2305 Results
Why does medical education change how some students view Euthanasia/Assisted Dying?
Euthanasia or assisted dying (EAD) involves administering or prescribing a lifeending substance to a person. Soon New Zealanders will vote on whether EAD should be lawful in New Zealand.Funding proposalsDecolonising Pandemic Responses in Aoteaora New Zealand
Numerous health and economic challenges have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting a swift, universalist response from the government of New Zealand.Funding proposalsMoral reasoning in the New Zealand government’s press briefings on Covid-19
This project will explore the moral reasoning of New Zealand’s leaders during Covid-19, by analyzing transcripts of government’s daily press briefings throughout the initial lockdown period, and the return to Level 3 (in Auckland) and 2 (nationwide).Funding proposalsTe matatini o te horapa: a population based contagion network for Aotearoa NZ
Aotearoa has a world-class resource in the linked microdata of the StatisticsNZ Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).Funding proposalsThe M.E.K.E. Initiative: Taking health and fitness to whānau
The isolation experienced by people in high deprivation communities has increased after the COVID-19 pandemic with job losses and fears for health for people with chronic diseases. The M.E.K.E.Funding proposalsConnecting Kai
July 2020 marked a milestone for the Common Unity Project Aotearoa. They had given 60,000 meals in 6 years to their Te Awa Kairangi community.Funding proposalsTe Puna Rongoā : Achieving Medicines Access Equity for Māori - Pharmacists' role
Māori do not experience the same benefits from medicines as non-Māori due to inequities in access to and the quality use of medicines.Funding proposalsAddressing the COVID-19 impacts upon Māori with mental illness
Pandemics disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Māori with serious mental illness who receive care through the public mental health system could have been the hardest affected in regard to COVID-19.Funding proposalsEnsuring equity for Pacific families: Learning from a pandemic
Pacific peoples are particularly at risk from worsening wellbeing outcomes as a result of COVID-19. Key contributing factors include a high prevalence of long-term and respiratory conditions, leaving Pacific peoples vulnerable if they catch the virus.Funding proposalsNeurovascular pathology in human neurodegenerative disorders
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are currently incurable.Funding proposalsVascular risk equity for all New Zealanders
Cardiovascular and associated metabolic conditions are major preventable causes of health-expectancy gaps, particularly for Māori and Pacific people. Combined population-level and individualised interventions can halve cardiovascular-metabolic risk.Funding proposalsTranslating treatments for lymphatic dysfunction associated with organ failure
In New Zealand and globally, the leading cause of death in intensive care units is organ failure, for which there is no specific and effective treatment.Funding proposalsKia puawai ake ngā uri whakatupu: flourishing future generations
Equity of Māori health outcomes is essential for the wider social and economic advancement of Aotearoa.Funding proposalsA kaupapa Māori approach to improving wellbeing for rural whānau Māori
The persistence of wellbeing inequities for Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa remains ostensible, particularly for whānau Māori living in rural areas.Funding proposalsContribution of ENaC in Covid-19
Coronavirus infections can lead to severe respiratory complications including pulmonary oedema.Funding proposalsDesigning better methodologies to enable robust risk assessment of vaping
‘Vaping’ or e-cigarettes have been promoted as a tool to support smoking cessation to improve public health, with their use growing at exponential rates. However the toxicity and long-term health effects of compounds generated during vaping are not known.Funding proposalsEarly identification of infants and children with disequilibrium
Congenital and early-acquired hearing impairment is a major public health issue that has driven the development of newborn hearing screening programmes worldwide.Funding proposalsWalk a mile in their shoes - Developing a virtual reality experience of FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that is misunderstood, often not recognised, and blanketed with stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ).Funding proposalsDevelopment of a novel tissue-engineered heart valve
Tissue-engineered heart valves are being explored as new prosthetic alternatives for patients undergoing valve replacement surgery because current types of prostheses have each faced some limitation precluding their routine use. Our protocol involves theFunding proposalsExtracellular DNA repair: a role in antimicrobial resistance?
Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the greatest threats to society this century. We suspect that a recently-discovered DNA-ligase, an enzyme that joins pieces of DNA, is central to the ability of many pathogenic bacteria to gain resistance.Funding proposalsAn overlooked opportunity to exploit heart rate variability
Our heart rate is not fixed. A heart rate of 60 beats per minute does not mean the heart beats every second. Rather, there are time differences between one beat and the next. This naturally-occurring phenomenon is called heart rate variability (HRV).Funding proposalsExploring hepatic urea cycle dysfunction in Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a devastating, mid-life onset neurodegenerative disorder with no treatment. We recently identified very high levels of the metabolite urea in the brains of HD patients.Funding proposalsDevelopment of a novel device to rapidly test embryos during IVF
Up to 1 in 4 New Zealand couples have trouble conceiving and many seek help trying to start a family. Often their treatment will be IVF, but success rates remain low.Funding proposalsA smart toothpaste for the twenty-first century
Management of dental disorders such as decay, gum disease, and implant failures are a major economic burden to New Zealand. The Māori community present the poorest oral health outcomes among all communities in the country.Funding proposalsAuricular stimulation to improve cough sensitivity after stroke
Neurological disease, such as stroke, has a devastating effect on sensation in the throat and the cough reflex.Funding proposalsThe role of circulating bacterial DNA in cardiovascular disease
The trillions of bacteria that live in our gut (called the gut microbiome) have an important role in the normal functioning of the healthy gut, but they can also modify or influence biological functions, which can result in disease.Funding proposalsRepurposing anti-viral immunity to combat Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Pathogenic bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae reside within human cells and represent a reservoir of infection that is difficult for the host immune system to clear and for antibiotics to access.Funding proposalsPersonalised 3D-tissue models: Reducing health inequities in cartilage therapies
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects over 10% of New Zealanders and is commonly treated using metallic prostheses.Funding proposalsTe Mana Māori Wahine i te hapūtanga me te manaaki whaea, a Māori perspective
Improving maternal health and wellbeing of wāhine Māori and whānau is a priority. We have significant gaps in our maternal and child health outcomes and an urgent need to do better for Māori.Funding proposalsHealth Sector Research Collaboration Grant - Bay of Plenty DHB
This Health Sector Research Collaboration Grant includes the following research activities: He Pou Oranga: Developing a Framework for Integrating Technology and Health The aim is to engage in research that promotes well-being across our population and comFunding proposalsReducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy
Knee osteoarthritis causes considerable pain, disability and reduced quality of life, disproportionately impacting Māori.Funding proposalsHapū Whānau: Implementing iwi-owned service hubs to improve health outcomes
The maternity system is unsafe for Māori. Wāhine, pēpi and whānau experience persistent health inequities that impact wellbeing throughout the maternal-child continuum.Funding proposals