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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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  • Fit for treatment: Evaluating the feasibility of exercise during chemotherapy

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $399,903.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Brendon Roxburgh
    ,
    Dr Kate Thomas
    ,
    Professor Christopher Jackson
    ,
    Professor James Cotter
    ,
    Dr John Woodfield
    ,
    Dr Hannah Bulloch
    ,
    Ms Jessica Calverley
    ,
    Dr Ella Iosua
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant

  • Polypeptide-based polymeric materials for metallo-anticancer drug delivery

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $405,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Christian Hartinger
    ,
    Associate Professor Stephen Jamieson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    China Biomedical Project

  • Disruption of oxygen management networks to combat bacterial pathogens

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $399,882.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Associate Professor Allan Gamble
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    China Biomedical Project

  • Developing new community-led models of aged care

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,996.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Miss Tuakana August
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Alana Cavadino
    ,
    Mr Iriapa Williams
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Establishment and maintenance of skin resident memory Th2 cells

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Sotaro Ochiai
    ,
    Professor Franca Ronchese
    ,
    Dr Olivier Lamiable
    ,
    Mrs Marie-Sophie Fabre
    ,
    Dr Maia Brewerton
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Preclinical development of new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant pathogens

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jeremy Owen
    ,
    Professor David Ackerley
    ,
    Professor Gavin Painter
    ,
    Dame Margaret Brimble DNZM FRS
    ,
    Dr Victoria Woolner
    ,
    Ms Hannah Lee-Harwood
    ,
    Ms Sarah Andreassend
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Direct-to-stomach delivery of drugs for the chemoprevention of inherited stomach cancer

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,177.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Parry Guilford
    ,
    Dr Jessica Fairhall
    ,
    Dr Lyvianne Decourtye-Espiard
    ,
    Associate Professor Allan Gamble
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Tackling gender inequity: The International Women’s Aneurysm Trial

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,439,803.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Oliver Lyons
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Miss Anna Pouncey
    ,
    Mr Colin Bicknell
    ,
    Professor Dr Jonathan Golledge
    ,
    Dr Ruth Benson
    ,
    Dr Lupe Taumoepeau
    ,
    Dr Manar Khashram
    ,
    Dr Sarah Lesche
    ,
    Erin Chambers
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Genotypes, phenotypes, and treatment of NOTCH2NLC-related disease in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,541.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Emma Scotter
    ,
    Dr James Cleland
    ,
    Dr Nicole Edwards
    ,
    Associate Professor Richard Roxburgh
    ,
    Associate Professor Klaus Lehnert
    ,
    Ms Miriam Rodrigues
    ,
    Mr Harry Fraser
    ,
    Dr Neil Anderson
    ,
    Dr Shilpan Patel
    ,
    Dr Raoul Heller
    ,
    Mr David Gordon
    ,
    Dr Ira Deveson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Role of a CALCRL gene variant in metabolic disease

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,957.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Alan Davidson
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    ,
    Dr Hao-Han Chang
    ,
    Dr Christopher Walker
    ,
    Dr Christopher Hedges
    ,
    Miss Tyler Gray
    ,
    Dr Thitinee Vanichapol
    ,
    Professor Rinki Murphy
    ,
    Miss Ruoxi Li
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Acceptability and utility of cervical screening self-tests for big-bodied people

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,831.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Lesley Gray
    ,
    Dr Sally Rose
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Ms Abigail Dunlop
    ,
    Ms Tira Albert
    ,
    Dr Tua Taueetia-Su'a
    ,
    Ms Kate Moodabe
    ,
    Dr Ashlea Gillon
    ,
    Dr George Parker
    ,
    Dr Emily Cavana
    ,
    Professor Dr Lynn McBain
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Do excessive ovarian hormones cause ovulation failure in polycystic ovary syndrome?

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,974.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Michael Pankhurst
    ,
    Professor Greg Anderson
    ,
    Professor Rebecca Campbell
    ,
    Professor David Handelsman
    ,
    Dr Kelly Walton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,439,956.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Mrs Bobbie-Jo Pene
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Dr Genevieve Walls
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Dr Max Bloomfield
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Douglas
    ,
    Dr Colin Menezes
    ,
    Dr Prudence Ive
    ,
    Dr Kate Grimwade
    ,
    Miss Natasha Pool
    ,
    Professor Dr Nick Daneman
    ,
    Dr Ranjani Somayaji
    ,
    Associate Professor Benjamin Rogers
    ,
    Professor Allen Cheng
    ,
    Dr Alexandra Mowday
    ,
    Casual staff - Trial monitor
    Host:
    Aotearoa Clinical Trials
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Mental health service uptake by Aotearoa’s Rainbow+ Youth

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,196,139.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Alexander Plum
    ,
    Dr Patrick Thomsen
    ,
    Dr Michaela Pettie
    ,
    Dr Kyle Tan
    ,
    Dr Leon Iusitini
    ,
    Professor Gail Pacheco
    ,
    Ms Alexandra Turcu
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Three-dimensional cell replacement therapy to treat Huntington's disease

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Bronwen Connor
    ,
    Dr Amy McCaughey-Chapman
    ,
    Dr Jenny Malmström
    ,
    Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie
    ,
    Dr Bruce Harland
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Translational studies of solute carriers in human diabetic lens cataract

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,904.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr Julie Lim
    ,
    Dr George Guo
    ,
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Uncovering the connection between serotonin and Lp(a) metabolism

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,170,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Sally McCormick
    ,
    Dr Katie Peppercorn
    ,
    Dr Gregory Redpath
    ,
    Professor Peter Shepherd
    ,
    Dr Megan Leask
    ,
    Dr Claire Wang
    ,
    Professor Michael Williams
    ,
    Professor Paul Glue
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Targeting atrial subcellular tubules in atrial fibrillation: A new perspective

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jichao Zhao
    ,
    Dr David Baddeley
    ,
    Dr David Crossman
    ,
    Ms Misty Edmonds
    ,
    Associate Professor Martin Stiles
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Nicotine pouches for smoking cessation

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,437,789.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Natalie Walker
    ,
    Professor Christopher Bullen
    ,
    Associate Professor George Laking
    ,
    Professor Jamie Brown
    ,
    Professor Lion Shahab
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Development and delivery of oral prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,997.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Sarah Hook
    ,
    Dr Amber Young
    ,
    Dr Lisa Connor
    ,
    Dr Vanda Symon
    ,
    Professor Anette Müllertz
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Targeted pacing for gastric dysfunction therapy

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Leo Cheng
    ,
    Dr Nipuni Nagahawatte
    ,
    Associate Professor Peng Du
    ,
    Dr Recep Avci
    ,
    Ms Misty Edmonds
    ,
    Dr Abigail Stocker
    ,
    Professor Dr Thomas Abell
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Faster CARs: Overcoming exhaustion to enhance CAR T-cell therapies

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,780.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Rachel Perret
    ,
    Honorary Professor Robert Weinkove
    ,
    Dr Yasmin Nouri
    ,
    Dr Nathaniel Dasyam
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Heart disease in diabetes: focus on fructose as a novel therapeutic intervention

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,482.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Kim Mellor
    ,
    Professor Lea Delbridge
    ,
    Dr James Bell
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • CAPTIVATE: A chronic kidney disease adaptive platform trial

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,435,410.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Janak de Zoysa
    ,
    Dr Curtis Walker
    ,
    Mary Baker
    ,
    Dr Luke Wilson
    ,
    Dr Kalpa Jayanatha
    ,
    Dr Hussain Allawati
    ,
    Dr Ashik Hayat
    ,
    Professor Robert Walker
    ,
    Assistant Professor Sradha Kotwal
    ,
    Professor Dr Hiddo Lambers Heerspink
    ,
    Professor Vlado Perkovic
    ,
    Professor Dr Vivekanand Jha
    ,
    Professor Luca De Nicola
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waitematā
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Vascular disease risk prediction using a blood test for smoking exposure

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,107,917.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Greg Jones
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Dr Sandra Fitzgerald
    ,
    Dr Nikki Earle
    ,
    Dr Oliver Lyons
    ,
    Dr Manar Khashram
    ,
    Associate Professor Claire Griffin
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • A RCT to determine the optimal IV treatment for children with severe asthma

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,419,622.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    ,
    Professor Simon Craig
    ,
    Professor Catherine Byrnes
    ,
    Professor Tony Walls
    ,
    Dr Alexandra Wallace
    ,
    Dr Eunicia Tan
    ,
    Dr Laura Joyce
    ,
    Dr Libby Haskell
    ,
    Dr Emily Perelini
    ,
    Professor Meredith Borland
    ,
    Professor Franz Babl
    ,
    Dr Natalie Phillips
    ,
    Associate Professor Shane George
    ,
    Associate Professor Emma Tavender
    ,
    Professor Emily Callander
    ,
    Ms Francesca Orsini
    ,
    NZ Research Coordinator/ Trial Manager
    ,
    Research Nurse
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Project

  • How the mechanisms driving osteoarthritis differ in males versus females

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,983.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Raewyn Poulsen
    ,
    Associate Professor Jacob Munro
    ,
    Dr Jade Tamatea
    ,
    Professor Nicola Dalbeth
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Treatment of Alzheimer's disease via inhibition of ryanodine receptors

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,729.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter Jones
    ,
    Dr Shane Ohline
    ,
    Associate Professor Karl Iremonger
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Cutfield
    ,
    Professor Dr Sui Rong Wayne Chen
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Targeting meningeal fibrosis to improve outcomes in traumatic brain injuries

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,744.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Justin Rustenhoven
    ,
    Professor Michael Dragunow
    ,
    Professor Jonathan Kipnis
    ,
    Professor Jennifer Gamble
    ,
    Dr Simon O'Carroll
    ,
    Dr Taylor Stevenson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Defining and measuring drug harm for youth in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,970.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Rose Crossin
    ,
    Professor Joseph Boden
    ,
    Dr Jai Whelan
    ,
    Dr Michaela Pettie
    ,
    Dr Jonathan Williman
    ,
    Dr Christina McKerchar
    ,
    Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • RCT of 1- vs 3-days of oral prednisolone for preschool asthma

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,439,918.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Alexandra Wallace
    ,
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    ,
    Professor Catherine Byrnes
    ,
    Professor Tony Walls
    ,
    Dr Te Aro Moxon
    ,
    Dr Emily Perelini
    ,
    Dr David McNamara
    ,
    Dr Libby Haskell
    ,
    Dr Christine Brabyn
    ,
    Dr Eunicia Tan
    ,
    Dr Danny de Lore
    ,
    Dr Jo Cole
    ,
    Dr Laura Joyce
    ,
    Professor Franz Babl
    ,
    Professor Meredith Borland
    ,
    Professor Simon Craig
    ,
    Professor John Thompson
    ,
    Research Assistant Nurse - Starship
    ,
    Research Assistant Nurse - Rotorua
    ,
    Research Assistant Nurse - Tauranga
    ,
    Research Assistant Nurse - Christchurch
    ,
    Research Assistant Nurse - Kidz First Mi
    ,
    Ms Julia Laing
    Host:
    Health New Zealand - Waikato
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Addressing inequities in colorectal cancer outcomes

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Dr Fiona McKenzie
    ,
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Dr Marianna Churchward
    ,
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Miss Bailey Yee
    Host:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Research Trust of
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Using an imaging drug to reduce brain metastases

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,196,992.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Tania Slatter
    ,
    Professor Gabi Dachs
    ,
    Dr Noelyn Hung
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Dr Elisabeth Phillips
    ,
    Dr Adriana Saraiva
    ,
    Dr Jean Zhou
    ,
    Ms Helen Morrin
    ,
    Dr Ahmad Taha
    ,
    Dr Michael Heckelmann
    ,
    Mrs Theona Ireton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Copy-number variation: a source of missing heritability for heart failure?

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,926.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Anna Pilbrow
    ,
    Dr George Wiggins
    ,
    Dr Gemma Moir-Meyer
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    ,
    Dr Vinicius Tragante do O
    ,
    Dr John Pearson
    ,
    Professor Logan Walker
    ,
    Dr Nikki Earle
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Professor Julia Horsfield
    ,
    Professor Robert Doughty
    ,
    Professor Richard Troughton
    ,
    Professor Mark Richards
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Harnessing tears for diagnosing Pacific PINK1 and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,998.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Victor Dieriks
    ,
    Dr Christina Buchanan
    ,
    Mrs Lydia Velzian
    ,
    Mr James Wiseman
    ,
    Dr Justin Rustenhoven
    ,
    Dr Viswas Dayal
    ,
    Anton Spelman
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project

  • Understanding occupational health and hazard exposures in rural Pacific meatworkers

    Year:
    2025
    Approved budget:
    $399,999.17
    Researchers:
    Dr Jane Taafaki
    ,
    Dr Miranda Buhler
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    ,
    Mr Ulima Tofi
    ,
    Mr Elijah Areli
    ,
    Dr Jesse Kokaua
    ,
    Mr Christopher Higgs
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Emerging Researcher First Grant

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