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How does preeclampsia in pregnancy lead to early cardiovascular disease?
Preeclampsia is a disease of pregnancy that affects about 3000 New Zealand women every year. Women with preeclampsia develop high blood pressure during pregnancy because of a toxin released from the baby’s placenta.Funding proposalsCurds and whey in preterm babies: does fortifier adversely affect mother’s milk?
Babies born very preterm or very small have high nutritional needs to support their growth and development. Whilst breastmilk is the best nutrition for them, on its own it may not be sufficient for optimal growth and development.Funding proposalsPROMs for individualised evaluation and management in advanced breast cancer
A pre-post cohort study to assess the effect of a nurse-led electronic symptom management programme (ePRO), integrated with clinical decision support (CDS), on symptom management and quality of life in advanced breast cancer (ABC) patients.Funding proposalsSamoan families experience with mental health services
The ‘person and family centred care’ approach resonates with Samoans as the person functions in a relational and collective entity with his family, village, community, church and environment.Funding proposalsInvestigating genetic links between height and gout in Māori and Pacific people
Gout, an inflammatory form of arthritis, disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific people.Funding proposalsAn inquiry into Raukura integration into Euro-centric Otago University
Raukura (students who are Māori-medium school graduates, such as Kura Kaupapa Māori, Kura-a-iwi, Kura Māori) will have had an undeniably different schooling experience than those who graduated through mainstream high schools.Funding proposalsTeaching in racialised spaces - SET feasibility project
This research is part of a broader programme being undertaken by Te Kupenga Hauora Māori about teaching in racialised spaces.Funding proposalsPredicting cardiovascular risk from diabetic eye screening photographs
Increasing numbers of New Zealanders are being diagnosed with diabetes due to rising obesity and widespread screening. Diabetes is a major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) but not all people with diabetes have similar high risks of suffering CVD.Funding proposalsAre all tests created equal? NT-proBNP measurement in Pasifika vs European NZers
We have identified a potential anomaly for Pasifika in the measurement of NT-proBNP, a blood marker of heart health. In 300 heart-healthy study participants, NT-proBNP levels in Pasifika were only half those observed in NZ Europeans.Funding proposalsThe 'Niu Movement' - The effectiveness of circuit-based exercise in communities
The effectiveness of circuit-based exercise using Cook Islands dance has proven to be effective in a small cohort of Pacific peoples in Dunedin, New Zealand. Furthermore, it was shown to be acceptable and popular in Cook Islands residents in Rarotonga.Funding proposalsExperiences of stroke rehabilitation for Māori stroke survivors and their whānau
Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability in New Zealand with notable ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. Māori are more likely to have a stroke event compared to non-Maori and are also experiencing strokes at a younger age.Funding proposalsThe importance of informal mental health help-seeking for Pacific men in New Zealand
This study will critically examine the importance of informal mental health help-seeking for Pacific men in New Zealand.Funding proposalsCulture, church and community: Understanding Tongan gambling in New Zealand
This knowledge translation grant will be used to disseminate the key findings and recommendations from my PhD study which explored Tongan male perceptions and experiences of gambling and problem gambling in New Zealand to Tongan families, community and culFunding proposalsMental health and wellbeing of the Pacific non-regulated health workforce
This is a qualitative study on the mental health and wellbeing of the Pacific non-regulated health workforce. This refers to health workers who are not regulated by a governing body or organisation.Funding proposalsNeural chip platforms for drug translation in paediatric brainstem gliomas
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is the most aggressive childhood brain cancer with no effective treatment.Funding proposalsUtilisation and safety of ondansetron during pregnancy: a national cohort study
About 70% of pregnant women experience nausea and vomiting during the first 3 months of pregnancy (the first trimester). For some, severe and persistent vomiting leads to serious dehydration that requires hospitalisation.Funding proposalsEvaluating BBM Motivation: a community-based, Pacific-driven approach to obesity
There is an urgent need for effective weight management programmes to respond to the high rates of obesity among the Pacific and Māori community.Funding proposalsStopping breast cancer evolution: evaluation of APOBEC3 inhibitors in live cells
Drug resistance is a serious barrier to the treatment of breast cancer, leading to metastasis and cancer reoccurrences.Funding proposalsPhysiotherapists use of green-space for life long health conditions
The intervention of a green space is seen to positively influence the 'being' of hauora outcomes in prevention and rehabilitation.Funding proposalsMauri tau: Indigenous psychological and therapeutic approaches to mental health
Significant investment is needed in Māori mental health and broader hauora/health services to address the high levels of psychological distress and promote positive Māori mental health outcomes.Funding proposalsUncovering the earliest events leading to tophaceous gout
Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis in New Zealand, especially for Māori and Pacific people. Despite the antiquity of gout, for many patients treatment options remain limited.Funding proposalsCombining cytisine and nicotine vapes: a randomised trial in smoking cessation
This research focuses on maximising the benefits of proven smoking cessation interventions to support people who smoke to quit, as part of the strategy to help New Zealand become smokefree by 2025.Funding proposalsMetabolic disease in Polynesian adults and adolescents in New Zealand
Metabolic disease is twice as likely to affect Māori and Pacific peoples in New Zealand compared to the general population. It affects these populations at an earlier age resulting in greater morbidity, disability, and lower life expectancy.Funding proposalsEffects of unique Pacific gene variants on immunity and metabolic disease
Despite the rich wealth of diversity across the Pacific Islands, disproportionately high rates of metabolic disorders are reported throughout all Pacific populations compared to other ethnicities.Funding proposalsPacific mental health: Integrating Pacific world views and practices
Migrant Pacific peoples have been found to have a higher prevalence of mental illness than that of the general population in their host countries. New Zealand’s mental health services have been unable to meet these needs.Funding proposalsDeveloping an assessment tool to gauge barriers to vaccination
Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions ever.Funding proposalsTargeting the right atrium, the forgotten chamber of the heart
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disturbance and contributes significantly to New Zealand’s health burden.Funding proposalsSkin dendritic cell specialisation determines disease outcome
Dendritic cells (DC) are rare immune cells necessary for the initiation of all immune responses.Funding proposalsThe prevalence of vitrectomy and cataract post vitrectomy in Pacific and Māori
Diabetes increases the risk of diabetic retinopathy with advanced stages of diabetic retinopathy often resulting in the growth of leaky blood vessels into the vitreous, blocking vision, requiring a vitrectomy to be performed.Funding proposalsUtilisation of wai for the holistic wellbeing of Māori
This project aims to understand how wai (water) utilisation is significant to the holistic wellbeing of Māori.Funding proposalsNesian narratives: Enhancing sexuality education for Pacific communities
A shared desire is that our children become 'competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging…’ (Ministry of Education, 2017).Funding proposalsPhysical activity participation for Pacific people
Increasing physical activity is one proven way of preventing and managing a long-term condition. It is known that health interventions are more effective when they are tailored to meet the cultural needs of people and their communities.Funding proposals