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Cardiac rehabilitation delivery for Māori and other indigenous populations
Cardiac rehabilitation leads to better health-related outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease. However attendance at such programmes are low due to many barriers, including distance.Funding proposalsInvestigating a novel gene causing Meier-Gorlin syndrome
This summer studentship project investigates an uncommon type of microcephalic primordial dwarfism known as Meier-Gorlin syndrome.Funding proposalsAn Exploration of Knowledge Exchange between Rongoā and Medical Practitioners
The World Health Organisation recognises the value of integrating traditional medicine, like Māori healing (Rongoā Māori), into Western healthcare systems.Funding proposalsChemical synthesis of novel antimicrobial compounds
In response to the urgent need of treatment against multi drug resistant pathogens, this summer studentship research opportunity focuses on the chemical synthesis of hit analogues for antimicrobial and biofilm inhibition compounds.Funding proposalsMāori experiences and perceptions of self-regulatory treatments for chronic pain
Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a health condition resulting in disability and reduced quality of life. It is a highly prevalent musculoskeletal health condition among Māori.Funding proposalsKaupapa Māori Research approach to assessing biomechanics of Mau Rākau
Māori movement practices, such as mau rākau, have been used traditionally by Māori as forms of exercise, rehabilitation and agility training.Funding proposalsSystemic Bias - Eating Disorder awareness in Indigenous communities
This project will use the research findings from Tangata Kōmuramura: Māori Experiences of Eating Disorders project, to develop resources that should help tangata whaiora, their whānau, and clinicians in the identification and management of eating disordersFunding proposalsNofo 'a Kainga: Impacts of NZ living systems on managing long-term conditions
The aim of this proposed project is to continue to translate the knowledge gained from my PhD research findings into Pasifika community action.Funding proposalsEnhancing health outcomes: Educating healthcare workers on Pacific spirituality
This project aims to enhance health and wellbeing outcomes for English- and Pacific-language speaking healthcare workers and clinicians.Funding proposalsMe'akai/Food and Suka/Diabetes - Tongan youth perspectives
The lived experiences of Tongan people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) identified that being diabetic in the family required the support and commitment of their children.Funding proposalsTalanoa and Hermeneutic Phenomenology Approach
The first research that explores lived experience of Tongan with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) using a combined Talanoa and Hermeneutic phenomenology approach by a Tongan for, and with Tongan people.Funding proposalsTalanoa and ūloa in mental health
There are Tongan and Pacific concepts like loto, ongo, noa that are identified in research. These are also applied in Pacific methodology and models like talanoa and ūloa.Funding proposalsUnderstanding the molecular subtypes of gastric cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand
Associate Professor Sharon Pattison is an Upper Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist Clinician Scientist with a particular interest in gastric cancer. Gastric cancer is known to have a number of subtypes that occur with different frequencies globally.Funding proposalsReducing morbidity in children with neuroimmunological disorders
Disorder of the immune response in the brain can cause severe brain inflammation, as seen in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis; movement disorders and neuropsychiatric symptoms, as seen in Sydenham's chorea; and can adversely affect neurodevelopment.Funding proposalsExtending the scope of Audiologists to enhance paediatric ORL services
I am an Advanced Audiology Practitioner with a PhD in Audiology, specialising in public service redesign using novel advanced Allied Health-led models of care to improve clinical and service outcomes.Funding proposalsMethod Development to measure dyslipidaemia in ovarian follicles
Pacific people experience higher infertility rates than other ethnic groups, yet they have reduced access to assisted reproductive technologies (ART).Funding proposalsManaging for Pacific family violence within the workplace
People spend a significant amount of time within the workplace, which means that workplaces should aim to support them for greater success. One such support network is supporting those experiencing family violence.Funding proposalsInvestigating prediabetes among adolescents in Aotearoa NZ
Prediabetes is a precursor condition to developing type 2 diabetes. It is also highly common among young and old Pacific peoples.Funding proposalsDo kahoa lole impact Pacific health?
Kahoa (also known as lei) has evolved into several modern interpretations involving lollies, money, fast food, canned goods— even vapes. The most notable and the focus of this studentship research proposal is the kahoa lole (lolly lei).Funding proposalsNourishing Hawke’s Bay: Pātaka Kai
Nourishing Hawke’s Bay: Pātaka Kai is a community research project that brings the added value of mātauranga Māori and systems science to interventions.Funding proposalsExploring Takatāpui Social Capital
This Development Grant will support the planning and scoping of a broader research project based around takatāpui and Māori LGBTQIA+ social capital that will be submitted to the Health Research Council in 2024.Funding proposalsTe Pae o Kahukura: Kahukura Rising
Māori elite athletes are training and competing in specialised and demanding sporting contexts prior to, and in entering professional or elite adult competition. The health and wellbeing of such Māori elite athletes is an under-researched area.Funding proposalsCo-design of a kaupapa Māori research project on ageing biomarkers
We are living longer but not necessarily healthier lives. This has placed increasing burdens on individuals and society.Funding proposalsMāmā aroha: enhancing the first free indigenous digital breastfeeding app
The development of the first indigenous breastfeeding digital application during the COVID pandemic exemplifies Māori women at the forefront of developing innovative solutions to support whānau with breastfeeding.Funding proposalsHauora: a Ngāti Kahungunu perspective
This grant will be used to support the curated publication of a range of small reports (differentiated for a range of community groups) detailing the preliminary findings from my doctoral project, ‘Hauora: a Ngāti Kahungunu perspective’.Funding proposalsSupporting whānau flourishing with a cohesive evidence base
The purpose of the grant is to present a comprehensive and culturally appropriate package of research-based programmes rooted in the aspirational concept of flourishing whānau.Funding proposalsDemystifying injury prevention and care: Whakamā to Whakamana
Whaioranga te Pā Harakeke is a research project that explored unintentional injury incidence and characteristics in Te Arawa rohe, older Māori experiences of accessing injury prevention and care, older Māori solutions for improvement in care, development oFunding proposalsRapua te Mārama
The Rapua te Mārama COVID-19 study team produced a book of participant research findings featuring bereaved whānau participants' stories and photographs about dying and tangihanga during the COVID-19 Lockdowns.Funding proposalsRangatahi-developed nutrition and wellbeing guidelines
Dietary habits and food preferences are developed through early childhood and adolescence, thus maintaining good nutrition and a strong sense of wellbeing are imperative from a young age.Funding proposalsKnowledge Translation: From thesis to community
I am an emerging academic employed by the University of Waikato, working out of Te Huataki Waiora School of Health.Funding proposalsInvestigation of Wearable Sensors for Human Vitality Monitoring
This research proposal aims to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of monitoring human vitals via wearable sensors in Pasifika and indigenous populations.Funding proposalsExploring the wellbeing of Sāmoan regulated healthcare workers
A strong Sāmoan health workforce is required to improve the wellbeing of a growing Sāmoan population within Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ). This population growth suggests increasing inequities in health, already experienced by Sāmoan people in AoNZ.Funding proposals