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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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Reducing immunisation inequities during pregnancy

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $51,694.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Amber Young
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Development Award
  • The problem of workplace violence in home care settings

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,791.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Katherine Ravenswood
    ,
    Dr Betty Ofe-Grant
    ,
    Dr Julie Douglas
    ,
    Dr Fiona Macdonald
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • '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
  • 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
  • COVID-19 and hospice community services in New Zealand and Scotland

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,868.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Rosemary Frey
    ,
    Dr Aileen Collier
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Ms Jennifer Thurston
    ,
    Professor Dr Bridget Johnston
    ,
    Professor Dr Judith Sixsmith
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Access pathways to residential aged care for Māori and non-Māori

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $28,656.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Dr Dale Bramley
    ,
    Dr Katherine Bloomfield
    ,
    Dr Michal Boyd
    ,
    Dr Zhenqiang Wu
    ,
    Professor Martin Connolly
    Host:
    Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • New Zealanders' experiences of hospital 'visiting' during COVID-19 restrictions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,996.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Rachael Parke
    ,
    Dr Aileen Collier
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Dr Eileen Gilder
    ,
    Professor Dr Bridget Johnston
    ,
    Dr Deans Buchanan
    ,
    Professor Dr Judith Sixsmith
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Telemedicine-based care for older people

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,990.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Wendy Wrapson
    ,
    Dr Margaret Williams
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Tupu Tika: Building whānau capacity to carry out end-of-life and end-stage care

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,972.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Mr Rawiri Wharemate
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Dr Melissa Carey
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Lisa Williams
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Health equity and wellbeing among older people’s caregivers during COVID-19

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $249,966.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Vanessa Burholt
    ,
    Professor John Parsons
    ,
    Dr Teuila Percival
    ,
    Mrs Rangimahora Reddy
    ,
    Dr Mary Simpson
    ,
    Associate Professor Janine Wiles
    ,
    Dr Rosemary Frey
    ,
    Dr Deborah Balmer
    ,
    Ms Carla Sartori do Amaral
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Community Action Grant
  • A pandemic response and recovery framework supporting equity for older people

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $996,615.10
    Researchers:
    Professor Christine Stephens
    ,
    Professor Fiona Alpass
    ,
    Dr Brendan Stevenson
    ,
    Dr Joanne Allen
    ,
    Associate Professor Polly Yeung
    ,
    Associate Professor Siautu Alefaio
    ,
    Associate Professor Mary Breheny
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    ,
    Dr Maureen Mooney
    ,
    Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Rāpua te Mārama: Bereaved Māori whānau experiences of palliative care and death

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $999,999.05
    Researchers:
    Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    ,
    Professor Linda Nikora
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Associate Professor Janine Wiles
    ,
    Dr Lisa Williams
    ,
    Associate Professor Jackie Robinson
    ,
    Dr Tatiana Tavares
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Understanding dyspnoea and exercise limitation in interstitial lung disease

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $316,975.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Charlotte Chen
    ,
    Dr James Fisher
    ,
    Professor John Kolbe
    ,
    Professor Julian Paton
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • Evaluating a model of care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in their last year of life

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $319,850.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Amanda Landers
    ,
    Professor Lutz Beckert
    ,
    Professor Suzanne Pitama
    ,
    Professor Dr Suetonia Green
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • RCT budesonide-formoterol vs salbutamol reliever therapy in childhood asthma

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,439,100.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Richard Beasley
    ,
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    ,
    Professor Catherine Byrnes
    ,
    Dr David McNamara
    ,
    Dr Irene Braithwaite
    ,
    Professor Dr Alex Semprini
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Professor Mark Weatherall
    ,
    Dr Andrew Corin
    ,
    Dr Davitt Sheahan
    ,
    Dr Barney Montgomery
    ,
    Professor Andrew Bush
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Barriers and facilitators to self-management of asthma in Pacific children

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $971,541.84
    Researchers:
    Dr Sunia Foliaki
    ,
    Associate Professor Tupa'ilevaililigi Ridvan Firestone
    ,
    Associate Professor Tristram Ingham
    ,
    Mr Tyronne Tranquilino
    ,
    Ms Ioana Viliamu-Amusia
    ,
    Dr Thorsten Stanley
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Dr Alvin Mitikulena
    ,
    Mrs Tofa Suafole Gush
    ,
    Dr Hayley Denison
    ,
    Dr Delwyn Goodrick
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • Resveratrol – a potential novel treatment for bronchiectasis

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $219,061.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Conroy Wong
    ,
    Dr Benjamin Diggins
    ,
    Associate Professor Alain Vandal
    ,
    Associate Professor Lata Jayaram
    ,
    Dr David Milne
    Host:
    Aotearoa Clinical Trials
    Proposal type
    Feasibility Study
  • Research to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,214.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Nevil Pierse
    ,
    Professor Dr Philippa Howden-Chapman
    ,
    Professor Michael Keall
    ,
    Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard
    ,
    Dr Elinor Chisholm
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Caroline Halley
    ,
    Dr Lynn Riggs
    ,
    Dr Ramona Tiatia
    ,
    Ms Amber Logan
    ,
    Dr Julie Bennett
    ,
    Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan
    ,
    Dr Sarah Bierre
    ,
    Helen Viggers
    ,
    Kim Nathan
    ,
    Dr Caroline Fyfe
    ,
    Ms Brodie Fraser
    ,
    Ms Jenny Ombler
    ,
    Miss Madeleine White
    ,
    Mr Oliver Robertson
    ,
    Ms Clare Aspinall
    ,
    Ms Wei Zhang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Lung protection during critical illness

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Dr Kevin Stewart
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Continuous dynamic monitoring of lung function at the bedside

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Haribalan Kumar
    ,
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Merryn Tawhai
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Explorer Grant
  • Health care delivery of an early childhood intervention – impact and engagement

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $588,093.30
    Researchers:
    Dr Adrian Trenholme
    ,
    Dr Russell Metcalfe
    ,
    Professor Catherine Byrnes
    ,
    Miss Christin Coomarasamy
    ,
    Dr Teuila Percival
    ,
    Dr Shanthi Ameratunga
    Host:
    Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project