Funded Projects
2020
- Simon Swift and Haemish Crawford – Characterising bacterial strains that cause paediatric osteomyelitis (2020-2023)
- Daniel Exeter and Helen Wihongi – Māori healthcare models and indicators to inform funding decisions
- Alan Merry and Jiayi Gong – Opioid use and harm following hospital admission for surgery and trauma (due 2023)
- Fiona McBryde and Doug Campbell – Protecting collateral blood flow in ischaemic stroke (due 2023)
2019
- Malcolm Battin and Sue Stott – Earlier diagnosis of cerebral palsy in children
- Jill Cornish and Paul Monk – Evaluating Lactoferrin for treating prosthetic joint infections
2018
- Rob Doughty and Ralph Stewart – A simple blood test to help prevent recurrent heart events
- Malcolm Battin and Sue Stott –
2017
- Shuan Dai and Steven Dakin – Fixing Amblyopia, or lazy eye, in children
- Sheridan Wilson and Annette Lasham – Monitoring of plasma RNA levels during chemotherapy treatment for metastatic breast cancer
- Arend Merrie and Gregory O’Grady – Evaluating mechanisms to reduce lack of muscle contractions in the intestines (ileus) after colorectal surgery
- Giuseppe Sasso and Beau Pontre – Developing a non-invasive alternative for atrial fibrillation
- Lalit Kalra and Cathy Stinear – A new tool to predict independent walking following a stroke
2016
- Susann Beier and Mark Webster – Creating the world’s first coronary artery flow atlas
- Merryn Gott and Andrew Old – End-of-life care provision by the Auckland District Health Board
- Mike Dragunow and Clinton Turner – Managing patients with recurrent meningioma
2015
- Jillian Cornish and John Ferguson – Clinical efficacy of bone dust harvested at the time of orthopaedic spinal surgery
- Stefan Bohlander and Neil van de Water – Minimal residual disease diagnostics in acute myeloid leukaemia
- Darren Svirskis and Ian Costello – Portable infusion devices for chemotherapy in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Peter Stone and Kevin Ellyett – The link between a pregnant woman’s sleeping position and stillbirth
- Johanna Montgomery and Jonathan Skinner – Addressing the cellular basis of Long QT Syndrome