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Tele-mental health delivery of psychotherapy for recurrent mood disorders
This project aims to evaluate the feasibility of delivering psychotherapy for recurrent mood disorders via teleconferencing.Funding proposalsThe Māori in-between? Identity, health, and social service access needs
Nō hea koe? Translated as “where are you from?” is a common question in Te Ao Māori. In the answer, one expresses their identity links to people, places, and Iwi.Funding proposalsNovel non-invasive neuromodulation treatment for chronic low back pain
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a disabling condition worldwide, associated with huge economic costs.Funding proposalsTaking a break from Netflix: The effect on glycaemia and sleep
We spend most of our day sitting. Sitting has been associated with increased risk of diseases such as diabetes but performing regular activity breaks (~2 min of activity every 30 min) throughout the day can help to reduce this risk.Funding proposalsCalsequestrin as a target to restore calcium balance in atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a serious condition in which there is abnormal rhythm in the atria of the heart. This increases the risk of stroke, with AF patients having a high mortality rate and reduced quality of life.Funding proposalsTe Poipoia Tūkino o Hauraki - courageous conversations about safety
This funding will enable an established Women's Refuge to develop, and, submit a Ngā Kānohi Kitea project application.Funding proposals'Mā wai e tō taku kauwae ki uta' - who will take my place?
Initial findings of Ngati Pikiao Iwi Trust’s research into the positive aging of Ngati Pikiao (NP) peoples indicates that kōeke (elders) fulfilling paepae (marae cultural) duties are tired.Funding proposalsTe Puna Taiao - improving health outcomes for tamariki
The purpose of the research is to contribute to generating an evidence base around improving health outcomes for tamariki Māori through enrichment and best use of primary school natural envionments for the benefit of tamariki, their whānau and communities.Funding proposalsHealthy & safe truck drivers, safer journeys: feasibility of a national survey
In the aftermath of the catastrophic Pike River Mine explosion New Zealand's poor workplace health and safety record has been under scrutiny. Truck drivers are a neglected occupational group.Funding proposalsKimi Ora - Investigating the scalability of a diabetes intervention for Maori
Kimi Ora is a diabetes intervention programme that was developed as part of the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge by He Pikinga Waiora.Funding proposalsSYMBIOTIC: Integrated prevention of infectious diseases and long-term conditions
Poverty, infectious diseases, and serious long-term conditions such as stomach cancer and diabetes tend to occur together (termed ‘syndemics’).Funding proposalsImproving equitable access to diabetes eye services
1 in 20 New Zealanders have diabetes, and Māori and Pacific people are more likely than other New Zealanders to experience diabetes and its complications.Funding proposalsThe epidemiology of Crohn’s and Colitis in New Zealand: a data linkage study
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) affecting approximately 20,000 New Zealanders, a number expected to double by 2026.Funding proposalsComprehensive pan-cancer characterization of uncommon TP53 mutations
There is a continuous need to identify patients with aggressive disease and therapies they are most likely to benefit from. p53 is known as the “guardian of the genome” and is a commonly mutated gene in cancer.Funding proposalsexciteBCI telerehabilitation: determining optimal dose and testing feasibility
Despite improvements in the prevention and acute management of stroke the number of strokes is projected to increase by 40% over the next ten years.Funding proposalsTē 'ākirāta mārama: Cook Islands mental health prevalence
Positive mental health outcomes are a priority for the Cook Islands, with efforts in place to meet the needs of the population.Funding proposalsDecoding GWAS to combat renal disease in Māori and Pacific people
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and gout disproportionately affect Māori and Pacific people compared to other populations in New Zealand.Funding proposalsLow-dose naltrexone as an adjunctive treatment in major depressive disorder
Globally, more than 300 million people suffer from depression; it is now the leading cause of disability worldwide.Funding proposalsNeonatal Glucose Care Optimisation (NeoGluCO) Study
Approximately 15% of all babies or 10,000 per annum in New Zealand develop hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) after birth, of whom 20% require admission to neonatal intensive care for severe or recurrent hypoglycaemic episodes.Funding proposalsResveratrol – a potential novel treatment for bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is a debilitating chronic respiratory condition characterised by repeated chest infections and intense airway inflammation.Funding proposalsManalagi: Aotearoa Pacific Rainbow/Queer/LGBTIQA+ MVPFAFF Health and Wellbeing Project
The Nuanua: Aotearoa Pacific Rainbow Health and Wellbeing Project aims to create a safe cultural research space for Pacific Rainbow communities to communicate their unique health and wellbeing needs.Funding proposalsMeasuring and reducing stroke burden in New Zealand
Recent changes in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) treatment and management, require new studies to capture their impact on outcomes such as death, disability, costs and carer burden.Funding proposalsResearch to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing
Home is where people spend most time. Warm, dry, mould-free, safe and secure housing keeps us well and healthy. Our research shows how aspects of housing lead to health or illness.Funding proposalsRegulation of lens water transport: A strategy to treat presbyopia and cataract
Globally, 2.1 billion people are presbyopic, and 35 million are visually impaired due to cataract. With a rapidly ageing, and increasingly diabetic population, the extent of this burden will rise and increase the cost to the health system.Funding proposalsInstagram Influencers, Unhealthy Products, and Covert Marketing to Young People
Social media has radically altered how corporations market unhealthy products to young people. Social media influencers embody these shifts, and yet we know little about the nature or extent of their practices.Funding proposalsOvercoming the limitations of adoptive T-cell therapy by genetic modification
Despites its success in treating haematological cancer, ACT using chimeric antigen receptor-expressing (CAR) T cells is much less successful in solid cancers.Funding proposalsA community-based RCT evaluating micronutrients for mood dysregulated teenagers
He Ara Oranga revealed increasing numbers of adolescents in NZ struggle with mental health issues.Funding proposalsLung protection during critical illness
At the heart of managing the critical illness patient is preservation of lung function and thus ensuring appropriate exchange of the gases needed for living.Funding proposalsHBsAg mutations and pathophysiology of chronic hepatitis B.
A chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes life-threatening complications including cirrhosis, cancer and severe hepatitis. These complications are all associated with mutations in viral proteins.Funding proposalsLooking Skin Deep
Deep to the skin surface is a network of blood capillaries that transport blood and nutrients to the skin and take waste away.Funding proposalsSynthesis of a million stories with natural language processing
Accounts of addiction are highly prevalent in online forums and community message boards.Funding proposalsResurrection of an anti-inflammatory therapy through protein engineering
Inflammatory diseases represent a huge global burden, but the medicines we have to treat them are limited.Funding proposals