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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.
  • Piloting a cerebral palsy (CP) early diagnosis Hub in New Zealand

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $29,705.24
    Researchers:
    Dr Angelica Allermo Fletcher
    ,
    Dr Sian Williams
    ,
    Dr Gaela Kilgour
    ,
    Wyllis Korent
    ,
    Ms Sally Kidd
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Stott
    ,
    Dr Meghan Sandle
    ,
    Honorary Professor Malcolm Battin
    ,
    Mrs Alison Sheppard
    ,
    Dr Stephanie Swallow
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Exercise for Dysmenorrhea in NZ: Community engagement and literature review

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $28,365.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Melissa Perry
    ,
    Professor Dr Alex Semprini
    ,
    Mr Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith
    ,
    Dr Michaela Walton
    ,
    Associate Professor Mike Armour
    ,
    Miss Allie Eathorne
    ,
    Dr Theresa Mittermeier
    ,
    Associate Professor Jane Girling
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Establishing the Long COVID Collective

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $29,914.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Ms Jenene Crossan
    ,
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Dr Anna Brooks
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Dr David Davies-Payne
    ,
    Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Fiona McKenzie
    ,
    Dr Claire O'Loughlin
    ,
    Dr Sarah Rhodes
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Use of EpiNet to communicate with Epilepsy New Zealand educators

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $27,605.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Peter Bergin
    ,
    Dr Sunayana Sasikumar
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Fatigue risk management in healthcare: Next steps

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Karyn O'Keeffe
    ,
    Professor Dr Nicolette Sheridan
    ,
    Ms Brenda Hall
    ,
    Associate Professor Linsey Steege
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Exploring supported “self”-management within Aotearoa’s shifting health context

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Leigh Hale
    ,
    Mrs Bernadette Jones
    ,
    Dr Shirley Keown
    ,
    Associate Professor Meredith Perry
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Enhancing access & equity in mental health

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $29,981.31
    Researchers:
    Dr Louise Curley
    ,
    Professor Jeff Harrison
    ,
    Associate Professor Frederick Sundram
    ,
    Associate Professor Amy Chan
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Maramataka: The Rising of Ancestral Waters

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $47,310.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Tiana Mihaere
    ,
    Jess Collins
    Host:
    Āio Nuku
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • The Role of Motor Fidgeting on Executive Functioning in ADHD

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $299,960.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Gina Waters
    ,
    Dr Samantha Holdsworth
    ,
    Professor Justin Fernandez
    ,
    Dr Guillaume Newburn
    ,
    Professor Karen Waldie
    ,
    Dr Makarena Dudley
    ,
    Mrs Leigh Potter
    Host:
    Mātai Medical Research Institute
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Kaumātua use of digital technology post COVID-19 to meet their health needs

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $98,133.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Dianne Wepa
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Kia Kitea ai te Ora COVID-19 Life- Changing

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Kahu McClintock
    ,
    Ms Rachel McClintock
    ,
    Mr Neil Rogers
    Host:
    Ngati Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Te Pae Tawhiti: looking at the lie of the land

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $99,635.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Mrs Belinda Tuari-Toma
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Dr Virginia Signal
    Host:
    Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Pona Kakā: A holistic approach to arthritis intervention

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $297,782.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Lily George
    ,
    Mr Jonathan George
    ,
    Miss Vivienne Ngere
    ,
    Miss Sharla Johnson
    ,
    Miss Karen Hereora
    ,
    Ms Anah Wara
    ,
    Miss Chelsee Peita
    ,
    Dr Vladimir Obolonkin
    ,
    Ms Jincy John
    Host:
    Waikare Community Development & Research Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Te Whariki Manawāhine o Hauraki Mahi Raraunga

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $127,245.00
    Researchers:
    Mx Paora Moyle
    ,
    Denise Messiter
    ,
    Miss Ciara Duncan
    Host:
    Te Whariki Manawahine o Hauraki
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Training Grant
  • Mobilising a Maori Community

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $92,900.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Levi Armstrong
    ,
    Mrs Dana Armstrong
    ,
    Associate Professor Rachel Forrest
    Host:
    The Meke Meter
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • Mā Hine Waikōpua e whakahou: Māori Breast Cancer Framework

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $98,383.60
    Researchers:
    Ms Irene Kereama-Royal
    ,
    Miss Maria Marama
    Host:
    Pūrangakura
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Taku Tapuwae He Tapuwae Tapu - Wāhine Walking to Wellness

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $99,500.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
    Host:
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • Validation of tools to measure experience of whanau engagement

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $88,400.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Ainsleigh Cribb-Su'a
    Host:
    National Hauora Coalition
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • “Te Mana o Taku Reo – Power of my Voice “

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Rangi Pouwhare
    ,
    Dr Gregory Lewis
    ,
    Dr Katrina Phillips
    Host:
    Mana Ātea
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Ahakoa kahore mātou i te kite kei te kite (We may be blind but we have vision)

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $99,250.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Chrissie Cowan
    ,
    Professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere
    Host:
    Kāpō Māori Aotearoa
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • Te Whare o Ngarue: The healing pathways of our ancestor Tūrongo

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $81,800.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
    Host:
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Mātahia mai I te 50, kei tūreiti. The pathway for indigenous advocacy

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $99,656.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Dr Hayley Arnet
    ,
    Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen
    ,
    Mrs Moahuia Goza
    Host:
    Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • A Kaupapa Māori response to Covid-19

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $251,762.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Beverly Te Huia
    Host:
    Nga Kairauhii
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Kei hea te komako e ko? Listening to Whanau voices to cultivate whanau ora

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $244,020.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Elizabeth Kerekere
    ,
    Mrs Leslynne Jackson
    ,
    Ms Lavinia Poutu
    ,
    Laine Higham
    ,
    Dr Emily Cooney
    ,
    Ms Alofa Aiono
    ,
    Mrs Deborah Hancock
    Host:
    Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • The gift of life - exploring Maori perpectives on bone marrow donation

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $53,650.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Keri Topperwien
    ,
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
    Host:
    Dream Chaser Foundation - A Chace Topperwien Charity
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Co-designing whānau stories to reduce opioid use for chronic pain in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,792.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hemakumar Devan
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Professor Lisa Te Morenga
    ,
    Miss Eva Morunga
    ,
    Dr Debbie Bean
    ,
    Ms Susan Reid
    ,
    Dr Jane Thomas
    ,
    Dr Leinani Aiono-Le Tagaloa
    ,
    Professor Tony Dowell
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • 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
    ,
    Miss Kirsha Delaney
    ,
    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
    ,
    Miss Janell Dymus
    ,
    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
    ,
    Ms Bobbie-Jo Wilson
    ,
    Professor Nicola Kayes
    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
    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
    ,
    Dr 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
    ,
    Ms Isis McKay
    ,
    Dr Simon Snook
    ,
    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
    ,
    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
  • 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
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project