Research
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The Heart Foundation provides a strong scientific voice on heart and circulatory disease. Each year a considerable amount of funding is committed to research projects, grants, fellowships, postgraduate scholarships and summer studentships.
Since our establishment in 1968, we have spent nearly $30 million in funding research. Much of this research has significantly contributed to lowering New Zealand's high rate of cardiovascular disease. We also support a Chair in Cardiovascular Studies at the University of Otago's School of Medicine and work closely with health professionals, keeping them informed with the latest research information. |
Heart Foundation funded research includes:
- The links between hormones and heart disease
- The causes and effects of high blood pressure
- The use of different drug therapies to treat newborn babies and infants after heart surgery
- The causes and treatment of rheumatic fever
- The role of hormone replacement
- Development of non-surgical techniques for repair of congenital heart defects in children
- Examining the mechanisms which lead to development of artherosclerosis in coronary arteries
- Determining the role of low-dose aspirin in preventing the development of blood clots
- Studies to reduce the renarrowing of arteries after balloon angioplasty.
For information about applying for a project grant, view the Guidelines for Research Applicants. (PDF 343kb)
