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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.
  • Managing for Pacific family violence within the workplace

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $7,500.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Beatrice Hessell
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    ,
    Miss Talai Mapusua
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Investigating prediabetes among adolescents in Aotearoa NZ

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $7,500.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Justice Firestone
    ,
    Professor Barry Borman
    ,
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Do kahoa lole impact Pacific health?

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $7,500.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Gloria Tu'itupou
    ,
    Dr Gerhard Sundborn
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Nourishing Hawke’s Bay: Pātaka Kai

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $9,868.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Dr David Tipene-Leach
    ,
    Professor Boyd Swinburn
    ,
    Dr Rachael Glassey
    ,
    Dr Renee Railton
    Host:
    Te Pūkenga - Eastern Institute of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Exploring Takatāpui Social Capital

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Georgia McLellan
    ,
    Dr Tāwhanga Nopera
    ,
    Professor Matthew Roskruge
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Te Pae o Kahukura: Kahukura Rising

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Waitiahoaho Emery
    Host:
    Independent Researcher
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Co-design of a kaupapa Māori research project on ageing biomarkers

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $10,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mx Te-Rina King-Hudson
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    ,
    Associate Professor Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
    ,
    Dr Grace Walker
    ,
    Dr Michaela Pettie
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Development Grant
  • Māmā aroha: enhancing the first free indigenous digital breastfeeding app

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Felicity Ware
    ,
    Ms Fay Selby-Law
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Dr Angelique Reweti
    Host:
    Hapai Te Hauora Tapui
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Hauora: a Ngāti Kahungunu perspective

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $4,500.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Sharron Fabish
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Supporting whānau flourishing with a cohesive evidence base

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Dr Marama McDonald
    Host:
    The Centre for Health
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Demystifying injury prevention and care: Whakamā to Whakamana

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford
    Host:
    Poutiri Trust
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Rapua te Mārama

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Professor Linda Nikora
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Rangatahi-developed nutrition and wellbeing guidelines

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $4,998.40
    Researchers:
    Professor Dr David Tipene-Leach
    ,
    Professor Boyd Swinburn
    ,
    Dr Rachael Glassey
    ,
    Dr Renee Railton
    Host:
    Te Pūkenga - Eastern Institute of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Knowledge Translation: From thesis to community

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $4,269.35
    Researchers:
    Dr Gloria Clarke
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Investigation of Wearable Sensors for Human Vitality Monitoring

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $132,350.00
    Researchers:
    Julia Imo
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    ,
    Dr Diana Siew
    ,
    Dr Amio Matenga Ikihele
    ,
    Dr Shirley Keown
    ,
    Mr Reweti Ropiha
    ,
    Dr Julie Choisne
    ,
    Professor Poul Nielsen
    ,
    Dr Yun Suen Pai
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Exploring the wellbeing of Sāmoan regulated healthcare workers

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $127,558.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Josie Timmins
    ,
    Dr Juliet Boon-Nanai
    ,
    Associate Professor Daniel O’Brien
    ,
    Professor Nicola Kayes
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Physical activity participation among Pacific Peoples' in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $133,000.00
    Researchers:
    Martine Matapo-Kolisko
    ,
    Associate Professor Geoff Kira
    ,
    Dr Marianna Churchward
    ,
    Associate Professor Justin Richards
    ,
    Dr Lara Andrews
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Building space for equity: Bringing culture centred design to hospitals

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,997.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Sara Filoche
    ,
    Miss Niamh Ireland-Blake
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Harnessing collaboration: The development of clinical nurse academic roles

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,857.36
    Researchers:
    Professor Julia Slark
    ,
    Associate Professor Cathleen Aspinall
    ,
    Mrs Bobbie-Jo Pene
    ,
    Dr Jennifer Parr
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Ms Josephine Davis
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Emergency department admission prediction with weather and public events

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Lincoln Wood
    ,
    Dr Abtin Ijadi Maghsoodi
    ,
    Mr Dylan Harries
    ,
    Mr Andy Lee
    ,
    Dr Samaneh Madanian
    ,
    Mr Seyed Ali Posht Mashhadi
    ,
    Professor Matthew Parsons
    ,
    Miss Rangi Harrison
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Resiliency in old age

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,700.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Matthew Parsons
    ,
    Dr Cameron Walker
    ,
    Associate Professor Michael O'Sullivan
    ,
    Dr Abtin Ijadi Maghsoodi
    ,
    Miss Rangi Harrison
    ,
    Professor John Parsons
    ,
    Mrs Melody-Rose Mitchell
    ,
    Honourable Professor Jan Adams
    ,
    Mr John Hiaka
    ,
    Dr Toya Shaw
    ,
    Mr Stefan Heinz
    ,
    Miss Sikva Javaid
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Skeletal metastases in neuroendocrine neoplasms

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,980.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Marianne Elston
    ,
    Dr Veronica Boyle
    ,
    Dr Jade Tamatea
    ,
    Dr Benjamin Lawrence
    ,
    Dr Nicola Lawrence
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Streamlining blood anomaly detection for rheumatology

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Vicki Quincey
    ,
    Dr Abtin Ijadi Maghsoodi
    ,
    Mr Dylan Harries
    ,
    Professor Matthew Parsons
    ,
    Professor Lincoln Wood
    ,
    Dr Samaneh Madanian
    ,
    Dr Cameron Walker
    ,
    Associate Professor Michael O'Sullivan
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waikato
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • The mahi of nurse practitioners in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,308.82
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Deborah Harris
    ,
    Mrs Nadine Gray
    ,
    Associate Professor Mary Ryder
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Building dementia mate wareware friendly communities: Te whānau Māori experience

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $28,051.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Kirsten Robertson
    ,
    Professor Maree Thyne
    ,
    Dr Rob Thomson
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Gamifying rehabilitation care for patient health and wellness

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,821.26
    Researchers:
    Professor Dr Crystal Yap
    ,
    Dr Dianne Wepa
    ,
    Dr Sharon Olsen
    ,
    Dr Megan Phillips
    ,
    Dr Grace Park
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Voice of rural communities for equitable telehealth models of care

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Inga Hunter
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Tech innovations for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,996.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Ting Wai Chu
    ,
    Dr Jessica McCormack
    ,
    Professor Anita Gibbs
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Hapaitia Te Ara Tika o Waiariki Whānau Mentoring

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Stella Black
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Katey Thom
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Community of practice co-creation of a life-span approach to managing ACL injury

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $28,925.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Richard Ellis
    ,
    Associate Professor Daniel O’Brien
    ,
    Professor Duncan Reid
    ,
    Ms Tammi Wilson Uluinayau
    ,
    Dr Martin Rabey
    ,
    Dr Jackie Whittaker
    ,
    Associate Professor Stephanie Filbay
    ,
    Dr Sarah Ward
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew Monk
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Exploring the personal geographies of rangatahi experiencing early psychosis

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,585.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew Jenkins
    ,
    Ms Zara Mansoor
    ,
    Professor Scott Duncan
    ,
    Associate Professor Tom Stewart
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Immediate weight-bearing versus delayed weight-bearing after ankle surgery

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $28,766.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Blair Mason
    ,
    Dr Zohreh Jafarian Tangrood
    ,
    Dr Andrew Powell
    ,
    Dr Rowan McComish
    ,
    Mr Peter Sharr
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waitaha Canterbury / Te Tai o Poutini West Coast
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Evaluation of a pharmacist-led intervention for older adults with polypharmacy

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Jeff Harrison
    ,
    Mr Lisheng Liu
    ,
    Dr Trudi Aspden
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Motor neurone disease - how does our care need to change?

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Natalie Gauld
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    Host:
    Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand Charitable Trust
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Co-designing and implementing an evaluation of a suicide prevention service

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Shyamala Nada-Raja
    ,
    Dr Jim Ross
    ,
    Dr Karl Andriessen
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Empowering pathways to health for Pacific meatworkers

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $29,995.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Miranda Buhler
    ,
    Dr Jane Taafaki
    ,
    Mr Elijah Areli
    ,
    Mr Christopher Higgs
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Mr Ulima Tofi
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant