2305 Results
Advancing opportunities for big dietary data in New Zealand
My background is in investigating the links between the foods we eat and our chance of getting cancer and heart disease in large population studies. For the Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship, I plan to develop big dietary data in a NZ setting.Funding proposalsMeasuring visual field loss in glaucoma using involuntary eye movements
New Zealand faces a healthcare crisis in the management of glaucoma. Glaucoma is an age-related eye disease that is the leading cause of preventable blindness in NZ.Funding proposalsThe immunological effects of gene variants unique to Māori and Pacific peoples
This Tongan applicant primarily grew up in NZ but remains strongly connected with his pacific heritage and community. His objectives are to obtain a PhD in cancer research as the first step towards a career in this area.Funding proposalsThe use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to describe the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in NZ
Tuberculosis remains a major health challenge globally and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Although New Zealand is low-burden TB country there are significant ethnic disparities that need to be addressed.Funding proposalsLong-term pan-sector outcomes for New Zealand’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) graduates
A newborn’s admission to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) tempers any family’s excitement about the birth with concern regarding the immediate and long-term sequelae.Funding proposalsExploring Maori health-provider workers' perspectives of medication challenges
The burden of living with many illnesses at once is increasingly common among Maori and treatment regularly involves the use of many medications which can be challenging in many ways.Funding proposalsAn environmental scan of Indigenous oral health providers
Māori consistently have poorer health outcomes than the New Zealand benchmarks. Oral health is no exception to this, and Māori have repeatedly been reported to have the poorest oral health outcomes of any ethnic group.Funding proposalsCultural competence and equity focussed activities in primary care
Cultural competence is a skill and attitude essential to effective communication and therefore effective, quality care. This is especially true in primary care/ general practice.Funding proposals3D bioassembly of functional bone grafts: a Lego approach
Bone injuries, disorders and diseases result in severe bone defects, where approximately NZ$ 3.3b was spent on treating bone defects in 2007, and is projected to increase by 30% by 2020.Funding proposalsDevelopment of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-Cell therapy in New Zealand
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells are patients' own immune cells that have been gene-modified and expanded in the laboratory to redirect them against cancer cells.Funding proposalsKnowledge translation bronchiolitis study
Libby Haskell is New Zealand’s first paediatric emergency Nurse Practitioner, and an experienced and respected nursing leader.Funding proposalsFood and diabetes: the underlying factors that determine food practices of Tongan
Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) prevalence is highest among Pacific, Indian and Maori population in New Zealand. Food is one of the major diabetes management and treatment.Funding proposalsTe Ao Mārama: Disability perspectives of tāngata whaikaha Māori
Indigenous people worldwide have diverse historical and contemporary impacts of disablement arising from colonisation and dysfunction that are in themselves disabling.Funding proposalsThe impact of micro-environment composition on oocyte developmental competency
I am the first person in my immediate family to undertake a tertiary education and have recently completed a Masters Research thesis.Funding proposalsNovel methods of infant feeding in New Zealand - cause for concern or optimism?
Researchers, health professionals, and policy makers know surprisingly little about how and what infants are fed during their remarkable journey from consuming a 100% milk diet at birth, to consuming the same foods as their family around their first birthdFunding proposalsBuilt environment and active transport to school: BEATS Natural Experiment
Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles among adolescents are global public health problems which increase the risk of obesity and reduced psychosocial health.Funding proposalsGlycotoxicity in the diabetic heart - novel treatment targets
Diabetes is an epidemic disease, and is associated with specific damage to the heart. The nature of this injury is poorly understood and there is no specific therapy.Funding proposalsStaying at home: A Qualitative descriptive study on Pacific palliative care
There is limited research available on palliative health for Pacific people. The available research suggests Pacific peoples prefer to die at home, and that Pacific persons with a palliative diagnosis experience significant burden from hospital admission.Funding proposalsDeglutition (swallowing) in advanced age
Central to the New Zealand lifestyle is eating and drinking, which carry even deeper significance in Māori culture.Funding proposalsNga kaiwhakaako, whakapakari tinana me te hauora hinengaro
The kaupapa is to investigate psychological resilience factors among personal trainers/coaches/community leaders (kaiwhakaako) who are Māori and work closely with Māori in an exercise-related capacity.Funding proposalsAn mHealth approach: Reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among Pacific people living in NZ
Pacific people experience a disproportionately high burden of CVD in New Zealand. Despite a steady decline since the 1980’s, CVD remains the principle cause of death among Pacific populations.Funding proposalsManipulating rewards to treat maladaptive brain disorders: focus on tinnitus
Tinnitus, chronic pain, depression, obesity and addiction are common neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions that impose significant negative impact on individuals and society and lack effective treatments.Funding proposalsAddressing clinical questions in gout using genetic data
In Aoteoroa / New Zealand 6% of Māori, 8% of Pacific and 3% of European people have the arthritis gout and there is co-morbidity with other serious diseases, such as diabetes, heart and kidney disease.Funding proposalsRacial and ethnic bias among registered nurses
My PhD research will build upon my findings from my Masters thesis, by further exploring health equity, cultural safety, and nursing.Funding proposalsDoubling down on DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK): Radiosensitisers for head & neck cancer
Radiotherapy is a cornerstone modality in modern cancer treatment. DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) plays a key role in repair of radiation-induced DNA damage.Funding proposalsTransitions to gout research (TIGER) study
Gout is a painful arthritis caused by urate crystals that form in the joints of people with high blood urate levels.Funding proposalsICare-FASTER Improving care by FAster risk-STratification in the EmeRgency dept.
New Zealand was the first country in the world to have access to and test the next generation of bedside blood test for heart attacks.Funding proposalsCharacterisation of synthetic cannabinoid signalling bias and toxicity
Novel psychoactive substances containing synthetic cannabinoids are the most rapidly growing class of recreational drugs.Funding proposalsTackling antimicrobial resistance
Bacterial resistance to existing antibiotics is now recognised as a major global health threat. It has been estimated that by the year 2050, 10 million lives per annum may be at risk due to drug-resistant infections.Funding proposalsSexting and NZ born Niuean adolescent females
A key finding from this research was the use of ‘sexting’.Funding proposalsKa Ora - exploring the healing potential of birth
Birth can be an empowering and uplifting experience. Birth can also be traumatic. Birth for Māori women and their whānau in the context of historical trauma could provide opportunities for healing.Funding proposalsNew drugs for the post-antibiotic era by targeting glutamate racemase
There is an urgent need to develop new antimicrobials as the world-wide spread of drug-resistant bacteria threatens to create a post-antibiotic era in which diseases like tuberculosis and even routine bacterial infection cannot be effectively treated.Funding proposals