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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.
  • Designing synergistic combinations to prevent antibiotic resistance

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Stephanie Dawes
    ,
    Associate Professor Jeremy Lott
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Social response to COVID-19 in New Zealand: Obligations and stigmatisation

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $350,325.48
    Researchers:
    Dr Liangni Liu
    ,
    Dr Guanyu Ran
    ,
    Dr Yuan Gong
    ,
    Professor Richard Siegert
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza with rapid 15 minute diagnostics

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $196,570.00
    Researchers:
    Mr John Mackay
    ,
    Dr Erasmus Smit
    ,
    Dr Sheng Chiong Hong
    ,
    Dr Patrick Gladding
    ,
    Associate Professor Graham Wilson
    Host:
    Dnature Diagnostics & Research
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Predict and Prevent COVID-19: a data driven innovation project

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $533,224.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Alexei Drummond
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Dr Binh Nguyen
    ,
    Professor Winston Seah
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr Mehnaz Adnan
    ,
    Dr David Welch
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • COVID-19 Pandemic in Aotearoa NZ: Impact, Inequalities & Improving our response

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $497,056.15
    Researchers:
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Dr Amanda Kvalsvig
    ,
    Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard
    ,
    Dr Lesley Gray
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Dr Mat Walton
    ,
    Mr Sudesh Sharma
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    ,
    Professor Shaun Hendy
    ,
    Dr Dion O'Neale
    ,
    Dr Viliami Puloka
    ,
    Mr Luke Pilkinton-Ching
    ,
    Dr Ayesha Verrall
    ,
    Dr Ruth Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Julia Becker
    ,
    Ms Jane Zhang
    ,
    Dr Chris Hewison
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Australasian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT)

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $766,113.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Professor Steven Tong
    ,
    Assistant Professor Justin Denholm
    ,
    Dr Michael Maze
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Dr David Price
    ,
    Dr Stephen Ritchie
    ,
    Dr Ayesha Verrall
    ,
    Dr Catherina Chang
    ,
    Professor Dr Alex Semprini
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Dr Jack Dummer
    ,
    Dr Stephen Hogg
    ,
    Dr Sandra Hotu
    Host:
    Aotearoa Clinical Trials
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Attenuating lung injury during prolonged ventilation for COVID-19

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $161,977.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Professor Colin Green
    ,
    Dr John Taylor
    ,
    Dr Kevin Stewart
    ,
    Dr Odunayo Mugisho
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis in frontline healthcare workers

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $427,130.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Richard Beasley
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Professor Dr Alex Semprini
    ,
    Dr Irene Braithwaite
    ,
    Professor Rinaldo Bellomo
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Understanding measles: severity and sequelae

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,104,966.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Anna Howe
    ,
    Dr Owen Sinclair
    ,
    Dr Gary Reynolds
    ,
    Dr Kuang-Chih Hsiao
    ,
    Dr Jocelyn Neutze
    ,
    Dr Alana Cavadino
    ,
    Dr Rachel Webb
    ,
    Dr Teuila Percival
    ,
    Dr Fiona Perelini
    ,
    Dr Maria Poynter
    ,
    Dr Catherine Gilchrist
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Measuring and boosting waning immunity to measles in young adults

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,163,259.24
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter McIntyre
    ,
    Professor James Ussher
    ,
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Rob Van Binnendijk
    ,
    Dr Andrew Anglemyer
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Developing an assessment tool to gauge barriers to vaccination

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $896,195.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Associate Professor Margie Danchin
    ,
    Dr Janine Paynter
    ,
    Dr Emma Best
    ,
    Dr Jessica Kaufman
    ,
    Dr Esther Willing
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Aetiology-focused treatment: a new paradigm for empiric pneumonia treatment

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,192,690.68
    Researchers:
    Dr Michael Maze
    ,
    Dr Amy Scott-Thomas
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Professor Steve Chambers
    ,
    Dr Catherina Chang
    ,
    Professor Bob Hancox
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Dr Susan Taylor
    ,
    Dr Jonathan Williman
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Harnessing lung resident immune cells for mucosal vaccines

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,975.40
    Researchers:
    Dr Lisa Connor
    ,
    Dr Benjamin Compton
    ,
    Professor Ian Hermans
    ,
    Professor Gavin Painter
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Te matatini o te horapa: a population based contagion network for Aotearoa NZ

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $996,465.60
    Researchers:
    Dr Dion O'Neale
    ,
    Dr Emily Harvey
    ,
    Dr Oliver Maclaren
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr Steven Turnbull
    ,
    Dr Janine Paynter
    ,
    Dr Lesley Gray
    ,
    Dr Matthew Hobbs
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Extracellular DNA repair: a role in antimicrobial resistance?

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Adele Williamson
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hicks
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Repurposing anti-viral immunity to combat Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr William Kelton
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hicks
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • The warfare between bacteria and bacteriophage, its benefits to humankind

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Venkata Chelikani
    ,
    Dr Nadia Mitchell
    ,
    Dr Samantha Murray
    Host:
    Lincoln University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Genomic epidemiology of human respiratory viruses in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,196,858.43
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jemma Geoghegan
    ,
    Dr Joep de Ligt
    ,
    Ms Lauren Jelley
    ,
    Dr Xiaoyun Ren
    ,
    Dr Sue Huang
    ,
    Mr Andrew Sporle
    ,
    Dr David Welch
    ,
    Professor Nigel French
    ,
    Professor David Murdoch
    ,
    Professor Colin Simpson
    ,
    Professor Edward Holmes
    ,
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Dr David Winter
    ,
    Professor Dr Jing Wang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Development of rifampicin as a dry powder inhaler for tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,086,230.65
    Researchers:
    Dr Jack Dummer
    ,
    Associate Professor Shyamal Das
    ,
    Professor Philip Hill
    ,
    Dr Bachti Alisjahbana
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • A vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,789.30
    Researchers:
    Professor John Fraser
    ,
    Dr Fiona Radcliff
    ,
    Dr Ries Langley
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Targeting metabolic dysregulation to eradicate drug resistant M. tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,544.36
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    ,
    Associate Professor Michael Berney
    ,
    Professor Mark Hampton
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • ARISE FLUIDS Aotearoa Randomised Controlled Trial

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,949.75
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Peter Jones
    ,
    Nina Baker
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Dr Martin Than
    ,
    Professor Papaarangi Reid
    ,
    Dr Kim Yates
    ,
    Dr Eunicia Tan
    ,
    Dr Anna Vosseteig
    ,
    Dr Robert Martynoga
    ,
    Dr Michael Connelly
    ,
    Dr Matthew Moore
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Dr Alisa Higgins
    ,
    Dr Stephen MacDonald
    ,
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Project
  • New targets for infectious disease - tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Emily Parker
    ,
    Dr Wanting Jiao
    ,
    Professor Peter Tyler
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Associate Professor Jeremy Lott
    ,
    Dr Gerd Mittelstadt
    ,
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Searching for novel antimicrobials

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,992.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Peter Lockhart
    ,
    Dr Dragana Gagic
    ,
    Dr Tamara Osborne-Naikatini
    ,
    Ms Awei Bainivalu
    ,
    Atanas Pipite
    ,
    Ms Patricia McLenachan
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Avoiding detection: How does gonorrhoea survive within host cells?

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $149,994.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Hicks
    ,
    Dr William Kelton
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Rapid identification of leads for antimicrobials

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Christopher Brown
    ,
    Dr Te-yuan Chyou
    ,
    Dr Chun Shen Lim
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Towards tuberculosis elimination for Māori

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,135,327.38
    Researchers:
    Professor Philip Hill
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Dr Amy Jones
    ,
    Dr Susan McAllister
    ,
    Dr Htin Lin Aung
    ,
    Dr Karyn Maclennan
    ,
    Ms Siobhan Uruamo
    ,
    Dr Ron Hayudini
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Protecting hapū māmā and pēpi from vaccine preventable diseases

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,158,530.37
    Researchers:
    Dr Esther Willing
    ,
    Dr Amber Young
    ,
    Dr Pauline Dawson
    ,
    Dr Matthew Hobbs
    ,
    Lukas Marek
    ,
    Professor Peter McIntyre
    ,
    Dr Gabrielle McDonald
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Understanding inequitable tuberculosis transmission in Aotearoa

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,180,728.72
    Researchers:
    Dr Htin Lin Aung
    ,
    Dr Anneka Anderson
    ,
    Dr Veronica Playle
    ,
    Mr Gregory Gimenez
    ,
    Mr Sakiusa Baleivanualala
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Targeting microbial energetics to achieve a rapid cure for tuberculosis

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,908.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Kurt Krause
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Associate Professor Allan Gamble
    ,
    Dr Ashley Campbell
    ,
    Miss Thomasin Brind
    ,
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project