March 2009

At the March 2009 meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group of the National Heart Foundation, a total of 16 limited budget grants were awarded. The awards included 4 Small Project Grants, 1 Grant-in-Aid and 11 Travel Grants.

SMALL PROJECT GRANTS

Dr Kirsten Coppell
Department of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Otago
Reported barriers to adopting recommended dietary practices amongst type 2 diabetic patients in the Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes (LOADD) Study
$14,591 for 1 year.

Ms Louise Foley
Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of
Auckland
Physical activity measurement in New Zealand children
$15,000 for 13 months.

Dr Anthony Phillips
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
Mesenteric lymph and heart function
$14,247 for 2 years.

Ms Katrina Poppe
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland
Establishing echocardiographic reference ranges that include people over 40 years of age
$15,000 for 1 year.

GRANT-IN-AID

Professor Diana Lennon
Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland
Rheumatic fever/ Rheumatic heart disease workshop: Towards abolition of inequalities
$15,000

TRAVEL GRANTS

Dr Hannah Badland Centre for Physical Activity & Nutrition Research, AUT University Visit to the Centre for the Built Environment and Health, University of Western Australia, Perth.		Dr Richard Edwards Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 2009 Joint conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe. Dublin, Ireland.
Mr Michael Lever Canterbury Health Laboratories, CDHB 7 ^th International Conference of Homocysteine Metabolism, Prague, Czech Republic.		Dr Samuel Lucas Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin Human and Exercise Physiology Themed Meeting, London, UK.
Dr Melody Oliver Centre for Physical Activity & Nutrition Research, AUT University Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal.		Dr Brett Shand Lipid & Diabetes Research Group, CDHB 3 ^rd International Congress of Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Nice, France.
Dr Sandy Slow Canterbury Health Laboratories, CDHB 7 ^th International Conference of Homocysteine Metabolism, Prague, Czech Republic.		Ms Agnes Tey Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin 8 ^th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium, Florence, Italy.
Dr Nichola Thompson Department of Surgery, University of Auckland END009, the 91 ^st Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Washington DC, USA.		Dr Mark Trew Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland 30 ^th Heart Rhythm Society Meeting, Boston, USA.
Ms Joanna Young Lipid & Diabetes Research Group, CDHB XV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Boston, USA.