2. Career Development Award recipients announced
This week we were pleased to announce the recipients of our annual Career Development Awards. These awards are key to bolstering and sustaining Aotearoa New Zealand’s health research workforce. Fifty-two researchers across the country will benefit from the $11.1 million awarded in this round.
See below for the full list of recipients, divided into three categories: Māori Health Research, Pacific Health Research, and a General category focused on clinical and postdoctoral career development.
For lay summaries of research proposals, visit our Research Repository: https://www.hrc.govt.nz/resources/research-repository
Recipients of the 2023 Career Development Awards
Māori Health Research Career Development Awards
Māori Health PhD Scholarship
Miss Emily Bain, University of Otago
The inequities of the NASC system in Aotearoa and the experience of Māori whānau
36 months, $138,800
Mr Jonathan Martin, University of Otago
Mamaku: ethnobiology and use as a novel intraoral medicament – an in vitro study
30 months, $190,133
Mr Mana Mitchell, University of Otago
Utilising mātauranga to guide biomedical research
36 months, $138,800
Miss Bailey Rose, Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
Understanding the experiences and needs of Māori with eating disorders
24 months, $95,939
Ms Stacey Ruru, Whakauae Research Services
Mō ngā uri whakatipu: Women leaders paving a pathway for future generations
36 months, $127,362
Māori Health Masters Scholarship
Miss Tori Diamond, The University of Auckland
Novel applications of the IDI for longitudinal analysis for the Māori population
12 months, $31,305
Miss Lena Kemp, Auckland University of Technology
Wāhine Māori experiences of recovery from addiction, a Kaupapa Māori perspective
12 months, $30,632
Miss Jordan Tane, Auckland University of Technology
Ko te mauri, he mea huna ki te Moana
12 months, $30,631
Māori Health Development Grant
Dr Ben O'Keeffe, oDocs Eye Care
A novel approach to keratoconus screening and treatment programme in New Zealand
12 months, $10,000
Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
Dr Reece Joseph, The University of Auckland
Biofilm infections’ impact on Māori with osteomyelitis as a central focus
18 months, $135,000
Mrs Eillish-Kate Satchell, The University of Auckland
Emergency ambulance care in out-of-hospital deaths: Whānau experience
36 months, $265,000
Māori Health Summer Studentship
Miss Emily Bain, University of Otago
Māori experiences of the InterRAI interviews
3 months, $7,500
Ms Kendall Coker, University of Otago
An exploratory qualitative study with Maori whānau experiences with ROPEE
5 months, $7,500
Mr Ihaia Kendrew, University of Otago
Pathways to health for Māori meatworkers and their whānau
3 months, $7,500
Mr Flynn Macredie, University of Otago
Interventions to improve maternal immunisation coverage in Aotearoa
3 months, $7,500
Miss Awhina Pearce, The University of Auckland
Identifying unique histological features in brain tumours from Māori patients
3 months, $7,500
Māori Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Joanna Hikaka, The University of Auckland
Māori experiences and expectations of kaumātua care
48 months, $666,431
Pacific Health Research Career Development Awards
Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
Miss Leinasei Isno, University of Otago
Improving management, diagnosis and prevention of scrub typhus among Ni-Vanuatu
36 months, $260,000
Dr Melbourne Mauiliu-Wallis, The University of Auckland
Factors influencing career choices among Pacific doctors in Aotearoa
48 months, $173,000
Mr Suli Tuitaupe, University of Canterbury
Understanding the worldview of health from a Samoan New Zealander's perspective
36 months, $168,411
Pacific Health PhD Scholarship
Miss Bwenaua Biiri, University of Otago
Investigating metabolic disease in I-Kiribati
24 months, $94,050
Mr Ilai Elekana Manū, Massey University
Health benefits of fagatua indigenous Tokelau wrestling for Tokelauan youth
36 months, $133,550
Miss Janina Galewski, University of Waikato
Reducing the equity gap for Pacific peoples with diabetes
36 months, $124,550
Pacific Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Falegau Melanie Lilomaiava Silulu, Auckland University of Technology
Is Tāmaki Makaurau an age-friendly and healthy place for Pacific people to age?
36 months, $388,938
Dr Troy Ruhe, University of Otago
Measuring research impact in Pacific health research
48 months, $430,102
Dr Hana Tuisano, Massey University
Cultural intelligence and cultural safety for Tokelau young people in Aotearoa
48 months, $465,085
Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
Miss Tekin Kanimako, The University of Auckland
I-Kiribati youth perspectives in health and wellbeing
24 months, $30,900
Pacific Health Knowledge Translation Grant
Mrs Litiuingi Ahio, Auckland University of Technology
Kupesi ‘o e Nofo ‘a Kainga
6 months, $5,000
Mrs Amio Matenga Ikihele, Moana Connect
DIGIFALE: A mobile literacy programme for Pacific communities – a pilot study
11 months, $5,000
Dr Soana Muimuiheata, Auckland University of Technology
Family wellbeing – Food and diabetes management
6 months, $5,000
Dr Soana Muimuiheata, Auckland University of Technology
Concept of Kato Polopola – Holistic approach to diabetes management
7 months, $5,000
Pacific Health Summer Studentship
Ms Beatrice Hessell, University of Otago
Pacific workplace wellbeing – perspectives from Pacific managers
3 months, $7,500
Mr Miguel Veilofia, University of Otago
Pathways to health for Pacific meat workers and their whānau
3 months, $7,500
Mr Cameron Young, University of Otago
Splice mutations in the TP53 gene and its drive in aggressive tumours
4 months, $7,500
General category:
Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Mr Patrick Cabasag, The University of Auckland
Co-design of a pharmacist-led mental health intervention for long-term condition patients
36 months, $260,000
Dr Florence de Roo, University of Otago
Investigating fibroblast influence on the gastric cancer microenvironment
36 months, $260,000
Mrs Grace Griffiths, University of Otago
Experiences of people receiving therapy for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
24 months, $171,990
Dr Briar Hunter, The University of Auckland
A national best practice guide for equity in preterm birth in Aotearoa
36 months, $260,000
Mr Andrew Kindon, University of Canterbury
Determinants of abdominal aortic aneurysm risk in New Zealand
36 months, $110,104
Dr Eileen McManus, Te Whatu Ora - Waikato
The Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) phenotype in Aotearoa/New Zealand
48 months, $260,007
Dr Alice Minhinnick, The University of Auckland
Understanding value in cancer molecular tests in Aotearoa
36 months, $260,000
Mr Connor Silvester, Auckland University of Technology
Mental health in elite athletes
36 months, $260,000
Dr Thomas Wilkinson, University of Otago
Assessment of fully automated insulin delivery technology in diabetes
36 months, $260,000
Ms Janice Yeoman, The University of Auckland
Scleral shell prosthesis practice in Aotearoa New Zealand
36 months, $259,800
Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
Dr Mark Calcott, Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
Large-scale substitution approaches to engineer non-ribosomal peptides
48 months, $536,377
Dr Cristina Cleghorn, University of Otago
Modelling the health and equity impacts of a range of dietary policies in NZ
48 months, $600,000
Dr Matthias Fellner, University of Otago
Development of diagnostic fluorescence and ultrasound probes for S. aureus
72 months, $599,612
Dr Simon Jackson, University of Otago
A genomics-led approach to bacteriophage therapies for infectious disease
48 months, $596,423
Dr Angus Lindsay, University of Canterbury
Generating hypertension to prevent mortality in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
48 months, $599,966
Dr Julia Shanks, The University of Auckland
Developing novel treatments for HFpEF by studying vagal control of the heart
60 months, $571,138
Dr Sandar Tin Tin, The University of Auckland
Associations and mechanisms linking transport and health: outcome-wide analyses
48 months, $599,983
Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship
Dr Tanith Alexander, Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau
Nutrition, growth and outcomes of moderate-late preterm babies
60 months, $469,667
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