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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.
  • Enabling supported decision-making: mental health advance preference statements

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,976.46
    Researchers:
    Dr Sarah Gordon
    ,
    Dr Katey Thom
    ,
    Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes
    ,
    Professor Paul Glue
    ,
    Ms Jessie Lenagh-glue
    ,
    Mr Johnnie Potiki
    ,
    Dr Armon Tamatea
    ,
    Professor Kris Gledhill
    ,
    Miss Constance Jefferson
    ,
    Wi Te Tau Huata
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony O'Brien
    ,
    Dr Rees Tapsell
    ,
    Ms Areann Libline
    ,
    Dr Dave Snell
    ,
    Ms Suzette Poole
    ,
    Mr David Austin
    ,
    Ms Joanna Price
    ,
    Mr Wheeti Maipi
    ,
    Ms Rachel Tester
    ,
    Professor Tony Dowell
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • The STEPCARE trial

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,910.75
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr James Moore
    ,
    Mrs Leanlove Navarra
    ,
    Mrs Anna Hunt
    ,
    Professor Niklas Nielsen
    ,
    Dr Manoj Saxena
    ,
    Professor Markus Skrifvars
    ,
    Dr Gisela Lilja
    ,
    Professor Janus Jakobsen
    ,
    Miss Bianca Crichton
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • The need for FASD intervention: Prevalence and knowledge in Youth Justice

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,998.95
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Ting Wai Chu
    ,
    Associate Professor David Newcombe
    ,
    Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch
    ,
    Dr Valerie McGinn
    ,
    Mr Ashley Seaford
    ,
    Mrs Horiana Jones
    ,
    Professor Christopher Bullen
    ,
    Professor Anita Gibbs
    ,
    Dr Jessica McCormack
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Felicity Ware
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Embedding accessible communication in post-stroke care

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,327,995.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Clare McCann
    ,
    Associate Professor Felicity Bright
    ,
    Dr Karen Brewer
    ,
    Dr Meghann Grawburg
    ,
    Mrs Gwen Kerrison
    ,
    Dr Robyn O'Halloran
    ,
    Professor Nicola Kayes
    ,
    Dr Ashlea Gillon
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Exploring the early experiences of the assisted dying service in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,972.80
    Researchers:
    Dr Jessica Young
    ,
    Dr Jeanne Snelling
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke
    ,
    Associate Professor Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
    ,
    Professor Ben White
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Dr Aida Dehkhoda
    ,
    Professor Kate Diesfeld
    ,
    Associate Professor Richard Egan
    ,
    Kate Reid
    ,
    Dr Heather Davey
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Kanohi-ki-te-kanohi me te matihiko approaches: Promoting equity in stroke rehab

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,385,299.55
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Nada Signal
    ,
    Dr Alan Davis
    ,
    Professor Robyn Whittaker
    ,
    Associate Professor Deborah Heke
    ,
    Ms Bobbie-Jo Wilson
    ,
    Professor Denise Taylor
    ,
    Professor Nicola Kayes
    ,
    Professor Anna Ranta
    ,
    Dr Lynne Clay
    ,
    Associate Professor Felicity Bright
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    ,
    Associate Professor Nadia Charania
    ,
    Mrs Susan Binks
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Self-assessment of ongoing pregnancy after early medical abortion; an RCT

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,209,795.80
    Researchers:
    Dr Michelle Wise
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Dr Alison Knowles
    ,
    Dr Sally Talbot
    ,
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Misty Edmonds
    ,
    Mrs Brittany Gibbons
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Development & implementation of national nutrition guidelines for preterm babies

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,389,842.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Barbara Cormack
    ,
    Professor Frank Bloomfield
    ,
    Associate Professor Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Ms Tamara Nickerson
    ,
    Dr Lisa Kremer
    ,
    Dr Tanith Alexander
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Evidence-based management of Long COVID

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,904.30
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    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
  • Whanake te Kura - flourishing pēpi and whānau

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,392,637.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Shelley Smith
    ,
    Associate Professor Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Professor Trecia Wouldes
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Dr Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Improving solid tumour lymphocyte infiltration using bioinspired nanosystem

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $404,699.85
    Researchers:
    Dr Guo-Liang Lu
    ,
    Professor William Denny
    ,
    Professor Dr Jingyuan Wen
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    China Biomedical Project
  • A Novel Methylation-Editing Screen to Identify Epigenetic Drivers of Metastasis

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee
    ,
    Dr Euan Rodger
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Injuring oneself, injuring others: Distinctions and commonalities

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $135,674.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cate Curtis
    ,
    Professor Marc Wilson
    ,
    Dr Suzanne Phibbs
    ,
    Dr Gloria Fraser
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • The metaverse - new health risks

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,882.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Taisia Huckle
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Professor Tim McCreanor
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Wearable ultrasonic array for non-invasive imaging and manipulation of the body

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Joe Chen
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Investigating iodine supplementation in pregnancy

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,687.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Louise Brough
    ,
    Dr Janet Weber
    ,
    Professor Jane Coad
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Co-exploring dementia risk reduction from a planetary health perspective

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Fiona Alpass
    ,
    Associate Professor Susanne Roehr
    ,
    Professor Christine Stephens
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Transforming the care of people with heart failure through proactive monitoring

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Simon Malpas
    ,
    Dr Sarah-Jane Guild
    ,
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    ,
    Dr Tia Dawes
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Searching for novel antimicrobials

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,992.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter Lockhart
    ,
    Dr Dragana Gagic
    ,
    Dr Tamara Osborne-Naikatini
    ,
    Ms Awei Bainivalu
    ,
    Atanas Pipite
    ,
    Ms Patricia McLenachan
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Transforming crisis communication for linguistic minority communities

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Shinya Uekusa
    ,
    Dr Sylvia Nissen
    ,
    Dr Sally Carlton
    ,
    Professor Jay Marlowe
    ,
    Professor Stephen May
    ,
    Dr Tyron Love
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • A revolutionary solution to a chronic healing problem

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    ,
    Professor Anthony Hickey
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Our Flow: increasing access to health-screening through menstrual blood

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Kaio Vitzel
    ,
    Dr Claire Badenhorst
    ,
    Dr Stacy Sims
    ,
    Professor Holly Thorpe
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Avoiding detection: How does gonorrhoea survive within host cells?

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,994.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Hicks
    ,
    Dr William Kelton
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Rapid identification of leads for antimicrobials

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Christopher Brown
    ,
    Dr Te-yuan Chyou
    ,
    Dr Chun Shen Lim
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Do shed a tear for me: novel biomarker methods for Parkinson’s disease

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Vanessa Morris
    ,
    Professor John Dalrymple-Alford
    ,
    Professor Tim Anderson
    ,
    Dr Christoph Goebl
    ,
    Dr Tracy Melzer
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Developing novel devices to relieve congestion in heart failure

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    ,
    Associate Professor Nigel Lever
    ,
    Dr Julia Shanks
    ,
    Dr Joshua Chang
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Robotics system for rapid deployment of teleophthalmology

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Renoh Johnson Chalakkal
    ,
    Dr Sheng Chiong Hong
    ,
    Mr Glenn Linde
    ,
    Dr Jaspreet Dhupia
    ,
    Dr Ben O'Keeffe
    ,
    Dr Kelechi Ogbuehi
    Host:
    oDocs Eye Care
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Explorer Grant
  • Wāhi Kōrero: "I felt too whakamā to go to the doctor…”

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Angelique Reweti
    ,
    Professor Christina Severinsen
    ,
    Dr Felicity Ware
    ,
    Dr Mary Breheny
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Explorer Grant
  • Circulating tumour DNA in hastening the diagnosis of lung cancer

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.64
    Researchers:
    Dr Annie Wong
    ,
    Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson
    ,
    Dr Sandra Fitzgerald
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Laird Cameron
    ,
    Mrs Shonell Nicholls
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Maternal perception vs actual breast milk supply: is there a difference?

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $249,453.70
    Researchers:
    Dr Lisa Daniels
    ,
    Professor Rachael Taylor
    ,
    Professor Barry Taylor
    ,
    Dr Jillian Haszard
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Genomics and functional metabolomics of phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $246,917.65
    Researchers:
    Dr Veronica Boyle
    ,
    Dr Jade Tamatea
    ,
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr Benjamin Lawrence
    ,
    Dr Marianne Elston
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Mr Braden Woodhouse
    ,
    Dr George Guo
    ,
    Dr Peter Shao-Wei Tsai
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Sleep, mental health and wellbeing for young people: An online RCT of apps

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $244,755.25
    Researchers:
    Dr Nicola Ludin
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick
    ,
    Dr Tania Cargo
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Fortune
    ,
    Professor Barbara Galland
    ,
    Associate Professor Aliza Werner-Seidler
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Unravelling the role of protein oligomerisation in acute myeloid leukemia

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.36
    Researchers:
    Dr Natalia Yewdall
    ,
    Professor Renwick Dobson
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Prolactin-mediated suppression of fever during pregnancy

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Teodora Georgescu
    ,
    Professor David Grattan
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Building a synthetic biology pipeline to develop nucleoside therapeutics

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $250,001.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Alistair Brown
    ,
    Professor David Ackerley
    ,
    Dr Lawrence Harris
    ,
    Associate Professor Robert Keyzers
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • The adaptation of a web-based psychosocial intervention for cancer survivors

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $245,102.35
    Researchers:
    Dr Deborah Raphael
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Dr Rosemary Frey
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Dr Lisa Williams
    ,
    Associate Professor Lisa Beatty
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant