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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.
  • Health and the Ta'unga: Cook Island palliative health knowledge in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $134,921.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Amy Henry
    ,
    Associate Professor Faafetai Sopoaga
    ,
    Dr Virginia Jones
    ,
    Professor Lois Surgenor
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Vulnerability of the female heart

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $593,057.00
    Researchers:
    Dr June-Chiew Han
    ,
    Professor Andrew Taberner
    ,
    Dr Kenneth Tran
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony Hickey
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Estimating the cost of dementia care in NZ and modelling future costs and needs

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $319,087.00
    Researchers:
    Dr 'Etuini Ma'u
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah Cullum
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Malakai Ofanoa
    ,
    Associate Professor Gary Cheung
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Improving care and outcomes for babies at risk of brain injury

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $823,756.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Malcolm Battin
    ,
    Professor Alistair Gunn
    ,
    Dr Lynn Sadler
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Stott
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
  • Optimising the care and outcomes for women with severe postpartum anaemia

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $315,174.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Esther Calje
    ,
    Professor Katie Groom
    ,
    Professor Frank Bloomfield
    ,
    Dr Charlotte Oyston
    ,
    Dr Joy Marriott
    ,
    Dr Lesley Dixon
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease among Pacific people in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $118,050.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Julie Winter-Smith
    ,
    Dr Corina Grey
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Keteparaha: A Community Framework to Support Māori Ageing and End-of-Life Study.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $411,192.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Melissa Carey
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Can love break your heart? Oxytocin makes the failing heart skip a beat!

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,198,648.20
    Researchers:
    Professor Daryl Schwenke
    ,
    Professor Colin Brown
    ,
    Associate Professor Karl Iremonger
    ,
    Associate Professor Regis Lamberts
    ,
    Dr Rachael Augustine
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • The Metformin Aneurysm Trial

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,325,323.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Greg Jones
    ,
    Professor Justin Roake
    ,
    Dr Manar Khashram
    ,
    Mrs Jo Krysa
    ,
    Dr Andrew Hill
    ,
    Dr Nina Scott
    ,
    Professor Dr Jonathan Golledge
    ,
    Professor Bruce Neal
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Respiratory modulated pacing to improve outcomes in heart failure

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,191,072.60
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    ,
    Professor Julian Paton
    ,
    Associate Professor Nigel Lever
    ,
    Dr Julia Shanks
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Safely improving outcomes for babies after birth by planned caesarean section

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,433,915.15
    Researchers:
    Professor Katie Groom
    ,
    Professor Caroline Crowther
    ,
    Professor Frank Bloomfield
    ,
    Dr Arier Lee
    ,
    Professor Jonathan Morris
    ,
    Dr William Grobman
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Enhancing Spontaneous Recovery after Stroke Study (ESPRESSo)

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,421,459.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Winston Byblow
    ,
    Professor John Krakauer
    ,
    Professor Cathy Stinear
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Dr Arier Lee
    ,
    Assistant Professor Tomoko Kitago
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • A novel marker to assess cardiac ischemia and outcomes

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,182,419.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Chris Pemberton
    ,
    Associate Professor Philip Adamson
    ,
    Professor Richard Troughton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Pacific and Maori populations undergoing cardiac surgery in the Southern District Health Board (SDHB) region.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $28,845.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Tilda Leleai
    ,
    Associate Professor Regis Lamberts
    ,
    Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell
    ,
    Dr Anna Gosling
    ,
    Ms Isabelle van Hout
    ,
    Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • A novel therapeutic to protect hearts in acute ischaemic procedures

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,143,638.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Ivan Sammut
    ,
    Professor David Larsen
    ,
    Dr Joanne Harrison
    ,
    Professor Sean Galvin
    ,
    Associate Professor Max Berry
    ,
    Professor Gerard Wilkins
    ,
    Dr Sean Coffey
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Impact of multimorbidity on CVD risk prediction and management in primary care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,047,796.65
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Susan Wells
    ,
    Dr Claris Chung
    ,
    Associate Professor Katrina Poppe
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Dr Allan Moffitt
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Dr Ruth Teh
    ,
    Ms Catherine Choi
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Novel potential anti-arrhythmic target

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,171,620.25
    Researchers:
    Professor Julian Paton
    ,
    Professor David Paterson
    ,
    Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Ngā Kaumātua ō Tātou Taonga: Supporting kaumātua health in a changing world

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,181,194.40
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Marama Muru-Lanning
    ,
    Hone Thomson
    ,
    Dr Mere Kepa
    ,
    Dr Tia Dawes
    ,
    Professor Margaret Mutu
    ,
    Dr Ngapare Hopa
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Hilary Lapsley
    ,
    Miss Charmaine Tukiri
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Use of online technology for effective wellness and exercise programme delivery

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Rian Sanerive
    ,
    Ms Katrina Bryant
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Lifestyle program for Pacific

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $125,790.40
    Researchers:
    Mr Gavin Faeamani
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Associate Professor Nia Aitaoto
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Circadian patterns of fetal heart rate predict impaired fetal oxygenation

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,998.30
    Researchers:
    Professor Laura Bennet
    ,
    Post Doctoral Fellow
    ,
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Peter Stone
    ,
    Professor Alistair Gunn
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Psychosocial wellbeing after stroke: Understanding and enhancing care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $243,087.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Felicity Bright
    ,
    Professor Dr Katie Featherstone
    ,
    Dr Aileen Collier
    ,
    Dr Vivian Fu
    ,
    Associate Professor Nada Signal
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Calsequestrin as a target to restore calcium balance in atrial fibrillation

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $246,380.45
    Researchers:
    Dr Michelle Munro
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Jones
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • exciteBCI telerehabilitation: determining optimal dose and testing feasibility

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $245,116.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Denise Taylor
    ,
    Associate Professor Nada Signal
    ,
    Dr Imran Khan Niazi
    ,
    Dr Sharon Olsen
    ,
    Mrs Gemma Alder
    ,
    Associate Professor Alain Vandal
    ,
    Dr Usman Rashid
    ,
    Professor Valerie Pomeroy
    ,
    Dr Nicola Saywell
    ,
    Dr Hugh Hanger
    ,
    Dr Alan Davis
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • Measuring and reducing stroke burden in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,868.45
    Researchers:
    Professor Valery Feigin
    ,
    Professor Rita Krishnamurthi
    ,
    Professor Suzanne Barker-Collo
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Professor Bruce Arroll
    ,
    Professor Daniel Exeter
    ,
    Dr Yogini Ratnasabapathy
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Anna Ranta
    ,
    Dr Hinemoa Elder
    ,
    Dr Priya Parmar
    ,
    Dr Andrew Swain
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Tunnage
    ,
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    ,
    Professor Craig Anderson
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Amanda Thrift
    ,
    Associate Professor Derrick Bennett
    ,
    Professor Dominique Cadilhac
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • The placental clock: Investigating mechanisms of stillbirth

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Meghan Hill
    ,
    Dr Kate Bartlett
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Codesign of Augmented Reality Stroke Rehabilitation from Te Whare Tapa Whā

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Danielle Lottridge
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • 'Mā wai e tō taku kauwae ki uta' - who will take my place?

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $190,728.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tepora Emery
    ,
    Ms Waitiahoaho Emery
    ,
    Miss Auroa Rikiti
    ,
    Miss Takiri te Ata Raerino
    Host:
    Ngati Pikiao Iwi Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Reflecting informed choice in population screening: Progressing equity

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $27,575.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Sara Filoche
    ,
    Dr Fiona Cram MNZM
    ,
    Dr Angela Beard
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Peter Stone
    ,
    Dr Jeanne Snelling
    ,
    Dr Christina Buchanan
    ,
    Professor Kevin Dew
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • CT to reduce invasive coronary angiography in acute coronary syndrome

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,331,290.62
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Philip Adamson
    ,
    Professor Christopher Frampton
    ,
    Associate Professor Gerard Devlin
    ,
    Professor Richard Troughton
    ,
    Dr Martin Than
    ,
    Dr Ian Ternouth
    ,
    Professor John Pickering
    ,
    Dr Anthony Kueh
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Looking at the placenta through a detailed lens: relating anatomy to function

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $595,830.35
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Peter Stone
    ,
    Dr Joanna James
    ,
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Intervening in sleep to improve perinatal mental health outcomes

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,964.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Tracey Signal
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Sweeney
    ,
    Associate Professor Mark Huthwaite
    ,
    Dr Clare Ladyman
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Mrs Hannah Mooney
    ,
    Associate Professor Katherine Sharkey
    ,
    Associate Professor Bei Bei
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Dr Tanya Wright
    ,
    Professor Jane Fisher
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Delivering optimal weight gain advice to pregnant women (DOT) study

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,582.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell
    ,
    Dr Helen Paterson
    ,
    Professor Dr Sue Crengle
    ,
    Dr Sarah Donald
    ,
    Dr Rosemary Hall
    ,
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Dr Nicole McGrath
    ,
    Ms Helene Rackham
    ,
    Professor Katrina Sharples
    ,
    Dr Rosemary Stamm
    ,
    Associate Professor Trudy Sullivan
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Harirū, hongi and hau in the time of COVID-19

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $101,922.30
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Marama Muru-Lanning
    ,
    Dr Tia Dawes
    ,
    Dr Hilary Lapsley
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    ,
    Dr Suzanne Woodward
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response Project
  • Māori Uho Kuku Apparatus (MUKA)

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hope Tupara
    ,
    Mrs Megan Tahere
    Host:
    Tieki
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Implementation of evidence-based, whanau-focused care for ARF/ RHD in CM

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $451,265.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Rachel Webb
    ,
    Dr Anneka Anderson
    ,
    Dr Rachel Brown
    ,
    Dr Florina Chan Mow
    ,
    Dr Philippa Anderson
    Host:
    Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project