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HRC Research Repository

This library contains details of HRC-funded studies over the past 10 years, including study title, lay summary, lead investigator, host organisation, the sum awarded, year of study commencement, and contract duration.
  • Towards a natural health products and medicines census for New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Joanne Barnes
    ,
    Dr Jeff Harrison
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • He tono whakapiki ora: Whānau and pharmacists’ knowledge exchange

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $258,471.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Nora Parore
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Anti-staphylococcal bundle to reduce SSI in implant-based breast reconstruction

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,813.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jon Mathy
    ,
    Ms Nikki Grae
    ,
    Dr Robert Borotkanics
    Host:
    Aotearoa Clinical Trials
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Development of equity collaborative research in Whanganui regional primary care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Gillian White
    ,
    Dr John McMenamin
    ,
    Dr Katie McMenamin
    Host:
    Health and Research Collaborative
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Trans-Tasman perspectives on telehealth for palliative care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,712.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Katherine Bloomfield
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Associate Professor Annmarie Hosie
    ,
    Dr Michael Chapman
    ,
    Professor Dr Meera Agar
    ,
    Dr Victoria Jones
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Aotearoa somatic practice, chronic pain, and design network

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Rebecca Weber
    ,
    Ms Carla Sartori do Amaral
    ,
    Professor Bernie Carter
    ,
    Dr Emma Meehan
    ,
    Dr Tia Reihana
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Development of a community-focused palliative care service model

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Ravi Reddy
    ,
    Dr Bevan Erueti
    ,
    Associate Professor Vili Nosa
    ,
    Associate Professor David Welch
    ,
    Dr Geoff Kira
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Adaptation and implementation of stratified care (STarT Back) in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,619.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cathy Chapple
    ,
    Dr Julia Hill
    ,
    Associate Professor Richard Ellis
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Roger White
    ,
    Dr Anna Gilmour
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Exploring refugee access to primary healthcare services in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Mudassir Anwar
    ,
    Dr Denise Taylor
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Post-operative dressing use in lower limb amputees: reasons for and against use

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $37,940.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Dawn Adair
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • Laying the foundations for a NZ primary care research and surveillance network

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Carol Atmore
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynn McBain
    ,
    Dr Ben Hudson
    ,
    Professor Les Toop
    ,
    Professor Tony Dowell
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Professor Bruce Arroll
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Telerehabilitation for people with mTBI: a co-design approach

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Denise Taylor
    ,
    Dr Christine Howard-Brown
    ,
    Professor Alice Theadom
    ,
    Dr Susan Mahon
    ,
    Dr Diana Siew
    ,
    Mrs Susan Binks
    ,
    Associate Professor Nada Signal
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Measuring the health state preferences of New Zealanders

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,167,512.17
    Researchers:
    Dr Ross Wilson
    ,
    Professor J Abbott
    ,
    Associate Professor Richard Norman
    ,
    Professor John Brazier
    ,
    Mrs Chae Simpson
    ,
    Dr Jacqueline Cumming
    ,
    Professor Jennifer Roberts
    ,
    Dr Ricky Bell
    ,
    Dr Kirsten Smiler
    ,
    Dr Kathryn Rollo
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Connecting Kai

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $248,539.60
    Researchers:
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Dr Eva Neely
    ,
    Ms Julia Milne
    ,
    Ms Carolyn Watts
    ,
    Associate Professor Anna Matheson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Community Action Grant
  • Kia puawai ake ngā uri whakatupu: flourishing future generations

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $4,999,949.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Amohia Boulton
    ,
    Dr Tanya Allport
    ,
    Dr Heather Gifford
    ,
    Professor Denise Wilson
    ,
    Associate Professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere
    ,
    Mr Utiku Potaka
    ,
    Ms Gillian Potaka-Osborne
    ,
    Ms Lynley Cvitanovic
    ,
    Dr John McMenamin
    ,
    Dr Patricia Neuwelt
    ,
    Professor Stephen Reay
    ,
    Ms Kiri Parata
    Host:
    Whakauae Research Services
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Programme
  • Enhancing leptospirosis diagnosis and outcomes for rural and Māori communities

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,858.94
    Researchers:
    Professor Jackie Benschop
    ,
    Dr Shahista Nisa
    ,
    Dr Julie Collins-Emerson
    ,
    Dr Maureen Holdaway
    ,
    Dr Will Edwards
    ,
    Dr Jonathan Marshall
    ,
    Dr Chris Mansell
    ,
    Ms Charrissa Makowharemahihi
    ,
    Miss Abbie Stephanie Uy
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Cultural Implications of End-of-Life Care on the wellbeing of Samoan families

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $126,050.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Elizabeth Fanueli
    ,
    Dr Fuafiva Fa'alau
    ,
    Associate Professor Janine Wiles
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Implementation of tikanga Māori into clinical practice by physiotherapy graduate

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Tali Wilson-Munday
    ,
    Ms Katrina Bryant
    ,
    Mr Witana Petley
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • The effects of urinary incontinence on Māori women's health and wellbeing

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $31,600.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Elisabeth Dacker
    ,
    Dr Robin Quigg
    ,
    Ms Katrina Bryant
    ,
    Dr Daniela Aldabe
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Masters Scholarship
  • Medicine storage

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Aislinn Reid
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    ,
    Dr Vanda Symon
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Natural products of Samoan medicinal plants

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Peyton Fields
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Mai Mana - A Pacific resilience project

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Fetuoleaniva Hunkin
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Investigating the barriers to re-connection to whakapapa, hapū and iwi for hauora Māori

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Eulalie Turner
    ,
    Dr Lara Greaves
    ,
    Ms Cinnamon-Jo Lindsay
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Rangahau Taonga Puoro

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $11,969.94
    Researchers:
    Mr Jerome Kavanagh
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Rangahau Hauora Training Grant
  • MRINZ Platform Plan

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $10,400,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Richard Beasley
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Independent Research Organisation Grant
  • Menstrual cycle status and iron deficiency diagnosis in healthy females

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.82
    Researchers:
    Dr Claire Badenhorst
    ,
    Dr Kathryn Beck
    ,
    Professor Pamela von Hurst
    ,
    Dr Stacy Sims
    ,
    Dr Sarah Beable
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Measuring the impact and social value of Turanga Health's services

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,373,378.67
    Researchers:
    Dr Louise Mainvil
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    ,
    Dr Shirley Keown
    ,
    Mr Reweti Ropiha
    ,
    Dr Erin Penno
    ,
    Miss Marsha Wyllie
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Advancing palliative care among Pacific children

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,148,229.74
    Researchers:
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Dr Salina Iupati
    ,
    Mrs Telusila Vea
    ,
    Mrs Veenita Rairi
    ,
    Dr Delwyn Goodrick
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Hayley Denison
    ,
    Dr Gemma Aburn
    ,
    Dr Ross Drake
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Understanding the impact of rurality on health outcomes and healthcare delivery

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,916.05
    Researchers:
    Professor Garry Nixon
    ,
    Associate Professor Gabrielle Davie
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Dr Jesse Whitehead
    ,
    Professor Ross Lawrenson
    ,
    Dr Rachel Thomson
    ,
    Dr Jason Tuhoe
    ,
    Ms June Atkinson
    ,
    Mr Brandon de Graaf
    ,
    Professor Peter Crampton
    ,
    Dr Allamanda Faatoese
    ,
    Mr Talis Liepins
    ,
    Mr William Leung
    ,
    Dr Katharina Blattner
    ,
    Dr Rory Miller
    ,
    Professor Timothy Stokes
    ,
    Mrs Michelle Smith
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Factors influencing career choices among Pacific doctors in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $173,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Melbourne Mauiliu-Wallis
    ,
    Dr Michelle Locke
    ,
    Dr Sereana Naepi
    ,
    Professor Andrew Hill
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Emergency ambulance care in out-of-hospital deaths: Whānau experience

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $265,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Eillish-Kate Satchell
    ,
    Dr Natalie Anderson
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • I-Kiribati youth perspectives in Health and Wellbeing

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $30,900.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Tekin Kanimako
    ,
    Associate Professor Vili Nosa
    ,
    Dr Sereana Naepi
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • Interventions to improve maternal immunisation coverage in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $7,500.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Flynn Macredie
    ,
    Dr Amber Young
    ,
    Dr Esther Willing
    ,
    Dr Pauline Dawson
    ,
    Dr Anna Howe
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Evidence-based management of Long COVID

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,399,904.30
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Mona Jeffreys
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Ms Jenene Crossan
    ,
    Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann
    ,
    Dr Kirsten Smiler
    ,
    Dr Anna Brooks
    ,
    Dr David Davies-Payne
    ,
    Dr Rosie Dobson
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Fiona McKenzie
    ,
    Dr Claire O'Loughlin
    ,
    Dr Sarah Rhodes
    ,
    Miss Bailey Yee
    ,
    Fiona Dunford
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Wāhi Kōrero: "I felt too whakamā to go to the doctor…”

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Angelique Reweti
    ,
    Dr Christina Severinsen
    ,
    Dr Felicity Ware
    ,
    Associate Professor Mary Breheny
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Explorer Grant
  • Impact of Dementia mate wareware and Solutions for Equity in Aotearoa: IDEA

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $4,941,560.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Associate Professor Nicholas Garrett
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Cullum
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    ,
    Professor Rita Krishnamurthi
    ,
    Dr Oliver Menzies
    ,
    Dr Fuafiva Fa'alau
    ,
    Dr Amy Chan
    ,
    Dr Susan Yates
    ,
    Dr Emme Chacko
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Assistant Professor Claudia Rivera-Rodriguez
    ,
    Professor Lynette Tippett
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Dr Jacqueline Broadbent
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme