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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.
  • Combatting mate kohi (tuberculosis) on the home front

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $131,850.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Callum August
    ,
    Dr Htin Lin Aung
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Mr Gregory Gimenez
    ,
    Dr Anneka Anderson
    ,
    Mr Howard Maxwell
    ,
    Dr Veronica Playle
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Dysregulating metabolism to eradicate drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $582,826.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Professor Rhea Coler
    ,
    Dr Adrian Jinich
    ,
    Dr Veronica Playle
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Audit of implementation of single-dose rifampicin chemoprophylaxis for leprosy

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Caitlin Bland
    ,
    Professor Steve Chambers
    ,
    Dr Allamanda Faatoese
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Summer Studentship
  • Māori attitudes towards vaccination in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $32,400.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Grace Davies
    ,
    Dr Esther Willing
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Masters Scholarship
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Samoans towards the COVID-19 vaccine

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $31,800.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Letava Tafuna'i
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Michael Tatley
    ,
    Associate Professor Faafetai Sopoaga
    ,
    Professor Rhiannon Braund
    ,
    Professor Pauline Norris
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • The impact of nitrate in drinking water on preterm birth

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,508.73
    Researchers:
    Dr Tim Chambers
    ,
    Professor Simon Hales
    ,
    Mrs Mereana Wilson-Rooy
    ,
    Associate Professor Max Berry
    ,
    Dr Chris Daughney
    ,
    Professor Nevil Pierse
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Associate Professor Andrea 't Mannetje
    ,
    Dr Alice Hyun Min Kim
    ,
    Dr Farnaz Pourzand
    ,
    Frank Dean
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Project
  • 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
  • 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