March 2008

Ms Joanna Young
Lipid & Diabetes Research Group, Canterbury District Health Board
CoQ10: Potential to reduce cardiovascular risk - extension study
$7,500 for 19 months.

Dr Nigel Lever
Department of Medicine, University of
Auckland
Characteristics of induced and spontaneous Ventricular Fibrillation during myocardial ischaemia
$10,776 for 12 months.

Dr Adrienne Edwards
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Christchurch Hospital
Markers of pulmonary artery hypertension
$14,760 for 12 months.

Dr Hannah Badland
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research,  Auckland University of Technology
10 ^th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Dr Kirsten Coppell
Edgar National Centre for Diabetes Research, University of Otago, Dunedin
5 ^th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications, Helsinki, Finland.

Dr Jade Hollis-Moffatt
Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin
British Society for Rheumatology Annual Meeting & the British Health Professionals in Rheumatology Spring Meeting, Liverpool, UK.

Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Clinical Trials Research Unit, University
of Auckland
2008 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada.

Dr Barry Palmer
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
13 ^th International Congress of Endocrinology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ms Nicola Scott
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
13 ^th International Congress of Endocrinology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dr Jeremy Shearman
School of Applied Science, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
2008 American College of Sports Medicine 55 ^th Annual Meeting, Indiana, USA.

Dr Rachel Webb
Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services,  Starship Children's Hospital
XVII Lancefield International Symposium, Porto Heli, Greece.

Ms Alwyn Todd
Department of Medicine, University of Otago
Hypertension 2008, Berlin, Germany.