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Improving road safety and health: Understanding kava’s impact on driver fitness
Kava is a traditional Pacific Island drink with great cultural significance that produces soporific, relaxant effects similar to sedative drugs.Funding proposalsEffects of antipyretics on respiratory disease and eczema in infancy
Academic Emergency Medicine is a relatively new discipline in NZ, even though emergency departments have long played a major role in healthcare delivery in NZ.Funding proposalsImproving pain after haemorrhoidectomy
Dr Weisi Xia is a surgical house officer who finished his medical studies at the University of Auckland and is employed as a medical practitioner in the Auckland region. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Surgery.Funding proposalsDelivering neurotrophic growth factors to stimulate and orient axonal outgrowth
I am a drug delivery scientist working with active materials at the biointerface. My vision is to be an international expert and research leader in the rational delivery of bioactives to direct and influence cell behaviour.Funding proposalsPrevalence of chronic kidney disease in Samoan residents in New Zealand and Samoa
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is recognised as a public health issue in New Zealand (NZ).Funding proposalsPatient reported outcomes after cardiac surgery: advanced cardiac imaging study.
The applicant is a PhD candidate in the Department of Medicine, Otago University.Funding proposalsTe Maramataka - Improving oranga through environmental mātauranga
For generations, Māori in Aotearoa and their relatives throughout the Pacific, observed, studied, and understood, the relationship between lunar cycles (te maramataka) and their impact on optimal times to fish, gather kai, plant, and harvest.Funding proposalsMaori experience of using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
The research aims are to develop a deeper understanding on the experiences of Māori patients who use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).Funding proposalsRacism and Māori health: translating research knowledge into policy action
This study is focussed on 'Racism and Māori health: translating research knowledge into policy action' and has a focus on health equity for Māori.Funding proposalsTargeted early activity and mobilisation in the ICU (the TEAM study)
Many patients who survive a critical illness suffer physical consequences that last for months, years, or even persist indefinitely and substantially reduce their quality of life.Funding proposalsEnabling self-care through personalised mHealth
Health information available through patient health records or data through sensors has the potential to personalise technology-based tools as well as increase the reach of support to people at critical times.Funding proposalsThe applicability of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a diagnostic tool for early cancer detection
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) refers to small fragments of tumour DNA found in the blood circulation, recognised by the presence of mutations in cancer genes.Funding proposalsDo hippocampus, insula and amygdala contribute to an anxiety syndrome biomarker?
“Anxiety disorders” are the commonest mental disorders in New Zealand; but their diagnosis is still based on clinical symptom check lists not biological markers of specific causes.Funding proposalsPhysical activity, sedentary behaviours and breast cancer risk
My academic background in medicine, public health and computing, my interest in epidemiological research and my previous research experiences have provided me the impetus to undertake the proposed programme of research at the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, theFunding proposalsCaffeine for the prevention of intermittent hypoxaemia in late preterm neonates
Late preterm babies (born between 34 and 37 weeks of pregnancy) have worse outcomes than those born at full term, including a 30% increased risk of severe long-term neurodevelopmental impairment.Funding proposalsA novel biomarker for preclinical drug development in schizophrenia
Current drug-based therapy for schizophrenia, a disorder of brain function, is only moderately successful and has changed minimally over the past 40 years.Funding proposalsThe neurobiology of maternal care; understanding the critical role of prolactin
Maternal care is critical to the survival of dependent offspring in mammals.Funding proposalsExercise or hypochlorous acid for venous leg ulcer healing: Factorial4VLU trial
Venous leg ulcers (VLU) are a debilitating condition and the numbers will increase as the population ages and obesity increases.Funding proposalsOptimal Medication Therapy in Indigenous Populations and specifically in Māori.
Throughout the world indigenous health outcomes are poorer than for non-indigenous people with increased rates of mortality, morbidity and disability.Funding proposalsRefining prognostic accuracy in colorectal cancer patients
Janet Rhodes is a medical doctor specialising as a general surgeon. She is pursuing a period of dedicated research to complete a PhD and gain the experience she requires to maintain high quality clinical research output throughout her career.Funding proposalsEnhancing long-term recovery in mood disorders
First-line treatments for mood disorders do little to improve cognitive and general functioning, and impairment in these areas is related to long-term relapse.Funding proposalsTangaroa Ara Rau: Māori water safety programme for whānau
Wai (water) is central to Māori culture, yet Māori have disproportionately high rates of drowning in Aotearoa. The need for a Māori water safety programme for whānau Māori is an urgent one.Funding proposalsDevelopment of trials with novel designs
Well-designed randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews that incorporate such trials provide the strongest evidence to inform health care.Funding proposalsClimate change, extreme rainfall events and enteric disease outbreaks
Observed climate trends in New Zealand are consistent with projected effects of global climate change. The summer of 2017-2018 was the hottest on record.Funding proposalsAlcohol’s harm to others: impacts on children of problem/heavy drinkers
I have a cohesive research programme directed at understanding alcohol policy impacts and the effects of alcohol’s harm to others.Funding proposalsAdvancing 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 proposals