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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.
  • Biodiscovery and biosynthesis of new drug candidates

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $1,195,266.88
    Researchers:
    Professor David Ackerley
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Exploring the development and impact of changes in community pharmacy services

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $1,185,380.88
    Researchers:
    Professor Karen McBride-Henry
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Ambulatory sensitive hospitalisations of Pacific children in New Zealand; the parents' perspectives

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $113,980.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Ellaine Ete-Rasch
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
  • Preclinical development of non-addictive pain medications

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Bronwyn Kivell
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Designing diagnostic and rehabilitation landscapes for the disabled

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Bruno Marques
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Identifying biomarkers of aneuploidy in embryos

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $385,232.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Zaramasina Clark
    ,
    Associate Professor Janet Pitman
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • He Tapu Te Whare Tangata: Empowering rural solutions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,293,194.40
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Mr Charles Lambert
    ,
    Dr Leigh Duncan
    ,
    Mrs Bobbie Cameron
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Jennifer Harré Hindmarsh
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health 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
  • Low-intensity therapy and parent coaching for young children with ASD: An RCT.

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $250,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hannah Waddington
    ,
    Dr Larah van der Meer
    ,
    Professor Andrew Whitehouse
    ,
    Dr Matthew Hammond
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • 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
  • Implementing HPV primary testing to prevent cervical cancer in NZ: Te Tai Tokerau

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,398,122.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Associate Professor Marion Saville
    ,
    Associate Professor David Hawkes
    ,
    Dr Nokuthaba Sibanda
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery 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
  • Mental health casual video game for adolescents

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $30,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Russell Pine
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • The role of whānau in coronial processes and rangatahi suicide prevention

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $29,865.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Clive Aspin
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Associate Professor Theresa Fleming
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Dr Keri Lawson Te-Aho
    ,
    Dr Heather Gifford
    ,
    Dr Sarah Fortune
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • Connecting Kai

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $248,539.60
    Researchers:
    Ms Kahurangi Dey
    ,
    Dr Eva Neely
    ,
    Ms Julia Milne
    ,
    Ms Carolyn Watts
    ,
    Associate Professor Anna Matheson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Community Action Grant
  • Mana Tū: a whānau ora approach to long term conditions

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $2,375,813.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    Host:
    National Hauora Coalition
    Proposal type
    Long Term Conditions Project