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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.
  • Defining patient- and whānau/family-centred inpatient care

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $109,138.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Kim Ward
    ,
    Dr Ashlea Gillon
    ,
    Associate Professor Rachael Parke
    ,
    Professor Melody Smith
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • Applicability of ulcerative colitis dietary guidelines in New Zealand

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $65,696.75
    Researchers:
    Dr Noha Ahmed Nasef
    ,
    Dr James Irwin
    ,
    Dr Kamran Rostami
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • Improving men’s access to mental health support via primary care

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $170,565.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sarah McKenzie
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • Implementation of accelerated treatment pathway for patients with heart failure

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $166,074.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Melinda Copley
    ,
    Professor Robert Doughty
    ,
    Professor Mark Richards
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Dr Cara Wasywich
    ,
    Dr Sandra Hanchard
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • The potential of allied health in primary health services for Pacific peoples

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $134,618.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Oka Sanerivi
    ,
    Professor Leigh Hale
    ,
    Dr Samantha Holdsworth
    ,
    Mr Christopher Higgs
    ,
    Professor Faafetai Sopoaga
    ,
    Dr Patrick McHugh
    Host:
    Mātai Medical Research Institute
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • Hospital Operating Theatre Randomised Oxygen Study and Pulse Oximetry Bias Study

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $1,398,257.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Daniel Frei
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Professor Paul Myles
    ,
    Professor Kate Leslie
    ,
    Professor Timothy Short
    ,
    Professor Andrew Forbes
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Dr Douglas Campbell
    ,
    Dr Diane Mackle
    ,
    Professor Richard Beasley
    ,
    Dr Carolyn Deng
    ,
    Ms Toni Anitelea
    ,
    Dr Matthew Moore
    ,
    Dr Anthony Lin
    ,
    Miss Bianca Crichton
    ,
    Dr Tim Coulson
    ,
    Miss Allie Eathorne
    ,
    Miss Melemafi Porter
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • 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
  • Development of Safe Access to Physical Activity for Whanganui Transgender People

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Katie McMenamin
    ,
    Dr Angie Enoka
    ,
    Mx Mel Meates
    Host:
    Health and Research Collaborative
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • The impact of bras on mental health

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Edgar Rodriguez Ramirez
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Bridging the health divide: Understanding the needs of Asian migrant women

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sneha Lakhotia
    Host:
    Social Prism
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Whangaia ka tupu, ka puawai

    Year:
    2019
    Approved budget:
    $249,873.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Dr Helen Wihongi
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Dr Fiona Cram MNZM
    ,
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Toni Shepherd
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of/The Dragon Institute
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • He Whare Aroha: Designing a model of care for kaumātua

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Shonelle Wana
    ,
    Professor Te Kani Kingi
    ,
    Dr Mere Kepa
    Host:
    Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Explorer Grant
  • Tau ana te ora - Karakia pathways to wellbeing

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Nicole Lindsay
    ,
    Dr Pikihuia Pomare
    ,
    Mr Te Rā Moriarty
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Explorer Grant
  • Rangatahi-led rangahau hauora Māori

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    Host:
    Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Explorer Grant
  • Rukua ki te rēkōtanga o te wai: stemming the tide of HIV inequity in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,112,808.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tanya Allport
    ,
    Dr Amohia Boulton
    ,
    Associate Professor Clive Aspin
    ,
    Mr Hector Kaiwai
    ,
    Mr Tom Johnson
    ,
    Mr Benjamin Barton
    ,
    Ms Aneta Cram
    Host:
    Whakauae Research Services
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Whiria te Aka Matua: A new holistic model of care for early breast cancer

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,980.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor George Laking
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Dr Hanna van Waart
    ,
    Dr Amy Jones
    ,
    Dr Myra Ruka
    ,
    Dr Lynley Uerata
    ,
    Ms Maria Ngawati
    ,
    Dr Marta Seretny
    ,
    Professor Andrew Shelling
    ,
    Associate Professor Margaret Currie
    ,
    Dr Maxine Ronald
    ,
    Dr Amy Lovell
    ,
    Professor Paula Lorgelly
    ,
    Dr Christoph Goebl
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Programme
  • Experience-based co-design of a prehabilitation pathway for children with cancer

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $398,462.30
    Researchers:
    Dr Amy Lovell
    ,
    Dr Hanna van Waart
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Dr Amy Jones
    ,
    Dr Lynley Uerata
    ,
    Dr Marta Seretny
    ,
    Dr Hui Yee Yeo
    ,
    Professor Clare Wall
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • The Waiting Game: Children on waitlists for specialist health services

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $400,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cervantee Wild
    ,
    Professor Cameron Grant
    ,
    Professor Dr Yvonne Anderson
    ,
    Professor Timothy Tenbensel
    ,
    Dr Zhenqiang Wu
    ,
    Dr Sarah Maessen
    ,
    Dr Niamh O'Reilly
    ,
    Ms Jane Kinsey
    ,
    Assistant Professor Esther Willing
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Addressing gaps in Pacific immunisation and screening with better data and design

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Debbie Ryan
    ,
    Dr Gerard Sonder
    ,
    Dr Jacqueline Cumming
    ,
    Dr Megan Pledger
    ,
    Ms Lisa Kitione
    ,
    Dr Tamasin Taylor
    ,
    Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga
    ,
    Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga
    Host:
    Pacific Perspectives
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Validation of the (PACA) Pasifika Assessment of Cognition Abilities Tool

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Fuafiva Fa'alau
    ,
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Dr John Sluyter
    ,
    Professor Vili Nosa
    ,
    Dr Makarena Dudley
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Who are we missing? Access to community services for Pacific elders

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,918.00
    Researchers:
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Associate Professor Sione Vaka
    ,
    Mr Tevita Vungamoeahi
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Cullum
    ,
    Assistant Professor Claudia Rivera-Rodriguez
    ,
    Dr Xaviour Walker
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Te Ara Whaipakari: Empowering amputees through personalised rehabilitation

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $400,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Mahonri Owen
    ,
    Dr Jemma König
    ,
    Dr Felicity Ware
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Developing a model of wāhine (well)being and belonging in and with te taiao

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $400,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Deborah Heke
    Host:
    Te Pūkenga - Unitec
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Protecting vulnerable populations against measles outbreak with a new mRNA vaccine

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,602.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Ian Hermans
    ,
    Dr Lisa Connor
    ,
    Professor James Ussher
    ,
    Dr Kuang-Chih Hsiao
    ,
    Dr Felicity Ware
    ,
    Dr Amber Young
    ,
    Ms Jacinta Fa'alili-Fidow
    ,
    Professor Gavin Painter
    ,
    Associate Professor Davide Comoletti
    ,
    Dr Sarah Draper
    ,
    Associate Professor Rory de Vries
    ,
    Associate Professor Rik de Swart
    ,
    Dr John Taylor
    ,
    Dr Ellie Torbati
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Optimising nutrition for preterm babies

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,550.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Frank Bloomfield
    ,
    Professor Jane Harding
    ,
    Dr Tanith Alexander
    ,
    Dr Barbara Cormack
    ,
    Ms Jennifer Rogers
    ,
    Dr Gergely Toldi
    ,
    Associate Professor Gregory Gamble
    ,
    Cath Carter
    ,
    Dr Thomas Wright
    ,
    Anja Bronnert
    ,
    Professor Steven Miller
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • 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
    ,
    Ms Sally Gallaugher
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Using AI to support the medical management of people with heart failure

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $94,086.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Dr Mazyar Zarepour
    ,
    Mrs Melinda Copley
    ,
    Professor Robert Doughty
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Transforming radiology in New Zealand - From accuracy to implementation of AI

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $697,273.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Robyn Whittaker
    ,
    Dr Daniel Stahlhoven
    ,
    Dr Cheng Kai Jin
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Dr Mark Vanderklei
    ,
    Professor Gillian Dobbie
    ,
    Mrs Musheerah Nuha
    ,
    Dr Zhenqiang Wu
    ,
    Dr Helen Wihongi
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Leveraging explainable AI to identify novel risk factors in dementia

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $400,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Ivy Liu
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Associate Professor Yoram Barak
    ,
    Dr Aliitasi Su'a-Tavila
    ,
    Dr James Mbinta
    ,
    Dr Alex Wang
    ,
    Dr Richard Haarburger
    ,
    Dr Greg Martin
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Toward a digital paradigm of postoperative monitoring

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $699,996.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory O'Grady
    ,
    Dr Chris Varghese
    ,
    Dr Cameron Wells
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Improving gastrointestinal cancer outcomes with AI-enhanced digital pathology

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $699,734.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Tim Eglinton
    ,
    Dr Arthur Morley-Bunker
    ,
    Dr James Atlas
    ,
    Dr Andrea Cross
    ,
    Dr Saxon Connor
    ,
    Dr Jesse Fischer
    ,
    Dr Simon Richards
    ,
    Dr John Pearson
    ,
    Mrs Nikki Ross
    ,
    Dr Andrew Miller
    ,
    Dr Matthew Drake
    ,
    Dr Martin Whitehead
    ,
    Dr Sarah Cuddihy
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Optimising acute stroke care with artificial intelligence

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $699,917.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anna Ranta
    ,
    Dr Stefan Brew
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Professor Dominique Cadilhac
    ,
    Mr Tereki Stewart
    ,
    Dr Alan Davis
    ,
    Dr John Fink
    ,
    Dr Martin Punter
    ,
    Dr Teddy Wu
    ,
    Dr Claire Muller
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Evaluating the performance and implementation of AI-enabled diabetic retinopathy

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $393,904.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cheng Kai Jin
    ,
    Professor Gillian Dobbie
    ,
    Associate Professor Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Dr Zhenqiang Wu
    ,
    Mr Riki Kyle
    ,
    Mrs Musheerah Nuha
    ,
    Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waitematā
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Integrating AI-assisted diagnosis of ear disease: A primary care pilot

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $99,114.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Michelle Pokorny
    ,
    Dr Hilary Baird
    ,
    Mrs Jessica Morgan-French
    ,
    Dr Wiremu MacFater
    ,
    Mrs Erin Keach
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Counties Manukau
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • The ethics of AI-driven technologies in youth mental healthcare

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $395,002.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Anca Yallop
    ,
    Professor Dr Crystal Yap
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter McGhee
    ,
    Dr Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa
    ,
    Dr Melanie Woodfield
    ,
    Associate Professor Karolina Stasiak
    ,
    Dr Maryam Doborjeh
    ,
    Associate Professor Mahsa Mccauley
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    AI in Healthcare Project
  • Improving self-performed oral health - a digital technology solution

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Zeina Al Naasan
    ,
    Professor Warwick Duncan
    ,
    Professor Jonathan Broadbent
    ,
    Professor Andrew Tawse-Smith
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Explorer Grant