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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.
  • Oxygen therapy in critically ill adults

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,031,753.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Young
    Host:
    Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
    Proposal type
    Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
  • Improving ED workforce wellbeing with insider-led quality improvement

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $260,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Mike Nicholls
    ,
    Professor Stuart Dalziel
    ,
    Dr Vanessa Selak
    ,
    Dr Natalie Anderson
    ,
    Dr Rebecca Jarden
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • PSGN in New Zealand Children

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $259,500.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Amanda Taylor
    ,
    Dr Rachel Webb
    ,
    Associate Professor Nicole Moreland
    ,
    Dr William Wong
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • 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
  • He pounga waihoe nā ō mātua

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $9,900,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Rawiri Tinirau
    Host:
    Te Atawhai o te Ao: Independent Maori Institute for Environment & Health
    Proposal type
    Independent Research Organisation Grant
  • The warfare between bacteria and bacteriophage, its benefits to humankind

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Venkata Chelikani
    ,
    Dr Nadia Mitchell
    ,
    Dr Samantha Murray
    Host:
    Lincoln University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Improving population health through education of the innate immune system

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Kerry Hilligan
    ,
    Dr Olivier Lamiable
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Modelling procalcitonin for bacterial infections in intensive care

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $249,999.55
    Researchers:
    Dr Jacqueline Hannam
    ,
    Mr Eamon Duffy
    ,
    Dr Stephen Ritchie
    ,
    Dr Colin McArthur
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • 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
  • Mā te mōhio ka mārama (M2M). Impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori inequities

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,197,495.85
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Elana Curtis
    ,
    Associate Professor Ricci Harris
    ,
    Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
    ,
    Dr Melissa McLeod
    ,
    Dr Jade Tamatea
    ,
    Dr Yannan Jiang
    ,
    Ms June Atkinson
    ,
    Dr Rebekah Jaung
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health 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
  • Is acute rheumatic fever primarily caused by scabies? A case-control study.

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,189,100.15
    Researchers:
    Dr Gerhard Sundborn
    ,
    Dr Simon Thornley
    ,
    Dr Natalie Hopoi
    ,
    Dr Arthur Morris
    ,
    Dr Cielo Pasay
    ,
    Dr Daniel Engelman
    ,
    Dr Rachel Roskvist
    ,
    Noela Dugu
    ,
    Miss Loma Veatupu
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Project
  • A vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,199,789.30
    Researchers:
    Professor John Fraser
    ,
    Dr Fiona Radcliff
    ,
    Dr Ries Langley
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    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
  • New targets for infectious disease - tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Emily Parker
    ,
    Dr Wanting Jiao
    ,
    Professor Peter Tyler
    ,
    Professor Gregory Cook
    ,
    Associate Professor Jeremy Lott
    ,
    Dr Gerd Mittelstadt
    ,
    Dr Matthew McNeil
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project