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Dr Helen Petousis-Harris from the University of Auckland has been awarded funding to determine the effectiveness of the current whooping cough vaccine schedule in New Zealand.

The Hon Steve Joyce and Hon Jonathan Coleman have outlined their intent to undertake a refresh of the HRC over the next few months.

Professor David Grattan has been awarded nearly $5 million in the HRC's 2014 funding round to test how the hormonal changes responsible for helping women's brains adapt to pregnancy work.

Associate Professor Chris Bullen talks to Radio New Zealand reporter Ruth Beran about his views on e-cigarettes, and the results of the HRC-funded ASCEND study.

New research out of Otago University shows that waiting to have children could be more problematic than first thought.

What were the main health issues supported in 2014? Find out this and more in a wrap-up of the HRC's annual funding round.

Dr Riz Firestone was recently interviewed on Radio NZ about her HRC-funded research to help reduce obesity among Pacific youth.