October 2008

Ms Carey-Anne Eddy
Department of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, University of Auckland
Do large deletions and/or duplications in LQTS genes cause sudden death in young New Zealanders?
$15,000 for 4 months.

Dr Andrew Kerr
Department of Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital
Pre-hospital delay in acute myocardial infarction
$8,670 for 18 months.

Dr Jun Lu
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
Development of MRI 'DENSE' protocol and corresponding analysis software to detect heart failure in rats
$15,000 for 12 months.

Dr Judith McCool
Dept of Social & Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Young people's response to graphic warning labels and plain packaging as a potential smoking prevention tool
$15,000 for 12 months.

Dr Christopher Pemberton
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
A novel marker of acute coronary syndromes
$14,760 for 18 months.

Dr Gerard Devlin
Department of Cardiology, Waikato Clinical School
Partial funding for the purchase of an ultrasound machine equipped with cardiac calculation package suitable for use on rodents
$15,000

Ms Ivone Leong
School of Biological Sciences, Molecular Genetics & Development, University of Auckland
Visit to the Cardiovascular Center and Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
$6,000                                            

Dr Steven Gieseg
School of Biological Sciences,  University of Canterbury
28 ^th International Winter Workshop:  Clinical, Chemical & Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines. St Christoph/Arlberg, Austria.

Dr Marewa Glover
Department of Social & Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
2009 Joint conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe. Dublin, Ireland.

Dr Jun Lu
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17 ^th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, USA.