July 2008
At the July meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group of the National Heart Foundation, a total of 26 grants were awarded. The awards included 7 Project Grants, 7 Fellowships/Scholarships, 2 Small Project Grants, 2 Grants-in-Aid and 8 Travel Grants. A total of 7 Summer Studentships were also awarded to the Medical Schools at the University of Otago and the University of Auckland.
PROJECT GRANTS
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Dr Wing Cheuk Chan
School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Linking multiple national datasets to describe the prevalence and management of coronary heart disease in New Zealand.
$84,250 for 1 year. |
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Dr Steven Gieseg
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Oxidised cholesterol and antioxidants as determinants of macrophage activity during atherosclerotic plaque development.
$85,500 for 3 years.
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Associate Professor Sally McCormick
Biochemistry Department, University of Otago
Using an old antibiotic to lower lipoprotein(a).
$130,000 for 3 years.
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Dr Ralph Stewart
Department of Cardiology, Auckland City Hospital
Vasodilators for aortic regurgitation.
$120,000 for 3 years.
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Dr Gillian Whalley & Associate Professor Rob Doughty
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
Individual patient meta-analysis of the mortality associated with heart failure with preserved versus impaired systolic function.
$86,563 for 1 year. |
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Associate Professor Miriam Rademaker &
Dr Leigh Ellmers
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
The role of prorenin and its receptor in cardiovascular disease.
$155,000 for 3 years.
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Dr Sarah Molyneux
Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories
Coenzyme Q
10 adjunctive therapy in high-risk hypertensive patients.
$179,580 for 2 years. |
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Dr Robert Park
An
Overseas Training & Research Fellowship (for 1 year) was awarded to Dr Robert Park, Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, who will work as a Cardiac Electrophysiology and Research Fellow at the University of Pennslyvania Hospital, USA.
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Dr Anil Ranchord
An
Overseas Training & Research Fellowship (for 1 year) was awarded to
Dr Anil Ranchord, Cardiology Department, Wellington Hospital, who will work as an Interventional Fellow at the Mid-America Heart Institute, St Luke's Hospital, USA
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Dr Andrew To
An
Overseas Training & Research Fellowship (for 1 year) was awarded to Dr Andrew To, Department of Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital, who will work as a Cardiac Imaging & Research Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA. |
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Dr Namal Wijesinghe
An
Overseas Training & Research Fellowship (for 1 year) was awarded to Dr Namal Wijesinghe, Cardiology Department, Waikato Hospital, who will work as a Clinical & Research Fellow at St Paul's Hospital, Canada.
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Dr Tania Riddell
A
Research Fellowship (for 3 years) was awarded to Dr Tania Riddell, Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland.
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Dr Samuel Lucas
A
Research Fellowship (for 3 years) was awarded to Dr Samuel Lucas, Department of Physiology, University of Otago.
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Ms Louise Foley
A
Postgraduate Scholarship (for 3 years) was awarded to Ms Louise Foley, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland.
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SMALL PROJECT GRANTS
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Professor Tim David
Centre for Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury
Computer models of cell coupling in vascular geometrics.
$12,500 for 18 months.
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Dr Jinny Willis
Lipid and Diabetes Research Group, Christchurch Hospital
Cardiovascular disease and HDL-cholesterol function.
$14,737 for 2 years. |
GRANTS-IN-AID
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Associate Professor Vicky Cameron
Christchurch Cardioendocrine Research Group
, Department of Medicine,
University of Otago, Christchurch
For the purchase of a Revco -80C freezer for archiving clinical study samples.
$15,000.
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Dr Andrew Jull
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
To support research in the area of prevention and management of overweight and obesity.
$25,000 for 1 year. |
TRAVEL GRANTS
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Dr Andrew To
Department of Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2008, Adelaide, Australia. |
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Dr Judith McCool
Department of Social and Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Dr Shieak Tzeng
Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Otago, Dunedin
2008 Nonlinear Physiology - Brain, Respiratory and Cardiac Causalities in Anaesthesia Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Dr Elizabeth Broadbent
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland
European Health Psychology Society Conference, Bath, UK |
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Ms Katrina Poppe
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, Munich, Germany. |
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Ms Adele Pope
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2008, Adelaide, Australia.
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Dr Christopher Pemberton
Endolab, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, Munich, Germany.
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Dr Gillian Whalley
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, Munich, Germany.
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