Congratulations to the staff who received grants. Below is the list of the 2022 HRC Programme Grants, and Project Grants awarded to the School of Medical Sciences staff.
2022 Programme Grants
Professor Alistair Gunn and Professor Laura Bennet, Department of Physiology
Pathogenesis, detection and treatment of perinatal brain injury
60 months, $4,999,982
2022 General Project Grants
Professor Alan Davidson, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology
The CALCRL receptor: A new genetic determinant of diabetic kidney disease in NZ
36 months, $1,199,906
Associate Professor Joanne Davidson, Department of Physiology
Is Exendin-4 neuroprotective after perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia?
36 months, $1,199,443
Professor John Fraser, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology
A vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus
36 months, $1,199,789
Associate Professor Michael Hay, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Hypoxia-selective delivery of DNA-PK inhibitors to tumours
36 months, $1,199,999
Associate Professor Stephen Jamieson, Department of Pharmacology
Overcoming antibody-drug conjugate resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer
36 months, $1,199,994
Associate Professor Adam Patterson, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Targeted immune stimulants to hypersensitize lung cancer to checkpoint blockade
36 months, $1,199,922
Associate Professor Jeffrey Smaill, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Critical evaluation of a tumour-targeted cancer therapy for clinical development
36 months, $1,199,489