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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 new Penicillin for Rheumatic Fever prevention

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Knowledge Translation Grant
  • Unlocking antimicrobial tolerance in bacterial pathogens to overcome AMR

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,343.55
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Dr Rachel Darnell
    ,
    Associate Professor Jack Flanagan
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Combating antimicrobial resistance with high-throughput bacterial genetics

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,272.35
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    ,
    Dr Simon Jackson
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Professor Peter Fineran
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • SYMBIOTIC: Integrated prevention of infectious diseases and long-term conditions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,951,982.35
    Researchers:
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Andrew Day
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea 't Mannetje
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Dr Amanda Kvalsvig
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Associate Professor Jason Gurney
    ,
    Dr Andrea Teng
    ,
    Dr Sheree Gibb
    ,
    Dr Marine Corbin
    ,
    Dr Virginia Signal
    ,
    Dr Kirsty Danielson
    ,
    Dr Dougal Thorburn
    ,
    Ms Jane Zhang
    ,
    Mr William Leung
    ,
    Ms Carmen Timu-Parata
    ,
    Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrew Waa
    ,
    Dr Melissa McLeod
    ,
    Dr Celia Hume
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • How do antimicrobial combinations suppress development of resistance?

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $404,171.45
    Researchers:
    Professor Iain Lamont
    ,
    Assistant Research Fellow
    ,
    Dr Daniel Pletzer
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    China Biomedical Project
  • Unravelling the mysteries of yersiniosis

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,308,050.50
    Researchers:
    Dr Brent Gilpin
    ,
    Dr Cheryl Brunton
    ,
    Miss Debbie Smith
    ,
    Dr Lucia Rivas
    ,
    Dr Beverley Horn
    ,
    Ms Bridget Armstrong
    ,
    Mrs Wendy Dallas-Katoa
    ,
    Ms Jacqueline Wright
    ,
    Mr Hugo Strydom
    ,
    Ms Maria Hepi
    ,
    Mr Peter Cressey
    ,
    Dr Anne-Marie Perchec-Merien
    ,
    Dr Kristin Dyet
    ,
    Dr Anne Midwinter
    ,
    Dr Rob Lake
    ,
    Ms Jing Wang
    Host:
    ESR Institute of Environmental Science & Research
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Improving effectiveness and equity in the operation of COVID-19 ‘self-isolation’

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $179,904.43
    Researchers:
    Dr Lesley Gray
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor David Johnston
    ,
    Dr Viliami Puloka
    ,
    Professor James Stanley
    ,
    Dr Amanda Kvalsvig
    ,
    Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles
    ,
    Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response Project
  • An effective point-of-care screening pathway for COVID-19

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $235,746.04
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Professor Miguel Quinones-Mateu
    ,
    Professor James Ussher
    ,
    Associate Professor Jemma Geoghegan
    ,
    Dr Anna Rolleston
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response 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
  • Unravelling antimicrobial synergy to combat drug-resistant pathogens

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Cara Adolph
    ,
    Dr Kiel Hards
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    NSFC Emerging Researcher
  • Targeting succinate metabolism to produce new chemotherapeutic agents

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $699,695.42
    Researchers:
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Dr Cara Adolph
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    NSFC Project
  • Developing KIWIvax – an automated SMS-system to monitor vaccine adverse events

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Emeritus Professor Michael Tatley
    ,
    Professor Rhiannon Braund
    ,
    Professor Nikki Turner
    ,
    Janelle Ashton
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant