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What matters to whānau? Optimising health in integrated family violence services
Given the serious impact of family violence on health and wellbeing, primary care services are often the first place people will seek care. However, often primary care professionals can be unsure of what to do, or how to help.Funding proposalsHRC Update 21 December 2023
NewsTechnology and Kaiāwhina-Based Support to Optimise Diabetes Management for Māori
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects ~300,000 New Zealanders, and a disproportionate number of Māori.Funding proposalsDiscovery of epigenetic biomarkers associated with inflammatory bowel disease
In Aotearoa-NZ rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasing by 5.6% every year. The recent surge in IBD has been linked to interactions between underlying genetics and our environment, with epigenetics as the proposed mediating link.Funding proposalsHRC Update: 15 February 2024
NewsNew Zealand Pain Society Inc. Annual Scientific Meeting
This meeting links together both local and international practitioners in the pain arena to help enhance their understanding and management of pain.EventBriefing to Incoming Ministers
A briefing from the Health Research Council for the incoming Minister of Health and Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, produced in February 2025 following a Cabinet reshuffle.ResourceVision for learning: integrating eyecare throughout childhood in NZ
Clear and comfortable vision is essential for learning from early literacy through to higher education. Approximately 20% of children fail school-aged vision screening, primarily due to uncorrected refractive error (need for glasses).Funding proposalsHRC funding announced for new Māori health research
The HRC has today announced a $74.56 million funding investment into health research, including a new programme of Maori health research worth $4.27M over five years.NewsUpdate 12 March 2024
NewsCelebrating 30 years of health services research
Recently we sat down to chat with Dr Jackie Cumming, who is celebrating 30 years of health services research at Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | the Health Services Research Centre.NewsHRC Update 28 March 2024
NewsNZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Conference 2024
The New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA) inaugural conference will bring together hospital leaders, experts and representatives from across New Zealand’s health system.EventA critical evaluation of longitudinal frameworks through Kaupapa Māori methods
There are disparities concerning both the specificity and quantity of Indigenous research due to a variety of reasons.Funding proposalsGeneMappers 2024
GeneMappers embraces all aspects of human genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics.EventHRC Update 16 May 2024
NewsThe next generation of Māori and Pacific health research leaders
The Health Research Council has today announced more than $5.6 million in funding to help support nine talented Māori and Pacific health researchers to become leaders in their field.NewsDo the main drivers of poverty vary across Pacific ethnicities in Aotearoa?
The impact of poverty is felt profoundly on Pacific families. However, little on how relevant measures of poverty are to health outcomes in Pacific children.Funding proposalsTheca progenitors: 'gate-keepers' of ovulation potential of ovarian follicles?
Ovulation failure is a major cause of infertility, often associated with maternal aging and obesity, and diseases such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). International data suggests that PCOS rates in Pacific women are high.Funding proposalsManalagi: Addressing Discrimination in Healthcare for Pacific Rainbow+
This action research project proposes to develop a training module and a set of workshops, with a further goal of creating a microcredential in the future for healthcare professionals that seeks to address the discrimination that is experienced by PacificFunding proposalsEnhancing Cook Islands mental health practices, knowledge, and research
Preliminary analyses of the first national level mental health survey in the Cook Islands identified higher reports of the frequency of anxiety and depressive symptoms for younger age groups, and a need for more Cook Island relevant mental health researchFunding proposalsDevelopment of a Fijian Model of Health
The research seeks to develop a Fijian Health Model to address Fijian peoples health in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study will engage with Fijian community members and health providers to identify a model of health that reflects their experiences.Funding proposalsA Pathway to the Molecular Tumour Board
To implement new innovations in cancer care in Aotearoa that will contribute towards achieving health equity, we must simultaneously develop leadership and a workforce to design, shape, and deliver its promise to whānau with cancer.Funding proposalsHe Kaakaakura Whakamaatau
This programme of senior leadership research and training for Dr Belinda Borell will build on her expertise in kaupapa Māori research and enable her to pursue a development and capacity building plan to grow both her expertise and that of emerging researchFunding proposalsHapai te hauora: Breathing your ancestors into life
Hāpai te hauora’ as ‘breathing your ancestors into life’, captures the breadth & connections of a generation – rangatahi Māori–a generation moving forward together.Funding proposalsWhāia te ōritetanga o Ngāti Turi: Health equity and equality for Ngāti Turi
Ngāti Turi (Deaf people and their whānau) rights to health equity and equality are protected by Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Funding proposalsUsing AI to avoid over- and under-prescribing medicines for older NZers
A newly funded study will seek to develop New Zealand’s first digital tool using AI technology to guide the safer use of medicines in older adults. It is one of 24 HRC grants announced today to support emerging researchers.NewsNurse practitioners: Re-prioritising primary care delivery to promote equity
Aotearoa New Zealand is faced with persisting issues of inequitable healthcare access and outcomes, the need for increased prevention of disease and promotion of health, and a shortage of general practitioners (GPs).Funding proposalsEnhancing the health and wellbeing of rangatahi experiencing early psychosis
Psychosis is a disabling condition that has significant impact on quality of life and health and well-being, with disparities in physical health in particular being described as the ‘scandal of premature mortality’.Funding proposalsNew HRC research: Can a pill help to keep weight off and does diabetes damage the ‘power-supply’ to the heart?
An effective pill to prevent obese people regaining weight they have lost and research that will help us understand how diabetes can cause the heart to fail are just two of the areas targeted by research supported by the HRC.NewsHe Whiringa Māramatanga: Kaupapa Māori Music and healing
‘He Whiringa Māramatanga’ examines Kaupapa Māori music theories and practices as a pathway to accelerating Māori well-being. Music theory is primarily located within western music notation, harmony, and tonality.Funding proposalsA Kaupapa Māori behavioural health intervention for harmful substance use
There are significant harms associated with substance use that affect Māori communities throughout Aotearoa.Funding proposals