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Mapping childhood immunity to Strep A
Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) causes a range of diseases from acute pharyngitis (Strep throat) to life-threatening invasive infections and rheumatic fever (RF).Funding proposalsTranslational 'omics of the hidden genome for equitable precision medicine
Cardiometabolic diseases (e.g.,type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease and gout) are increasing in prevalence worldwide at an alarming rate.Funding proposalsReturning to productive life and work: an investigation of the impacts of cancer
This research aims to investigate how cancer impacts the productivity of survivors, and identify ways to better support survivors in their return to work and other productive activities.Funding proposalsEvaluation of the implementation of decentralised clinical trial methodology
There is currently wide geographic variability in access to oncology clinical trials in New Zealand, with smaller hospitals and rural New Zealand having least access. Clinical trials are important to improve outcomes for patients with cancer.Funding proposalsBeyond the pandemic: Applying complexity science in child immunisation services
Routine childhood immunisation rates have been suboptimal and have further decreased since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, thereby exacerbating pre-existing immunisation inequities by ethnicity and region.Funding proposalsProtecting Mum: hormone-driven neural plasticity to regulate mood and behaviour
Healthy growth and development of new-born infants requires significant investment in care-giving by mothers.Funding proposalsExploring the mental health impacts of climate change on kai sovereignty
Global climate change will undermine public health initiatives and outcomes at population levels, and the ability to grow and gather food is a critical dimension of this challenge.Funding proposalsTe Hao Hou: Rangatahi Māori experiences and perceptions of smoking and vaping
There is rising concern about burgeoning vaping rates among rangatahi, in particular rangatahi Māori. Government policies have done little to address risk of rangatahi taking up vapes.Funding proposalsREMAP-CAP: Improving treatment for pneumonia, influenza and pandemic infections
Severe pneumonia is common, especially for Māori who also have more complications after hospital discharge. REMAP-CAP identifies optimal treatments for severe pneumonia and influenza and can quickly adapt for a pandemic.Funding proposalsLifecourse Trajectories for Young Pasifika in Aotearoa (PIF: ATP)
The Pacific Islands Families (PIF) birth cohort study is a successful and unique longitudinal investigation of Pacific infants born in South Auckland, Aotearoa (NZ) in 2000 (n=1398).Funding proposalsStudy shows small risk to people’s health from eating wild kai
Gathering and eating wild kai has long been a part of tikanga for Te Arawa people.NewsTe Oranga Pūkahukahu: Future directions for lung cancer screening in Aotearoa
Lung cancer is the second leading cause of death for non-Māori and for Māori men. It is the leading cause of death for Māori women. Lung cancer screening using a low dose CT scan reduces lung cancer deaths by 20-26%.Funding proposalsHarnessing the antiviral activities of Samoan traditional medicines
Pacific peoples are at higher risk of severe clinical outcomes from viral infections including RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 (cause of COVID-19).Funding proposalsThe pathway to healing: Pacific child injury outcomes
The leading cause of death and hospitalisation among New Zealand children over one-year-old is injuries. These rates have shown modest declines in recent years, but Pacific children experience disproportionately high rates of serious Injury.Funding proposalsEnhancing Pacific strategy, policy and implementation
Pacific peoples have poorer health status than other populations, and inequities have persisted.Funding proposalsStudy to help more NZ cancer patients access clinical trials remotely
A study led by oncologists at Auckland City Hospital will test a novel model for running clinical trials, with the aim of helping New Zealand cancer patients access trials no matter where they live. This is one of the new Project and Programmes announced…NewsImproving detection of peri- and post-natal distress
In Aotearoa, screening for peri- and post-natal depression tends to be the responsibility of Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs) including general practitioners, midwives, and Plunket nurses.Funding proposalsHRC Update 8 July 2024
NewsPerinatal Society of New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
This year's meeting highlights both qualitative and quantitative research into whānau experiences of perinatal care, alongside showcasing the broad range of high-quality perinatal research that is being undertaken in New Zealand.Event8th Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Symposium
Are you interested in the use and safety of medicines, medical devices, and vaccines? How about epidemiological research based on large electronic databases? If so, you might like to attend the 8th Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Symposium.EventHRC Update 19 July 2024
NewsStudy shows injured better off than ill
New Zealanders who fall ill experience significantly worse financial and work outcomes than those with a comparable injury, according to new University of Otago research.NewsTwenty years of screening for inherited cardiac conditions in New Zealand
Sudden unexplained death in the young is a devastating occurrence with cardiac inherited diseases playing a significant causative role.Funding proposalsThe return-to-work experience for people and whānau with mild to moderate stroke
Each year, more than 8,000 New Zealanders experience the life-altering impact of stroke. Stroke survivors face a complex transition as they strive to return to work (RTW).Funding proposalsHinga Whitu Ngā Wa, Tu Waru - Fall down seven times, stand up eight
Methamphetamine use poses a significant challenge in New Zealand, with particularly high prevalence rates observed in Māori communities, notably in Tairāwhiti.Funding proposalsKai sovereign communities
A community innovator with 20 years of experience in community development and urban food systems design, I have an award-winning record of building and maintaining productive, high-quality relationships, working together with communities, stakeholders, loFunding proposalsHow does polypharmacy affect systemic treatment and outcome of breast cancer?
Approximately 70 percent of women with localised breast cancer receive adjuvant systemic treatment including chemotherapy, biological treatments and endocrine therapy. The aim of these treatments is to reduce the risk of cancer relapse following surgery.Funding proposalsGrowing Māori kairangahau/researchers
With an increasing focus from research funders on the inclusion of Māori perspectives and expertise, Tū Kotahi is continually sought as a research partner.Funding proposalsNavigating together towards a therapy for PINK1 parkinsonism
PINK1 early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually affects people under 40 when they inherit two faulty copies of the PINK1 gene.Funding proposalsClinical implementation of tele-robotics specific to ophthalmology
New Zealand has a shortage of eye specialists. Rural regions are severely underserved. We are investigating the use of tele-robotics technology in ophthalmology and primary care settings.Funding proposalsMarae hubs for support during earthquakes
A large study of six communities affected by the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes has found that marae have played – and continue to play – a leadership role in the rebuild and recovery of the city.NewsValidating a dermatology AI algorithm using referral images
Our research aims to revolutionise dermatological care in New Zealand by validating an innovative digital dermatology hospital powered by artificial intelligence, AIPDerm® (see aipderm.com), and potentially, its competitors.Funding proposals