More than $11.1M has been awarded to NZ researchers in the Health Research Council's Career Development Awards, to help launch research careers and develop research leaders.
Epidemiologist Professor Colin Simpson, a lead author behind one of the first papers in the world to confirm the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, has been awarded the HRC's 2022 Liley Medal at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Awards in Wellington tonight.
Auckland University of Technology epidemiologist Professor Valery Feigin has received the HRC Liley Medal for his role as lead author of a breakthrough paper that showed for the first time the global, regional and national burden of stroke and its risk factors in all of the world’s 204 countries.
Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell and the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group have been honoured with the HRC's Te Tohu Rapuora Medal for their research that has helped improve palliative care, end-of-life and tangihanga experiences for Māori kaumātua and whānau throughout Aotearoa.
Paediatric cardiologist Associate Professor Nigel Wilson’s huge contribution to improving rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease outcomes has been recognised with the HRC’s Beaven Medal for excellence in translational health research at the Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Research Honours event in Hamilton.
The Health Research Council has been named a finalist in the Toitū Brighter Future Awards 2022. These awards acknowledge Toitū certified businesses that are leading the way in environmental sustainability.
A research team who have developed a suite of non-addictive drug compounds to treat pain have received one of 53 HRC grants in a $78.92 million funding allocation for new and innovative research into some of New Zealand's most pressing health concerns.
An independent Māori-led research team has been awarded $1.5M by the Ministry of Health and Health Research Council to track the implementation and progress of the government’s Whakamaua Māori Health Action Plan 2020–2025.
