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Malaghan in asthma vaccine discovery
A team of New Zealand researchers has discovered new vaccine technology that can be used to treat asthma and other allergic diseases.NewsNor'wester could affect health of Cantabrians in the future
Frances Graham's HRC-funded study shows that the predicted increase in heat-related extreme weather events due to climate change, in particular the nor'wester in Christchurch, could pose a risk to the delivery of hospital services.NewsStudy shows aspirin can help prevent dangerous blood clots
An international study, part-funded by the HRC, shows aspirin is a cheap and effective way to prevent potentially deadly blood clots.NewsAnaemia in the womb affects adult heart health
Adults who developed anaemia in their mothers' wombs may be at greater risk of heart problems, according to a study led by HRC Clinical Research Training Fellow Dr Alexandra Wallace.NewsDoes getting more zzzs help weight loss?
A world-first study by Massey University researchers is investigating how poor sleep affects body size.NewsStudy sheds light on debilitating stomach condition
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute have accurately mapped the patterns of abnormal gastric electrical activity that occurs during gastroparesis.NewsHRC board members receive special honours
Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Associate Professor Susan Stott has been promoted to professor, while Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith has taken out the Mātauranga-Education category at the TVNZ Māori of the Year awards.NewsHRC Update 20 December 2024
NewsNew Zealand, Australia and Canada establish a new research partnership
The HRC, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research recently signed a trilateral letter of intent to improve research capacity in Indigenous peoples’ health.NewsNew members sought for the HRC's Public Health Research Committee
We are looking for new members to join our Public Health Research Committee. The committee advises on public health research funding offered through a range of HRC grant types, such as project and programme grants and career development awards.NewsUpdate 23 January 2025
NewsHRC Update 18 February 2025
NewsNew AI in Healthcare RFP
The Health Research Council has released a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund high quality AI implementation research in healthcare, with a total funding pool of up to $5 million available.NewsNew AI in Healthcare RFP now open
NewsCultivating collaboration with China
The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery is building a portal into China for New Zealand biomedical science.NewsHRC's summer Interns talk about their work experience
Over the summer, HRC staff were thrilled to have interns from a variety of educational backgrounds work alongside them. Read about what they did during their internship and the skills they will take away to help them in their careers.NewsHRC Update 4 April 2025
Nominations open for the HRC's new awardsNewsNominations open for HRC medals and new awards
Nominations for our two new awards - HRC Catalyst in the Community Award and Te Ata Hāpara Award - are now open alongside our existing Liley, Beavan and Te Tohu Rapuora medals.NewsNew findings could aid early diagnosis of common eye disease
Researchers at the University of Auckland have discovered that the most common form of vision loss in the elderly – age-related macular degeneration – extends to areas outside the macula.News$1.2m high blood pressure trial funded
A $1.2 million nationwide project, funded by the Health Innovation Partnership, will evaluate how care for people with resistant high blood pressure can be improved in New Zealand.NewsHow whānau view mental health services for young Māori
Dr Kahu McClintock, a member of the HRC Māori Health Committee and Chair of the Nga Kanohi Kitea funding initiative, shares her PhD findings.NewsOne in five unaware of HIV infection
As many as one in every five gay and bisexual Auckland men with HIV are unaware they are infected, according to an HRC-funded study carried out by the University of Otago’s Department of Preventive and Social Medicine.NewsResearchers invited to have say on new national science initiative
The Government has announced an initiative to develop a set of National Science Challenges for New Zealand. The challenges are supported by new Budget investment of $60 million over the next four years.NewsVirus particles set to help fight cancer
University of Otago researchers have now developed virus-like particles to the point where they could be trialled to deliver anti-cancer vaccines and treatments in people.NewsDrop in whooping cough hospital admissions
Dr Cameron Grant's study shows that New Zealand's high rate of hospital admissions for whooping cough decreased in the 2000s - the first decade to record a drop since the 1960s.NewsNew QEII Diamond Jubliee Grant awarded
A research team led by Dr Nikki Turner from The University of Auckland has received funding to help improve Kiwi kids' immunisation rates.NewsHIV behavioural study of African communities in New Zealand
Massey University awarded research funding on HIV risk behaviours in African communities in New Zealand.NewsToo much TV linked to bad behaviour
University of Otago researchers have found that children and adolescents who watch excessive amounts of TV are more likely to display antisocial and criminal behaviour when they are adults.NewsUtilising plant compounds as anti-addiction therapies
The herb salvia divinorum is being tested as a possible treatment to help reduce the impact of drug addiction.NewsHRC announces new Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is delighted to announce the opening of a funding application round for a prestigious new Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship.NewsImportance of transforming knowledge is key focus of HRC Pacific Health Research Fono
The theme of Fono 2012 is Pacific Edge – Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice.NewsMicrobiologist 'blogs way' to communicators award
Dr Siouxsie Wiles has picked up the 2012 New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Science Communicators award for communicating scientific issues of interest to the public.News