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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.

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  • Glucoregulation by leptin: The missing piece to the puzzle of tissue repair?

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Alexander Tups
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant

  • Pumping gas the right way

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant

  • Novel approaches to support patients in acute settings

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Hickey
    ,
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant

  • The warfare between bacteria and bacteriophage, its benefits to humankind

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Venkata Chelikani
    ,
    Dr Nadia Mitchell
    ,
    Dr Samantha Murray
    Host:
    Lincoln University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant

  • A nationwide strategy to improve lung cancer outcomes with molecular testing

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,222,392.33
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee
    ,
    Dr Rajiv Kumar
    ,
    Dr Glen Reid
    ,
    Professor Parry Guilford
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Euan Rodger
    ,
    Dr Russell Diefenbach
    ,
    Professor Helen Rizos
    ,
    Professor Michael Black
    ,
    Dr Peter Stockwell
    ,
    Dr Ben Brockway
    ,
    Dr Jenny Lee
    ,
    Dr Steven Kao
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Improving Clinical Cancer Care Project

  • Cumulative impacts of air pollution exposure on adult physical and mental health

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,956.44
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew Hobbs
    ,
    Professor Joseph Boden
    ,
    Professor Lianne Woodward
    ,
    Associate Professor Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
    ,
    Professor Simon Kingham
    ,
    Dr Michael Epton
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Andrew Sturman
    ,
    Professor Malcolm Campbell
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Improving population health through education of the innate immune system

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Kerry Hilligan
    ,
    Dr Olivier Lamiable
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Development of an ultrasound responsive implant to treat spinal cord injury

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,453.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sachin Thakur
    ,
    Professor Darren Svirskis
    ,
    Dr Brad Raos
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • A data-driven approach to predicting asthma attacks in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,984.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Amy Chan
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Dr Alana Cavadino
    ,
    Professor Partha Roop
    ,
    Professor Jeff Harrison
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Exploring the role of the inflammasome pathway in diabetic retinopathy

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,660.15
    Researchers:
    Dr Odunayo Mugisho
    ,
    Professor Rinki Murphy
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Modelling procalcitonin for bacterial infections in intensive care

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.55
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jacqueline Hannam
    ,
    Mr Eamon Duffy
    ,
    Associate Professor Stephen Ritchie
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Older informal caregiver experiences following the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $233,907.64
    Researchers:
    Dr Shinya Uekusa
    ,
    Professor Christine Stephens
    ,
    Professor Fiona Alpass
    ,
    Professor Steven Matthewman
    ,
    Dr Simon Lambert
    ,
    Dr Suzanne Phibbs
    ,
    Dr Joanne Allen
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Treating gastric cancer according to its biology

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,960.66
    Researchers:
    Dr Silke Neumann
    ,
    Associate Professor Sharon Pattison
    ,
    Professor Dr Jarek Maciaczyk
    ,
    Dr Rita Busuttil
    ,
    Dr Amit Sharma
    ,
    Professor Alex Boussioutas
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Investigating fibroblast influence on the gastric cancer microenvironment

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,942.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Sharon Pattison
    ,
    Dr Silke Neumann
    ,
    Professor Alex Boussioutas
    ,
    Dr Rita Busuttil
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Investigating the diet-microbiome connection in paediatric coeliac disease

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $229,098.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Olivia Ogilvie
    ,
    Professor Andrew Day
    ,
    Professor Renwick Dobson
    ,
    Dr Laura Domigan
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Menstrual cycle status and iron deficiency diagnosis in healthy females

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.82
    Researchers:
    Dr Claire Badenhorst
    ,
    Professor Kathryn Beck
    ,
    Professor Pamela von Hurst
    ,
    Dr Stacy Sims
    ,
    Dr Sarah Beable
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Implementing effective lifestyle treatment for T2 Diabetes in primary care

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,938.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Caryn Zinn
    ,
    Professor Grant Schofield
    ,
    Dr Lily Fraser
    ,
    Dr Glen Davies
    ,
    Dr Marcus Hawkins
    ,
    Dr Olivia Currie
    ,
    Associate Professor Tom Stewart
    ,
    Dr Catherine Crofts
    ,
    Professor Nigel Harris
    ,
    Dr David Unwin
    ,
    Dr Sierra Keung
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project

  • Delivering optimal weight gain advice to pregnant women (DOT) study

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,299,640.72
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell
    ,
    Dr Helen Paterson
    ,
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Dr Nicole McGrath
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Ms Helene Rackham
    ,
    Professor Katrina Sharples
    ,
    Associate Professor Trudy Sullivan
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosemary Hall
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project

  • Measuring the impact and social value of Turanga Health's services

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,373,378.67
    Researchers:
    Dr Louise Mainvil
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    ,
    Dr Shirley Keown
    ,
    Mr Reweti Ropiha
    ,
    Dr Erin Penno
    ,
    Miss Marsha Wyllie
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project

  • Pae Ora - collaborations in action

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,499,656.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Mrs Ivy Harper
    ,
    Dr Jacqueline Cumming
    ,
    Ms Susan Iversen
    ,
    Dr Fiona McKenzie
    ,
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    Host:
    Flax Analytics
    Proposal type
    Whakamaua Project

  • The impact of nitrate in drinking water on preterm birth

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,508.73
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Tim Chambers
    ,
    Professor Simon Hales
    ,
    Mrs Mereana Wilson-Rooy
    ,
    Associate Professor Max Berry
    ,
    Dr Chris Daughney
    ,
    Professor Nevil Pierse
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea 't Mannetje
    ,
    Dr Alice Hyun Min Kim
    ,
    Dr Farnaz Pourzand
    ,
    Frank Dean
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • He rapunga hauora mō te mate wareware: A prevalence study

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,104,373.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Makarena Dudley
    ,
    Associate Professor Nicholas Garrett
    ,
    Dr Oliver Menzies
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Assistant Professor Claudia Rivera-Rodriguez
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project

  • The CALCRL receptor: A new genetic determinant of diabetic kidney disease in New Zealand

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,906.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Alan Davidson
    ,
    Professor Debbie Hay
    ,
    Dr Cheri Hotu
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    ,
    Dr Hao-Han Chang
    ,
    Ms Frances King
    ,
    Dr Martin Fronius
    ,
    Dr Megan Leask
    ,
    Dr Curtis Walker
    ,
    Associate Professor Janak de Zoysa
    ,
    Dr Viliami Tutone
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • A randomised controlled trial of a low dose serotonergic agonist for depression

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,439,988.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
    ,
    Associate Professor David Menkes
    ,
    Dr Rachael Sumner
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Hoeh
    ,
    Associate Professor Frederick Sundram
    ,
    Dr Todd Smith
    ,
    Dr Lisa Reynolds
    ,
    Dr Rhys Ponton
    ,
    Dr William Evans
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • TIAKI – Community wellbeing for whānau with lived experience of incarceration

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,536.26
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Paula King
    ,
    Dr Ruth Cunningham
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Associate Professor Bridget Robson
    ,
    Dr Frederieke Petrovic-van der Deen
    ,
    Ms Jeannine Stairmand
    ,
    Gabrielle Baker
    ,
    Associate Professor Tristram Ingham
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Dr Sheree Gibb
    ,
    Dr Helen Pearse-Otene
    ,
    Mr Jim Moriarty
    ,
    Ms Natalie Paki Paki
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project

  • Advancing palliative care among Pacific children

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,148,229.74
    Researchers:
    Dr 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

  • Early brain development and later outcomes in moderate-late preterm babies

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,209.40
    Researchers:
    Professor Jane Harding
    ,
    Professor Steven Miller
    ,
    Dr Eleanor Kennedy
    ,
    Dr Ting Guo
    ,
    Dr Sian Williams
    ,
    Ms Jennifer Rogers
    ,
    Dr David Perry
    ,
    Honorary Professor Malcolm Battin
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Stott
    ,
    Assistant Professor Gregory Gamble
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • He Toa Taumata Rau - The Many Resting Places of Courage

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,184,510.01
    Researchers:
    Dr Tepora Emery
    ,
    Dr Heather Hamerton
    ,
    Dr David McBride
    ,
    Dr Candy Louise Cox
    ,
    Ms Cheyenne Kohere
    Host:
    Te Pūkenga - Toi Ohomai
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project

  • Novel biomarker validation to guide treatment in inflammatory bowel disease

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,994.38
    Researchers:
    Professor Richard Gearry
    ,
    Professor Anthony Kettle
    ,
    Dr James Fulforth
    ,
    Professor Andrew Day
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Genomic epidemiology of human respiratory viruses in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,196,858.43
    Researchers:
    Professor Jemma Geoghegan
    ,
    Dr Joep de Ligt
    ,
    Ms Lauren Jelley
    ,
    Dr Xiaoyun Ren
    ,
    Dr Sue Huang
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr David Welch
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Edward Holmes
    ,
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Dr David Winter
    ,
    Professor Dr Jing Wang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Whānau-centric coronial processes to improve suicide prevention strategies

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,192,898.30
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Clive Aspin
    ,
    Dr Denise Blake
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    ,
    Mrs Darna Appleyard
    ,
    Dr Melanie Cheung
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project

  • How can we improve eye, hearing and feet health for kaumātua/older adults?

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.60
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Professor Rinki Murphy
    ,
    Associate Professor Arier Lee
    ,
    Dr Alehandrea Manuel
    ,
    Dr Islay Mactaggart
    ,
    Michele Garrett
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Mā te mōhio ka mārama (M2M). Impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori inequities

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,495.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Elana Curtis
    ,
    Professor Ricci Harris
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
    ,
    Associate Professor Melissa McLeod
    ,
    Dr Jade Tamatea
    ,
    Dr Yannan Jiang
    ,
    Ms June Atkinson
    ,
    Dr Rebekah Jaung
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project

  • Neuron-glia regulation of plasticity in health and neuroinflammatory diseases

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,310.48
    Researchers:
    Professor Wickliffe Abraham
    ,
    Dr Shruthi Sateesh
    ,
    Professor Anne La Flamme
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Whiria te tāngata: Out-of-home mobility of Māori and non-Māori over 65 (NZPATHS)

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,285.40
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rebecca McLean
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Dr Rachel Brown
    ,
    Professor Jennie Connor
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Jean Shope
    ,
    Associate Professor Joanne Taylor
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Development of rifampicin as inhaled therapy for tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,086,230.65
    Researchers:
    Dr Jack Dummer
    ,
    Professor Shyamal Das
    ,
    Professor Philip Hill
    ,
    Dr Bachti Alisjahbana
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

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