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Defining and measuring drug harm for youth in Aotearoa New Zealand
Drug use (nicotine, alcohol, illicit drugs) is a major cause of health loss and inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth are more vulnerable to drug harm than adults, with Māori youth disproportionately impacted.Funding proposalsRCT of 1- vs 3-days of oral prednisolone for preschool asthma
Asthma is the most common illness of childhood, and the leading cause for hospital visits. Māori and Pacific children are affected more often and are much more likely to need admission to hospital.Funding proposalsAddressing inequities in colorectal cancer outcomes
Inequities in colorectal cancer have been known for decades but little progress in addressing these has been made.Funding proposalsUsing an imaging drug to reduce brain metastases
Two-thirds of cancer deaths occur when cancers spread around the body. When cancer spreads to the brain (brain metastases), patients have a dismal prognosis with the metastases challenging to treat.Funding proposalsCopy-number variation: a source of missing heritability for heart failure?
Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalisation in adults over 65 years and one in four patients die within 1 year. Any condition that damages the heart can cause heart failure.Funding proposalsToo much TV linked to bad behaviour
University of Otago researchers have found that children and adolescents who watch excessive amounts of TV are more likely to display antisocial and criminal behaviour when they are adults.NewsHarnessing tears for diagnosing Pacific PINK1 and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
Our tears contain tiny biological clues that can help detect diseases early.Funding proposalsUnderstanding occupational health and hazard exposures in rural Pacific meatworkers
Meat processing is a hazardous work environment with multiple health risks. Pacific peoples are overrepresented in this industry with high rates of injury and work-related harm.Funding proposalsNZ researchers awarded $71.4M to tackle pressing health issues
The Health Research Council has invested $71.4 million in excellent and innovative research to tackle a range of pressing issues affecting New Zealand’s health system.NewsHRC Update 19 August 2025
2025 HRC Programme and Project recipients announcedNewsSpecial Update: 28 August 2025
2026 Programme Grants now openNewsUtilising plant compounds as anti-addiction therapies
The herb salvia divinorum is being tested as a possible treatment to help reduce the impact of drug addiction.NewsHRC announces new Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is delighted to announce the opening of a funding application round for a prestigious new Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship.NewsImportance of transforming knowledge is key focus of HRC Pacific Health Research Fono
The theme of Fono 2012 is Pacific Edge – Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice.NewsMicrobiologist 'blogs way' to communicators award
Dr Siouxsie Wiles has picked up the 2012 New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Science Communicators award for communicating scientific issues of interest to the public.NewsWhy being pregnant or overweight can increase appetite
New Zealand researchers aim to shed light on what underlies obesity.NewsSmoking in playgrounds on the decline
Latest research shows that New Zealand's smokefree playground policies can make a difference, with a significantly smaller proportion of people smoking in playgrounds than other types of public outdoor areas.NewsStudy provides valuable immunisation insights for primary care
Survey highlights wide variability in immunisation coverage, plus TV ONE's Close Up interview with Dr Cameron Grant discussing the need for vaccinating against whooping cough.NewsShort term household income change and impacts on health
Short term changes in household income have more significant health impacts if income is affected by unemployment or chronic health conditions.NewsProbiotics prove benefits in combatting eczema
Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have discovered a probiotic that can protect against the development of eczema in children by the age of two years and through to a follow-up at four years.NewsMental health study good news for first-time parents
Becoming a parent for the first time may improve mental health and reduce levels of psychological distress, according to an HRC-funded study from the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW).NewsLatest research at odds with tobacco companies' claims
Two research studies led by University of Otago researchers have challenged tobacco companies’ claims about plain packaging.NewsFonterra trial offers hope for kids with eczema
A probiotic bacteria developed by Fonterra has shown signs of being effective in making children immune to eczema, the dairy co-operative says.NewsHRC announces 2012 funding investment
The media releases below announce the HRC's 2012 funding investment into issues that impact most heavily on the health of New Zealanders.NewsNew vaccine therapy for brain cancer
Neurosurgeon Mr Martin Hunn has developed a novel vaccine therapy for a highly aggressive brain tumour with colleagues at Wellington Hospital and the Malaghan Institute.NewsEthics Summer Studentships 2012
Six students were awarded HRC Ethics Summer Studentships in 2011/12.NewsResearch Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery 2013
Request for Proposals | Pre-notification. Read more in the HRC Special Update.NewsPredicting which kids will grow out of asthma
A team of researchers from Otago and Duke University have developed a genetic test that could predict which kids are likely to grow out of asthma as part of the HRC-funded Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study.NewsLocal cancer drug approved for first clinical trial in the US and New Zealand
Approval has been granted for an anticancer "stealth" drug invented in New Zealand to move forward to human clinical trials.News"SMART" treatment proves better at reducing severe asthma attacks
A new treatment that combines two common asthma medications into one inhaler is more effective at reducing severe asthma attacks than conventional treatment.NewsUpdated report about the impacts of air pollution released
Updated estimates about the health impacts and social costs associated with air pollution have recently been presented in reports by a New Zealand research consortium.NewsPre-notification for 2014 health delivery initiative
The next round of funding for the Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery will be outlined in a Request for Proposals, due to be released in February 2014.News