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Reducing obesity among Pacific youth
Dr Riz Firestone was recently interviewed on Radio NZ about her HRC-funded research to help reduce obesity among Pacific youth.NewsPartnership invests $1.3m to support Pacific health
The HRC, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has announced a $1.3 million investment for four projects that will support Pacific communities to be healthy.NewsHRC to launch new online submission system
The HRC will launch a new online submission system called HRC Gateway for the 2015 funding round. HRC Gateway will replace the current system (known as EASY), which has been in place since 2005.NewsBreakthrough in brain fertility control
Otago researchers, led by Professor Allan Herbison, have made a landmark discovery about how the brain controls fertility in humans.NewsOver $1.2m awarded for Māori health research
Clinical psychologist Dr Margaret Dudley has received an HRC Māori health research fellowship to help improve rehabilitation outcomes for Māori following a stroke or head injury.NewsNew Zealand's 'hottest' researchers revealed
University of Canterbury's Dr Paul Gardner has crunched the numbers... and two HRC-funded researchers - Professors Ian Reid and Allan Herbison - are in the top three 'hottest' researchers in New Zealand.NewsPioneer honoured for work on powerful toxins
Professor John Fraser, who has a long association with the HRC, has received the Sir Charles Hercus Medal at the Royal Society of New Zealand's honours dinner for his pioneering work on bacterial superantigens.NewsTraumatic brain injury stats worse than thought
An HRC-funded study to estimate rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) suggests the worldwide incidence of TBI could be six times higher than previously estimated.NewsStudy highlights rescue workers' achievements
Early results from a study into the occupational health of emergency workers shows they played a vital role during the Christchurch earthquakes and aftershocks.NewsStudy uncovers complex genetics in inflammatory bowel disease
University of Otago researcher Dr Rebecca Roberts has uncovered links between debilitating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and other inflammatory diseases like arthritis.NewsFood pricing can affect Kiwis' health
An HRC-funded literature review, led by Dr Helen Eyles from The University of Auckland, has found that subsidising fruit and vegetables and taxing soft drinks and saturated fats could improve the health of New Zealanders.NewsAnalysing violent youth offenders in New Zealand
Dr Julia Ioane, an HRC Pacific health career development award recipient, shares her PhD findings comparing violent Pacific Island youth offenders with Māori and Palagi violent youth offenders.NewsGetting ethics approval after the fact
Health research guidelines consistently rule out retrospective ethics approval. However, in the latest issue of Ethics Notes, Associate Professor Tim Dare argues that there are good reasons for a more flexible rule.NewsProfessor receives New Year honour
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, a member of the HRC's Board and chair of the HRC Māori Health Committee, has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours.NewsKiwi study provides new insights into dodgy tickers
Kiwi researchers have developed the world’s most detailed 3D computer models of the heart’s upper chambers (atria) and of the tissue changes that occur after a heart attack.NewsNew Explorer Grants prove popular
The new Explorer Grants, which were designed to stimulate innovative health research, have generated significant interest. The HRC received 116 full applications by the closing date towards the end of 2012.NewsAnti-cancer vaccine therapy set for clinical trial
Associate Professor Ian Hermans featured on One News last night talking about his team’s HRC-funded research into new “cell-based” anti-NewsThe HRC's 2014 funding round in review
What were the main health issues supported in 2014? Find out this and more in a wrap-up of the HRC's annual funding round.NewsImpressive results for smart inhaler
A new smart asthma inhaler with an audio-visual function has dramatically improved child and adolescent use of preventative asthma medication.NewsNew HRC Pacific Health Research Fellowship available
The HRC is pleased to announce a new Pacific Career Development Award named The Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship to support high-quality Pacific health research in priority areas.NewsBone experts win PM Science Prize
The Bone and Joint Research Group at the University of Auckland has taken out the Prime Minster's Science Prize for their outstanding research into osteoporosis and fracture treatment.NewsDiscovery could speed up heart failure and pneumonia diagnosis
Otago researchers have discovered a potential new tool to help doctors in emergency departments quickly and accurately diagnose patients with heart failure and pneumonia.NewsFertility problems higher than traditionally reported
New research out of Otago University shows that waiting to have children could be more problematic than first thought.NewsHRC Finance Manager appointed
The HRC is pleased to announce that Grant Barnett has been appointed as its new Finance Manager.NewsMore than $1.3m for emerging researchers
Otago pharmacist Dr Shakila Rizwan is one of nine up-in-coming researchers to receive an Emerging Researcher First Grant in the HRC’s 2015 funding round. Read about her plans to develop nose-to-brain drug delivery for epilepsy patients.NewsPartnership funds ischaemic heart disease research
Three research projects have been awarded a total of just over $1 million to gather evidence in regards to the cost effectiveness and prioritisation of technologies in the area of ischaemic heart disease.NewsLowering Kiwis' salt intake readily achievable
An Otago study, funded by the HRC, has found that it would be relatively easy for Kiwis to reach recommended levels of lower salt intake, even if some meals included the occasional high-salt sausage.NewsRheumatic Fever Research Partnership announced
A Request for Proposals has been released for a joint initiative that will fund a number of research projects investigating rheumatic fever in New Zealand.NewsOral gel treatment reverses low blood sugar in babies
A cheap and easy-to-administer dextrose gel should be used to treat low blood sugars in newborns, according to New Zealand research just published in the international medical journal, The Lancet.NewsNew Chair appointed to Pacific committee
Dr Mele Taumoepeau has been appointed the new Chair of the HRC's Pacific Health Research Committee, replacing the outgoing Chair Dr Etuate Saafi.News'Virtuous circle' helps Christchurch communities recover from earthquakes
A large study of six Christchurch communities shows that those with strong social connectedness and infrastructure before the earthquakes struck developed a 'virtuous circle' that helped people better adapt after the disasters.NewsReview of the HRC’s Guidelines on Pacific Health Research
The Pacific Health Research Committee is overseeing a revision of the HRC’s Guidelines on Pacific Health Research.News