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Examples of impact
Examples of impact
We place value on connecting research with the wider community to maximise health, social and economic outcomes. Here are some examples of HRC-funded research that has already made a difference to people’s lives, here and abroad.
Improving NZ's emergency planning
Increasing engagement and connection
Exploring issues stemming from Canterbury earthquakes leads to change in emergency response clinical management guidelines.
Better care in antenatal services
Making a difference
Research addressing inequity leads to change in clinical practice; improved health outcomes; government policy support.
Predicting cardiovascular risk
Making a difference
Accurately evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease helps change national and international clinical practice, improves health outcomes and saves costs.
Building healthier food environments
Making a difference
Testing practical interventions to support healthier food choices leads to international adoption of research materials and equity advocacy.
Enhancing care in Intensive Care Units
Stimulating growth
Trials within ICUs directly change national and international clinical practice, improve health outcomes and save costs.
Saving babies around the world
Stimulating growth
Research to prevent disability and death in babies changes clinical practice here and abroad, saves lives and brings international recognition for NZ's expertise.
Enhancing wellbeing for generations
Increasing engagement and connection
Community-based research improves Māori trauma-informed care, including training for Corrections staff, police, schools and Oranga Tamariki.
Working with whānau to save lives
Increasing engagement and connection
Working with whānau leads to change in clinical practice, improves health outcomes and empowers the community.
Building Māori research capability
Stimulating growth
Supporting Maori health researchers helps grow workforce capability and enables emerging leaders to engage with policy-makers.
Fostering Pacific research careers
Stimulating growth
Longitudinal Pacific Islands Families Study provides Pacific-specific evidence to inform policy and practice, while building workforce capability.
Saving lives through healthier housing
Making a difference
Research into damp, mouldy homes leads to improved health outcomes, and growth beyond academic roles to lead international policy change.
Improving gout care
Making a difference
A world-first gout trial leads to change in clinical practice and community practice, and improves quality of life.
Cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy
Stimulating growth
Immunotherapy, including CAR T-cell therapy, increases international recognition of NZ's expertise, spurring investment to scale-up innovation.
Supporting better primary care models
Increasing engagement and connection
Research between the HRC and its Canadian counterpart looks to improve community-based primary healthcare services in both countries.
Revolutionising health security
Increasing engagement and connection
The HRC's involvement in the e-Asia programme leads to improved prevention and management strategies for health security threats in Asia-Pacific region.
Diagnosing heart attacks faster
Making a difference
New protocols for diagnosing heart attacks are adopted nationally and internationally, improving health outcomes and saving costs.
Mapping a virtual human
Stimulating growth
World-first tools and technology transform patient care and lead to international recognition of, and investment in, NZ expertise.
Driving indigenous data sovereignty
Increasing engagement and connection
Addressing issues of indigenous data use leads to new local and international guidelines, community empowerment and capability development.
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We place value on connecting research with the wider community to maximise health, social and economic outcomes. Here are some examples of HRC-funded research that has already made a difference to people’s lives, here and abroad.
Improving NZ's emergency planning
Increasing engagement and connection
Exploring issues stemming from Canterbury earthquakes leads to change in emergency response clinical management guidelines.
Better care in antenatal services
Making a difference
Research addressing inequity leads to change in clinical practice; improved health outcomes; government policy support.
Predicting cardiovascular risk
Making a difference
Accurately evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease helps change national and international clinical practice, improves health outcomes and saves costs.
Building healthier food environments
Making a difference
Testing practical interventions to support healthier food choices leads to international adoption of research materials and equity advocacy.
Enhancing care in Intensive Care Units
Stimulating growth
Trials within ICUs directly change national and international clinical practice, improve health outcomes and save costs.
Saving babies around the world
Stimulating growth
Research to prevent disability and death in babies changes clinical practice here and abroad, saves lives and brings international recognition for NZ's expertise.
Enhancing wellbeing for generations
Increasing engagement and connection
Community-based research improves Māori trauma-informed care, including training for Corrections staff, police, schools and Oranga Tamariki.
Working with whānau to save lives
Increasing engagement and connection
Working with whānau leads to change in clinical practice, improves health outcomes and empowers the community.
Building Māori research capability
Stimulating growth
Supporting Maori health researchers helps grow workforce capability and enables emerging leaders to engage with policy-makers.
Fostering Pacific research careers
Stimulating growth
Longitudinal Pacific Islands Families Study provides Pacific-specific evidence to inform policy and practice, while building workforce capability.
Saving lives through healthier housing
Making a difference
Research into damp, mouldy homes leads to improved health outcomes, and growth beyond academic roles to lead international policy change.
Improving gout care
Making a difference
A world-first gout trial leads to change in clinical practice and community practice, and improves quality of life.
Cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy
Stimulating growth
Immunotherapy, including CAR T-cell therapy, increases international recognition of NZ's expertise, spurring investment to scale-up innovation.
Supporting better primary care models
Increasing engagement and connection
Research between the HRC and its Canadian counterpart looks to improve community-based primary healthcare services in both countries.
Revolutionising health security
Increasing engagement and connection
The HRC's involvement in the e-Asia programme leads to improved prevention and management strategies for health security threats in Asia-Pacific region.
Diagnosing heart attacks faster
Making a difference
New protocols for diagnosing heart attacks are adopted nationally and internationally, improving health outcomes and saving costs.
Mapping a virtual human
Stimulating growth
World-first tools and technology transform patient care and lead to international recognition of, and investment in, NZ expertise.
Driving indigenous data sovereignty
Increasing engagement and connection
Addressing issues of indigenous data use leads to new local and international guidelines, community empowerment and capability development.
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