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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • HRC Finance Manager appointed

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    The HRC is pleased to announce that Grant Barnett has been appointed as its new Finance Manager.
  • Impressive results for smart inhaler

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    A new smart asthma inhaler with an audio-visual function has dramatically improved child and adolescent use of preventative asthma medication.

  • $2.2m awarded to promising Māori health researchers

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    The HRC has today announced more than $2.2 million in funding for Māori health researchers as part of its career development awards programme – up from $1.5 million last year.
  • Have your say on health and disability research ethics

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    The National Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC) is seeking feedback on the current health and disability research ethics arrangements.

  • New Biomedical Research Committee members

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    The HRC welcomes Associate Professor Patrick Manning and Associate Professor Sally McCormick to the HRC's Biomedical Research Committee
  • NZ's 'virus hunters' make new discovery

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    ESR scientist Dr Richard Hall has confirmed what is believed to be New Zealand’s first reported case of the sometimes nasty virus known as human parechovirus 3 (HPeV3).

  • Natural quit smoking remedy trumps NRT

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    New Zealand researchers have found that a low-cost, plant-based product called cytisine is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) at helping smokers quit.
  • Growing international research collaborations

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    Two of New Zealand’s top health research scientists, Professor Andy Mercer and Professor Michael Baker, have been in London this week to attend the Heads of International Research Organisations (HI