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Hui Whakapiripiri 2014: Call for abstracts
The call for abstracts has gone out for the HRC's Hui Whakapiripiri on 8–10 July 2014.NewsA brief personal account of research and ethics approval processes in a project with Māori caregivers
Given the presence of high Māori mental health needs, conducting research with Māori mental health service users is vital.NewsTrial into brain-based solution for chronic pain wins funding as part of $15M awarded to NZ researchers
With a fellowship of nearly $600,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), a University of Otago researcher will trial a novel brain stimulation technique for treating chronic low back pain – a leading cause of disability worldwide. Dr…NewsNZ researchers win medals for game-changing studies into cervical cancer and rheumatic fever
The HRC has awarded its medals for excellence in health research at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Aotearoa event in Wellington. And in a first for the HRC, two of its three medals have gone to researchers from the same team who are…NewsResearchers inspire on new Māori career website
Two HRC-funded researchers - Dr Melanie Cheung and Mr Maui Hudson - feature on an interactive new website profiling inspirational Māori role models.NewsHRC Update 27 November 2023
NewsRecord number of health delivery grants awarded
We are pleased to announce a record 81 recipients in our second round of 2023 Health Delivery Research Grants. These grants, worth a combined total of more than $16.8 million in this round, are dedicated to increasing research engagement within…NewsNew collaboration between New Zealand and Canada
The HRC has today announced funding for a research collaboration in which New Zealand and Canadian researchers will explore ways to better care for older people with high health needs.NewsStudy: Oxaliplatin chemo treatment ineffective
An intervention to counter the neurotoxic effects of a chemotherapy treatment for cancer has been withdrawn after research showed it was ineffective.NewsNew breast cancer research intiative announced
The HRC, the Breast Cancer Research Trust and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation have formed a joint research initiative to fund innovative research into breast cancer in New Zealand.NewsStudy reveals pregnant women's sleeping patterns
Nearly a third of pregnant Māori and non-Māori women report sleeping less than six hours in late stages of pregnancy, an HRC-funded study by Massey University sleep scientists has concluded.News2015 funding round: Pacific roadshows
Details of the HRC's Pacific roadshow dates and venues are now available.NewsHRC announces $74.56 million funding investment into health research
Groundbreaking new research on cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and the human impact of natural disasters is included in the $74.56M of government research funding announced by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).NewsCanterbury residents to participate in unique HRC-funded study
Study into the personal impact on Christchurch earthquake victims.NewsLow-cost home alterations prevent falls
Falls in the home could be reduced by a quarter according to the results of a new HRC-funded study just published online in top international medical journal The Lancet.NewsHRC Update 21 December 2023
NewsHRC Update: 15 February 2024
NewsHRC funding announced for new Māori health research
The HRC has today announced a $74.56 million funding investment into health research, including a new programme of Maori health research worth $4.27M over five years.NewsUpdate 12 March 2024
NewsCelebrating 30 years of health services research
Recently we sat down to chat with Dr Jackie Cumming, who is celebrating 30 years of health services research at Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | the Health Services Research Centre.NewsHRC Update 28 March 2024
NewsHRC Update 16 May 2024
NewsThe next generation of Māori and Pacific health research leaders
The Health Research Council has today announced more than $5.6 million in funding to help support nine talented Māori and Pacific health researchers to become leaders in their field.NewsUsing AI to avoid over- and under-prescribing medicines for older NZers
A newly funded study will seek to develop New Zealand’s first digital tool using AI technology to guide the safer use of medicines in older adults. It is one of 24 HRC grants announced today to support emerging researchers.NewsNew HRC research: Can a pill help to keep weight off and does diabetes damage the ‘power-supply’ to the heart?
An effective pill to prevent obese people regaining weight they have lost and research that will help us understand how diabetes can cause the heart to fail are just two of the areas targeted by research supported by the HRC.NewsHRC Pacific Health Research Fono 2012
Pacific Edge: Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice 18 - 19 April 2012 | Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, AucklandNewsSpecial Update 27 May 2024
NewsUsing ‘human digital twins’ and a ‘nudge’ to explore a new paradigm in diabetes care
The HRC is funding exploratory research into the use of ‘human digital twins’ and artificial intelligence aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes. The work is among 20 potentially transformative research studies awarded funding in our 2024 Explorer Grants…NewsStudy shows Pacific peoples more at risk of traumatic brain injuries
HRC-funded research into traumatic brain injury within Pacific people is 'ground breaking' according to one of the study’s authors,Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairburn Dunlop.NewsHave your say on how the HRC’s Standing Committee for Therapeutic Trials runs
The HRC is seeking public submissions on the draft Terms of Reference for its Standing Committee on Therapeutic Trials (SCOTT).NewsSport sponsorship at odds with healthy past-time
Public health researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW), are concerned that some food and drink companies selling unhealthy food also sponsor popular, televised sports in New Zealand.NewsHRC Update 30 May 2024
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