Research Developments
Congratulations to the staff who have been awarded grants:
Health Research Council/HRC Pacific Health Research Award – Masters Scholarship
Dr Ofanaite Dewes, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Hearing Health in Samoan and Tokelauan populations
$31,000
Lottery Health/Lottery Health PhD Scholarship
Dr Cherie Blenkiron, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Tumour heterogeneity: a patient-specific multilayered investigation
$112,795
The University of Auckland – FMHS/The University of Auckland – FMHS FRDF New Staff
Dr Christopher Hall, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Fishing for new insights into innate immune cell function
$30,000
School of Medicine Foundation/School of Medicine Foundation Project
Sir Richard Faull, Centre for Brain Research
Leo Nilon Huntington’s Disease Research Fellowship
$300,000
The University of Auckland – Science – MWC/The University of Auckland Science – MWC
Professor Bruce Baguley, ACSRC
Sequencing ACSRC panel of Glioblastoma cell lines
$25,000
Auckland Medical Research Foundation/AMRF Kelliher Charitable Trust
Dr Andrea Kwakowsky, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Understanding GABA Signalling in Human Pericytes in Healthy and Alzheimer’s Disease Brains
$30,000
Royal Society of New Zealand/RSNZ Marsden Standard
Dr Fiona McBryde, Physiology
Defending blood flow to the ‘selfish’ brain
$959,000
Dr Susan McGlashan, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Stiffness matters: Unravelling the reciprocal relationship between tissue mechanical stiffness and cellular mechanosensitivity
$920,000
Royal Society of New Zealand/RSNZ Marsden Fast Start
Dr Joanne Davidson, Physiology
Does ATP release contribute to perinatal brain injury after ischaemia?
$300,000
Auckland Medical Research Foundation/AMRF Doctoral Scholarship
Dr Cherie Blenkiron, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
Tumour heterogeneity: a patient-specific multilayered investigation
$128,000
Auckland Medical Research Foundation/AMRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Brigid Ryan, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
What are the first signs of dementia in humans?
$198,225
Dr Brie Sorrenson, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
Understanding genetic factors influencing beta-cell function
$218,656
School of Medicine Foundation/School of Medicine Foundation Project
Professor Cristin Print, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
NETWORK Phase IV
$3,000,000