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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.
  • 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
  • Measuring and reducing stroke burden in New Zealand

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,868.45
    Researchers:
    Professor Valery Feigin
    ,
    Professor Rita Krishnamurthi
    ,
    Professor Suzanne Barker-Collo
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    ,
    Professor Peter Barber
    ,
    Professor Bruce Arroll
    ,
    Professor Daniel Exeter
    ,
    Dr Yogini Ratnasabapathy
    ,
    Professor Jeroen Douwes
    ,
    Professor Anna Ranta
    ,
    Dr Hinemoa Elder
    ,
    Dr Priya Parmar
    ,
    Dr Andrew Swain
    ,
    Dr Bronwyn Tunnage
    ,
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    ,
    Professor Craig Anderson
    ,
    Emeritus Professor Amanda Thrift
    ,
    Associate Professor Derrick Bennett
    ,
    Professor Dominique Cadilhac
    ,
    Professor Paul Brown
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Research to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,996,214.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Nevil Pierse
    ,
    Professor Dr Philippa Howden-Chapman
    ,
    Professor Michael Keall
    ,
    Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard
    ,
    Dr Elinor Chisholm
    ,
    Ms Cheryl Davies
    ,
    Professor Christopher Cunningham
    ,
    Dr Caroline Halley
    ,
    Dr Lynn Riggs
    ,
    Dr Ramona Tiatia
    ,
    Ms Amber Logan
    ,
    Dr Julie Bennett
    ,
    Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan
    ,
    Dr Sarah Bierre
    ,
    Helen Viggers
    ,
    Kim Nathan
    ,
    Dr Caroline Fyfe
    ,
    Ms Brodie Fraser
    ,
    Ms Jenny Ombler
    ,
    Miss Madeleine White
    ,
    Mr Oliver Robertson
    ,
    Ms Clare Aspinall
    ,
    Ms Wei Zhang
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Regulation of lens water transport: A strategy to treat presbyopia and cataract

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,936,997.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    ,
    Mr Marvin Tang
    ,
    Mr Wilson Pan
    ,
    Dr Renita Martis
    ,
    Dr Yadi Chen
    ,
    Dr Julie Lim
    ,
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr Ehsan Vaghefi
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    ,
    Professor Dr Zimei Wu
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    ,
    Dr Bianca Heilman
    ,
    Assistant Professor Marco Ruggeri
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Demarais
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Instagram Influencers, Unhealthy Products, and Covert Marketing to Young People

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Ian Goodwin
    ,
    Professor Antonia Lyons
    ,
    Dr Jessica Young
    ,
    Dr Tia Neha
    Host:
    Massey University
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Overcoming the limitations of adoptive T-cell therapy by genetic modification

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    ,
    Dr Kunyu Li
    ,
    Professor Sarah Young
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    ,
    Dr Kevin Ly
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • A community-based RCT evaluating micronutrients for mood dysregulated teenagers

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Julia Rucklidge
    ,
    Professor Roger Mulder
    ,
    Professor Joseph Boden
    ,
    Ms Meredith Blampied
    ,
    Ms Leona Manna
    ,
    Dame Susan Bagshaw
    Host:
    University of Canterbury
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Lung protection during critical illness

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Dr Kevin Stewart
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • 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
  • Looking Skin Deep

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony Hickey
    ,
    Dr Peter Russell
    ,
    Dr Jules Devaux
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Synthesis of a million stories with natural language processing

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Simone Rodda
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Resurrection of an anti-inflammatory therapy through protein engineering

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Assistant Professor Lyn Wise
    ,
    Professor Roslyn Kemp
    ,
    Associate Professor Joel Tyndall
    ,
    Professor Michelle Glass
    Host:
    University of Otago
    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
  • A collaborative AR work and presentation tool to examine tumour evolution

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Benjamin Lawrence
    ,
    Professor Mark Gahegan
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Michael Davis
    ,
    Associate Professor Uwe Rieger
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • The placental clock: Investigating mechanisms of stillbirth

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Meghan Hill
    ,
    Dr Kate Bartlett
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Fighting Splicing with Splicing: New Strategies for CAR T cell Immunotherapy

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Alexander McLellan
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Is our destiny in our genes? Using Mendelian genetics to refine cancer risk

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Louise Bicknell
    ,
    Associate Professor Logan Walker
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Early mitochondrial dysfunction assay for neurodegenerative diseases

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Michael Berridge
    ,
    Professor Bart Ellenbroek
    ,
    Dr Melanie-Jane McConnell
    ,
    Dr David Eccles
    Host:
    Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Codesign of Augmented Reality Stroke Rehabilitation from Te Whare Tapa Whā

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Danielle Lottridge
    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