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Knowledge 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 proposalsTrial into brain-based solution for chronic pain wins funding as part of $15M awarded to NZ researchers
With a fellowship of nearly $600,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), a University of Otago researcher will trial a novel brain stimulation technique for treating chronic low back pain – a leading cause of disability worldwide. Dr…NewsNZ researchers win medals for game-changing studies into cervical cancer and rheumatic fever
The HRC has awarded its medals for excellence in health research at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Aotearoa event in Wellington. And in a first for the HRC, two of its three medals have gone to researchers from the same team who are…NewsResearchers inspire on new Māori career website
Two HRC-funded researchers - Dr Melanie Cheung and Mr Maui Hudson - feature on an interactive new website profiling inspirational Māori role models.NewsHRC Update 27 November 2023
NewsPhysical activity participation among Pacific Peoples' in Aotearoa New Zealand
Physical activity has been linked to various well-being benefits, including social, mental, spiritual, and physical well-being. However, there is a lack of research connecting physical activity with well-being among Pacific Peoples'.Funding proposalsHealth research symposia – Public Health Summer School
The Public Health Summer School at the University of Otago, Wellington, offers 18 short symposia and courses (mainly one-day) to those working in or researching health in Aotearoa.EventRecord number of health delivery grants awarded
We are pleased to announce a record 81 recipients in our second round of 2023 Health Delivery Research Grants. These grants, worth a combined total of more than $16.8 million in this round, are dedicated to increasing research engagement within…NewsBuilding space for equity: Bringing culture centred design to hospitals
Hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand have a legacy founded in colonialism and are designed to Eurocentric principles of health and wellbeing – as such they are inequitable by design and represent culturally unsafe spaces for many people who need to access theFunding proposalsHarnessing collaboration: The development of clinical nurse academic roles
This project aims to explore perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to introducing clinical academic roles for nurses in Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ) with key stakeholders from Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai Ora, as well as education, policy, research, aFunding proposalsEmergency department admission prediction with weather and public events
Emergency department (ED) crowding, with its consequent impact on patient care, policy, staff wellbeing, and financial costs, represents a societal challenge felt globally.Funding proposalsResiliency in old age
Life expectancy in Aotearoa-NZ continues to rise; however, health expectancy has not increased at the same rate and most older people have multiple long-term conditions that place a burden on them, their family/whānau and health system.Funding proposalsSkeletal metastases in neuroendocrine neoplasms
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are tumours of varying aggressiveness most commonly arising from the gastrointestinal tract or lung. Originally considered rare, the incidence of NENs is increasing.Funding proposalsNew collaboration between New Zealand and Canada
The HRC has today announced funding for a research collaboration in which New Zealand and Canadian researchers will explore ways to better care for older people with high health needs.NewsStreamlining blood anomaly detection for rheumatology
The primary aim of this research project is to develop a novel blood anomaly detection solution for the rheumatology department, which promises to streamline the workload for the clinicians and reduce the pressure on the rheumatology department.Funding proposalsThe mahi of nurse practitioners in Aotearoa
The nurse practitioner (NP) role has its foundation in nursing, along with links with medicine and science. The Nursing Council of New Zealand registered the first NP in 2001.Funding proposalsBuilding dementia mate wareware friendly communities: Te whānau Māori experience
The kaupapa of this proposed Māori-centered research is to develop an understanding of how dementia mate wareware affects whānau Māori, and to investigate how impacted whānau want to be supported within their community, an area that has received scant atteFunding proposalsGamifying rehabilitation care for patient health and wellness
Physical injuries profoundly impact mental health and quality of life. In 2021, work-related injury claims rose to 223,300, a 4,800 increase from 2020. Sustaining patient engagement throughout rehabilitation poses a key challenge.Funding proposalsVoice of rural communities for equitable telehealth models of care
This research aims to give rural communities, especially Māori, in New Zealand a voice in the design and implementation of telehealth services providing health and disability services to their community.Funding proposalsTech innovations for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes the neurological and physical effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol. Early interventions – including assessment, diagnosis and effective support are key to favourable outcomes.Funding proposalsHapaitia Te Ara Tika o Waiariki Whānau Mentoring
Waiariki Whānau Mentoring primarily works with Ngāi Tokomatua (our whānau) who have generational connections with gangs, are poorly or inadequately housed and are generally distrustful of most organisations, including health, social, justice and governmentFunding proposalsCommunity of practice co-creation of a life-span approach to managing ACL injury
We are planning a programme of research to develop or adapt a programme of support and self-management for people in Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ) who have suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and are at risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritisFunding proposalsExploring the personal geographies of rangatahi experiencing early psychosis
The way in which a person living with psychosis interacts with the world around them has a significant impact on their health, wellbeing, and recovery, particularly during a person’s first episode of psychosis.Funding proposalsImmediate weight-bearing versus delayed weight-bearing after ankle surgery
Introduction: Determining the timing for weight bearing after ankle surgery is crucial for standardised rehabilitation.Funding proposalsStudy: Oxaliplatin chemo treatment ineffective
An intervention to counter the neurotoxic effects of a chemotherapy treatment for cancer has been withdrawn after research showed it was ineffective.NewsEvaluation of a pharmacist-led intervention for older adults with polypharmacy
Polypharmacy is the prescribing of multiple medicines for an individual. Polypharmacy becomes problematic if medicines are prescribed inappropriately, or the intended benefit is not realised.Funding proposalsMotor neurone disease - how does our care need to change?
Motor neurone disease affects one in 350 people in their lifetime. MND is terminal, with increasing paralysis and continually changing needs including mobility, breathing, voice and feeding assistance.Funding proposalsCo-designing and implementing an evaluation of a suicide prevention service
This research will address the increasing gap that is evident in providing mental health support for people bereaved by suicide, self-harm, and related mental health issues in a local community.Funding proposalsEmpowering pathways to health for Pacific meatworkers
Pacific labour plays a major role in the economic productivity of the New Zealand meat industry, yet the high health burden and health service inaccessibility among the Pacific population working in this high risk industry has had little attention.Funding proposalsPiloting the DoW (dynamics of whanaungatanga) model of care
To ensure fair and equal mental health outcomes, it's important to consider the cultural perspectives and goals of tangata whaiora and whānau accessing care, as mandated by the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act of 2022.Funding proposals