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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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Staphylococcus aureus network adaptive platform trial (SNAP)

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,190,216.25
    Researchers:
    Dr Genevieve Walls
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Professor Joshua Davis
    ,
    Professor Steven Tong
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Dr Scott Berry
    ,
    Associate Professor David Holland
    ,
    Dr Stephen McBride
    Host:
    Aotearoa Clinical Trials
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Understanding the role of IgG3 in acute rheumatic fever

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,187,148.95
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Nicole Moreland
    ,
    Dr Amy Chung
    ,
    Associate Professor Nigel Wilson
    ,
    Dr David Crossman
    ,
    Professor Michael Baker
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    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
  • Designing a scalable vaccine to induce liver resident T cells against malaria

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,195,993.80
    Researchers:
    Professor Gavin Painter
    ,
    Susanna Chan
    ,
    Ms Sarah Draper
    ,
    Professor William Heath
    ,
    Professor Ian Hermans
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    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
  • HBsAg mutations and pathophysiology of chronic hepatitis B.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr William Abbott
    ,
    Dr Tien Huey Lim
    ,
    Dr Klaus Lehnert
    Host:
    Auckland Hospitals Research And Endowment Fund
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Sewers for Superbug Surveillance

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles
    ,
    Dr Sam Trowsdale
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Joshua Freeman
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • 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
  • 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 blood safety and donor selection

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,398,606.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Peter Saxton
    ,
    Professor Patricia Priest
    ,
    Dr Susan McAllister
    ,
    Dr Stephen Ritchie
    ,
    Dr Janine Paynter
    ,
    Dr Sarah Morley
    ,
    Dr Jason Myers
    ,
    Mr Mark Fisher
    ,
    Mr Kevin Haunui
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Vaccine development: upping the ante

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,504.10
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Bridget Stocker
    ,
    Dr Emma Dangerfield
    ,
    Associate Professor Mattie Timmer
    ,
    Professor Sho Yamasaki
    ,
    Dr Kensuke Shibata
    ,
    Dr Jacelyn Loh
    ,
    Professor Thomas Proft
    ,
    Professor Dr Ulrich Maus
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Consolidator 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Economic Risks from COVID-19 in Pacific Island Countries

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $51,435.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Ilan Noy
    ,
    Mr Nguyen Doan
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    COVID-19 Rapid Response Project
  • Rapid diagnosis and genome sequencing to follow CoV-2019 outbreak

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $165,471.02
    Researchers:
    Dr Olin Silander
    ,
    Dr Nikki Freed
    ,
    Dr Paul Pickering
    ,
    Dr James Hadfield
    Host:
    Massey University
    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
  • Clinical trial of COVID-19 treatments for the critically ill

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $169,571.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Colin McArthur
    ,
    Professor Paul Young
    ,
    Dr Thomas Hills
    ,
    Dr Susan Morpeth
    ,
    Professor Richard Beasley
    Host:
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Understanding the gendered effects of health policy responses to COVID-19

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Jennifer Curtin
    ,
    Dr Barry Milne
    ,
    Dr Lara Greaves
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • 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