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Contract 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.NewsNew projects for breast cancer partnership
Two new research projects will use data from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Register to improve delivery of care to breast cancer patients and lead to better health outcomes.NewsAir pollution leading risk factor for stroke
A part HRC-funded study* led by AUT University Professor Valery Feigin and recently published in the Lancet Neurology shows that air pollution is now a leading risk factor for stroke worldwide.News$7.9m for long-term health conditions research
Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman today announced the opening of applications for a new $7.9 million research fund to help improve the management of long-term health conditions.NewsNew strategy to shape future direction of health research
The government is seeking public input on the development of what will be New Zealand’s first health research strategy.NewsNew $97m boost to health research funding
The government has today announced that the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) will receive a significant new investment of $97 million over the next four years.NewsNicotine inhaler helps double smoking quit rates
A world-first therapy for helping smokers quit that uses a nicotine-filled inhaler in combination with a nicotine patch has doubled quit rates compared to smokers using a nicotine patch only.NewsTrans-Tasman investment in ICU trials a huge success
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group is estimated to have saved the New Zealand health care system well over $150 million per year over the past 10 years, and the lives of hundreds of New Zealanders.NewsNew building for Dunedin Study
Work is starting on a new purpose-built home for the world-renowned HRC-funded Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, on the University of Otago’s campus in Dunedin. News the $2.6 million dollar projectNewsCanterbury engineer honoured for medical technology innovations
Christchurch-based engineer Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to medical technology.NewsKiwi researcher hits 1000 citation mark
Biomedical research published by Wellington-based researcher Professor Mike Berridge and his colleague An Tan has achieved the equivalent of a gold medal in scientific circles – it has been cited, or referenced, by 1000 researchers since its publicationNewsNew fund to support research into medicines usage in NZ
The new research partnership between PHARMAC and the HRC looks to answer questions that might not otherwise be asked, such as why don't some people get the full benefits of the medicines they take?NewsHRC honours top Otago health researchers
The HRC has presented four researchers from Otago University with awards for an outstanding contribution to health research excellence, leadership, and impact.NewsStroke expert’s global contribution recognised
Professor Valery Feigin has tonight been recognised for his outstanding contribution to stroke and traumatic brain injury research at a special ceremony at Auckland University of Technology.NewsRecord $60m to support research projects
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) today announced funding for a record 52 projects worth a combined total of $60 million – a 74 per cent dollar increase from last year.NewsJune is bowel cancer awareness month
The HRC has supported the largest and most comprehensive study ever undertaken in New Zealand, of the management of colorectal cancer.NewsNZ gene discovery drives global leukaemia research
Julia Horsfield made a surprise discovery while working on a HRC-funded project more than 10 years ago. What she found is today the major focus of leukaemia researchers worldwide.News