April 2007

Dr Elizabeth Broadbent
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland
A randomised trial to improve patient understanding of cardiac risk
$14,183 for a period of 1 year.

Assoc Professor Ngaire Kerse
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland
Reaching advanced age:
older hearts and health
$14,929 for a period of 15 months.

Dr Nee Scze Khoo
Department of Paediatric & Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Hospital
Comparison of left and right ventricular volume measurements with real time 3D echo vs cardiac MRI in congenital heart disease
$14,187 for a period of 18 months.

Dr Gillian Whalley & Assoc Professor Rob Doughty
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
Individual patient meta-analysis of restrictive diastolic filling in patients with heart failure and post myocardial infarction sub-analyses
$15,000 for a period of 1 year.

Dr Jun Lu
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
In vitro triethylenetetramnie metabolism in cytosol of liver and heart of humans and rats
$14,672 for a period of 1 year.

Dr Nigel Wilson
Department of Paediatric & Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Hospital
Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in South Auckland children
$15,000 for a period of 18 months.

Dr Ralph Maddison
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
The Society of Behavioural Medicine Annual Conference, Science to Impact; the Breadth of Behavioural Medicine, Washington DC, USA

Dr Alexandra Chisholm
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago
25 ^th Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group Symposium, Kuopio, Finland, and the 10 ^th European Nutrition Conference, Paris, France

Ms Enid Dorey
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland
19 ^th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Vancouver, Canada

Ms Katrina Ellis
Christchurch Cardioendocrine Research Group, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago
European Society of Cardiology congress 2007, Vienna, Austria 

Dr Jane Elmslie
Canterbury Health Laboratories, Canterbury District Health Board
6 ^th Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Saarbruecken, Germany

Dr Sarah-Jane Guild
Department of Physiology, University of Auckland
Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA

Ms Delvina Gorton
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
The Agencies for Nutrition Action Nutrition and Physical Activity Public Health Conference (Ngahuru), Rotorua  

Ms Helen Eyles
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
The Agencies for Nutrition Action Nutrition and Physical Activity Public Health Conference (Ngahuru), Rotorua

Dr Joanne Harrison
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Otago
European Society of Cardiology,
Heart Failure Congress, Hamburg, Germany

Mr Mat Walton
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago
IUHPE Conference, Vancouver, Canada

Dr Mark Trew
Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
28th Heart Rhythm Society Meeting, Denver, USA

Dr Marie-Louse Ward
Department of Physiology, University of Auckland
Electric Feedback and Arrhythmias, Oxford University, UK

Kelly Whiteford
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago
10 ^th European Nutrition Conference: Determining Optimal Approaches for Successful Maintenance of Weight Loss, Paris, France

Dr Gillian Whalley
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
The American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, Seattle, USA

Dr Chris Charles
Christchurch Cardioendocrine Research Group, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago
Heart Failure 2007 Congress (European Society of Cardiology), Hamburg, Germany, and the XIXth World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Bologna, Italy