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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • NZ gene discovery drives global leukaemia research

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    Julia Horsfield made a surprise discovery while working on a HRC-funded project more than 10 years ago. What she found is today the major focus of leukaemia researchers worldwide.
  • New projects for breast cancer partnership

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    Two new research projects will use data from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Register to improve delivery of care to breast cancer patients and lead to better health outcomes.

  • $7.9m for long-term health conditions research

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    Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman today announced the opening of applications for a new $7.9 million research fund to help improve the management o
  • Air pollution leading risk factor for stroke

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    A part HRC-funded study* led by AUT University Professor Valery Feigin and recently published in the Lancet Neurology shows that air pollution is now a leading risk factor for stroke worldwide.
  • Dr Don Mackie to join the HRC on secondment

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    We are pleased to announce that Dr Don Mackie is joining the HRC from 25 July 2016, on a twelve month secondment.

  • June is bowel cancer awareness month

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    The HRC has supported the largest and most comprehensive study ever undertaken in New Zealand, of the management of colorectal cancer.
  • Record $60m to support research projects

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    The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) today announced funding for a record 52 projects worth a combined total of $60 million – a 74 per cent dollar increase from last year.

  • Programme targets health of Māori women and their babies

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    Associate Professor Beverley Lawton has received one of nine new HRC programme research grants to help young pregnant Māori women and their children get the best care possible to improve their health and wellbeing.