Dr Victoria Jones
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • A survey of Maori health professional students at Otago

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Nadine Houia-Ashwell
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Sustaining a community-based health initiative using digital technologies

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Litiuingi Ahio
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Development Grant
  • 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
  • Development and application of a risk prediction tool for emergency laparotomy

    Year:
    2017
    Approved budget:
    $1,181,513.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Andrew Hill
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Recruitment and retention of midwives in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $260,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Caitlin Woods
    ,
    Professor Katie Groom
    ,
    Dr Robin Cronin
    ,
    Associate Professor Vanessa Jordan
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship