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HCQ4ARF: A randomised trial of Hydroxychloroquine for acute rheumatic fever
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an immune-mediated inflammatory condition triggered by the bacterium group A streptococcus, affecting the joints and heart valves.Funding proposalsHypoxia-selective delivery of DNA-PK inhibitors to tumours
Radiotherapy, in combination with chemotherapy, is used to treat advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but tumour control within the radiation field is limited by normal tissue toxicity and tumour hypoxia.Funding proposalsRCT budesonide-formoterol reliever therapy in moderate/severe childhood asthma
Childhood asthma is a major public health problem in New Zealand. The evidence base for the treatment of childhood asthma is considerably less than for adult asthma.Funding proposalsHormone-induced adaptations in respiratory function during pregnancy
This proposal aims to reveal the neuronal mechanism controlling maternal respiration during pregnancy. For a healthy pregnancy and to provide sufficient oxygen for offspring development, hormones drive adaptive changes in maternal breathing patterns.Funding proposalsNew targets for infectious disease - tackling antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health challenge and an imminent threat to New Zealand. The increasing number of extremely drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria has rendered some antimicrobial treatments ineffective.Funding proposalsManaaki Te Iti Kahurangi: Improving outcomes for whānau
Wāhine, pēpi and whānau experience persistent health inequities that impact wellbeing throughout pregnancy, birth and childhood. Without profound system change, there will continue to be unacceptable, avoidable harm and death for Māori.Funding proposalsReducing the burden of osteoarthritis in Aotearoa New Zealand
Osteoarthritis is among the most common long-term conditions in New Zealand. The burden of pain, disability and economic costs is rising – especially for Māori. Access to treatments is poor.Funding proposalsPathogenesis, detection and treatment of perinatal brain injury
Perinatal brain injury is the single greatest cause of disability over the whole of life. The team played a key role in developing brain cooling, now the first established therapy for injury after low oxygen levels at term.Funding proposalsStrategies to improve gout management in Aotearoa
Gout is particularly prevalent in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with 13.8% of Māori men, 22.5% of Pacific men, and 6.9% of New Zealand European men affected.Funding proposalsKai wai ū i te pō: Māori aspirations around breastfeeding in Te Tai Tokerau
This project is driven by the aspirations from Te Tai Tokerau around wai ū/breastfeeding.Funding proposalsSupporting the Integrated Practice Model: Digital Tool Implementation Research
Mental health services are not equitably meeting the needs of the New Zealand population.Funding proposalsTranslating Pacific Health Research to improve Pacific Housing
How do we apply Pacific Health models (PHm) in a meaningful way to improve Pacific housing solutions?Funding proposalsDeveloping an automated image-based dietary assessment tool
Our project is focused on empowering Kiwis' health by understanding their diet.Funding proposalsAnti-racism praxis and Māori health professional workforce development.
Racism and dishonouring of te Tiriti o Waitangi are significant contributors to Māori health inequities in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsDonor Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand
Mandatory registration of egg, sperm or embryo donors was required in Aotearoa New Zealand from 2004, thus enabling donor-conceived people to access donor information when they reach the age of 18.Funding proposalsExploring the essential elements of a long COVID clinic
Long Covid is a highly prevalent condition which can cause debilitating illness. Without support, those with the condition are left to manage the health and social consequences alone.Funding proposalsIntensive support for high-risk families: what works to reduce ongoing harm?
The proposed grant is to enable the co-design of a research programme investigating "what works" in the treatment of child abuse and neglect among families involved with child protection services.Funding proposalsKete Whenua: Implementation of community-led resources for promoting wellbeing
This proposal arose from our community-led collaboration between Te Whāriki Manawāhine o Hauraki, Te Whakaruruhau o Tauranga Moana and AUT's Good Health Design and Taupua Waiora Māori Research Centre.Funding proposalsEmploying activities to improve mental health - what is the Aotearoa literature?
Employing social activities is a person-centred, values-based psychosocial approach to support people with poor mental health and wellbeing, arising from social determinants.Funding proposalsAn innovative integrated mental health framework - PIP for Aotearoa
The existing integrated mental health care of New Zealand adopted the national integrated care model, with different district and regional specific components.Funding proposalsSetting the research agenda for paediatric rehabilitation
The decision about which research questions are investigated frequently lies with health researchers. However, the priorities of the researchers may not align with those of patients, whānau, and clinicians.Funding proposalsTe Kōwheori Roa - Māori Experiences of Long COVID
Novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) has had a dramatic impact on the health and well-being of Māori since the arrival to the shores of Aotearoa in early 2020. This has been increasingly prevalent with later strains of the virus such as the Delta strain.Funding proposalsLūsia ki taulanga
Lūsia ki taulaga, a Tongan proverb referring to seafarers’ struggles through stormy weather to reach land, will activate the potential of an ethnic-specific Pacific integrated services provider and population group to inform solutions to the burgeoning ineFunding proposalsGiving voice to wahine wisdom - preferences for treatment of UTIs
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infections, and wahine (particularly those who have had children and are older) can suffer from recurrent infections.Funding proposalsMāori and implementation of Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services standard
The Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services standard is being implemented, with the first audits scheduled for late 2022. The standard requires inclusion of Māori in decision-making and implementation across District Health Board (DHB) services.Funding proposalsA clinical prediction model to risk stratify children at Paediatric ED triage
Triage is vital to manage patients in Emergency Departments (EDs). Triaging for children is more challenging than for adults, as special knowledge and communication skills are necessary to assess their urgency accurately.Funding proposalsDescribing care pathways for patients with delirium discharged from hospital.
Delirium is one of the modifiable and potentially preventable causes of dementia. Good follow-up care of older patients discharged from hospital after delirium can impact their health outcomes (including dementia onset) and quality of life.Funding proposalsCOVID-19 rapid antigen testing: exploring public-use in New Zealand
Rapid antigen tests (RATs) can detect the presence of SARS-COV-2 viral proteins and indicate current infection.Funding proposalsResearch Activation – Northland
This Research Activation Application seeks funding to develop a strategic approach to research in Northland.Funding proposalsMana wāhine o Te Kapotai: reclaiming the strength of women towards mauri ora
This research project seeks the reclamation of wāhine Māori voices through exploring mana wāhine with Te Kapotai hapū.Funding proposalsEquitable Application of Circulating Tumour DNA to the New Zealand Population
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is DNA released by a tumour into the bloodstream and represents a novel class of blood marker for cancer detection.Funding proposalsExploring interrelationships between racism, time and Māori health inequities
This proposed PhD research aims to explore how the concept of ‘time’ may be related to racism as a determinant of health and how this can be placed within a life course approach.Funding proposals