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"Personalised” approach to managing obesity
Ethnic differences in New Zealand’s obesity rates are often attributed to consuming too many calories and a sedentary lifestyle. But a new HRC-funded study may help prove that this is only part of the story.NewsStudy to examine kava’s link to drink-driving
Dr Apo Aporosa from Waikato University has received a HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellowship to examine the effects of the popular Pacific Island drink, kava, on driver ability and road safety.NewsNew breast cancer register request for proposals
Registrations for a new breast cancer register requests for proposals (RFP) open in HRC Gateway today.NewsUpcoming RFP for breast cancer partnership
A third round of funding through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand partnership will be outlined in a Request for Proposals (RFP) in late-January 2016.NewsNew HRC Māori Health Committee member
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emma Wyeth (Kai Tahu) to the HRC's Māori Health Committee.NewsThe perceptions of Tongan males towards gambling
Edmond Fehoko from AUT University has been awarded a special PhD award to help identify strategies and interventions to minimise gambling-related harm among Tongan males.NewsHRC farewells Chair, Sir Robert Stewart
Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM, has completed his term of six years as yesterday he stepped down from his role as Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).NewsLeadership expert appointed as new Chair of the HRC
The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, has announced the new Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is Dr Lester Levy (CNZM).NewsMāori water safety record under spotlight
A newly funded study will investigate why Māori are overrepresented in the national drowning statistics despite having a strong cultural connection to the water.NewsNew Year's honour for Professor McCowan
HRC Board member Professor Lesley McCowan has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health in the 2016 New Year's honours list.NewsPredicting heart disease risk in Pasifika
HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellow Dr Allamanda Fa’atoese is exploring whether levels of a protein called lipoprotein(a) might be a good predictor of heart disease among New Zealand’s Pacific population.NewsProgramme targets health of Māori women and their babies
Associate Professor Beverley Lawton has received one of nine new HRC programme research grants to help young pregnant Māori women and their children get the best care possible to improve their health and wellbeing.NewsNew breast cancer project
An additional research project has been funded through the Breast Cancer in New Zealand Research initiative to test a new drug target.NewsNZ–US enabling grants for childhood obesity research
The HRC is seeking applications from New Zealand-based researchers who have demonstrated collaborations and linkages with US-based researchers, with a specific focus on the determinants and prevention of childhood obesity.NewsPremature babies can face significant social hurdles
A Christchurch study has found that abnormalities detected in the brains of some of those born very prematurely persist into late childhood.NewsPrecision driven health - call for proposals
The Precision Driven Health Research Partnership is creating the capability to optimise the health of each individual and their whānau by combining and learning from all available data.NewsContract reporting coming to HRC Gateway
HRC Gateway will shortly be upgraded with new process improvements. Reporting on HEARD will be phased out over the next few months as we upgrade and move reporting contracts to HRC Gateway.NewsFewer deaths in EDs when length of stay reduced
New Zealand’s six-hour target for the time people stay in hospital emergency departments has been associated with hundreds fewer patients dying, according to new research.NewsSir Charles Hercus fellows - where are they now?
A recent evaluation of the HRC's Sir Charles Hercus health research fellowship scheme has highlighted its success in identifying our future health research leaders. Find out what our past Hercus recipients think.NewsNZ's occupational health burden highlighted
A multi-pronged HRC-funded research programme is painting a clearer picture of New Zealand's occupational disease burden.NewsBlood test to diagnose Alzheimer's on the cards
New Zealand researchers have discovered a promising new marker that could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease – and all that might be required is a simple blood test.NewsTracking cognitive decline in Parkinson's with MRI
Listen to HRC Emerging Researcher First Grant recipient Dr Tracy Melzer on Radio NZ talking about his search for early signals of dementia.NewsTransforming health care for over 65s
There’s good news for older New Zealanders worried about having to move out of their homes into residential care because of declining health.NewsNew Zealand Health Strategy launched
The Health Minister Jonathan Coleman launched New Zealand's new health strategy in Wellington today.NewsNew Sir Charles Hercus fellow announced
A Christchurch researcher is doing New Zealand's first study of vitamin C's potential as a treatment for intensive care patients with sepsis.NewsTūranga: new ways to reduce smoking
It will take radical, fresh ideas and new technology to break some New Zealanders of their smoking habit and for smoking prevalence to be less than the Government’s goal of five per cent in New Zealand by 2025.NewsFeedback sought on PBRF panel guidelines
The 13 Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) peer review panels have developed draft panel-specific guidelines for the 2018 Quality Evaluation.NewsHRC honours top University of Auckland researchers
Distinguished Professor Richard Faull and Dr Ilva Rupenthal have received the first HRC awards for an outstanding contribution to health research excellence.NewsSevere food allergies increase threefold in Pacific peoples
New Zealand’s hospital admission rates for food-induced anaphylaxis – the most severe form of allergic reaction – have increased threefold in Pacific peoples over a 10-year period, according to a recently published study.NewsCould fish eyes help solve donor cornea shortage?
A new HRC emerging researcher study, one of 11 announced today, aims to manufacture human corneal replacements from proteins found in fish eye lenses.NewsTrial to investigate how e-cigs affect smoking
A new trial funded by a HRC feasibility study grant will collect real-time data from e-cigarette users using a novel ‘smart’ e-cigarette.NewsDr Don Mackie to join the HRC on secondment
We are pleased to announce that Dr Don Mackie is joining the HRC from 25 July 2016, on a twelve month secondment.News