When: 2pm - 5pm Thursday 11th April 2019.
Where: Whenua Pupuke Auditorium, North Shore Hospital, Takapuna.
Submissions are now closed. Programme and poster gallery available on the Symposium page.
Waitematā DHB welcomes collaboration with external researchers. Direct all grant enquiries to research@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Lottery Health Research Equipment Fund (2019)
Dr Michal Kluger & Monica Skarin: Midodrine to prevent Orthostatic Intolerance after Hip and Knee Joint Replacements ($34,288)
Auckland Medical Research Foundation Project Grant (2019)
Dr Michal Kluger: Midodrine to prevent Orthostatic Intolerance after Hip and Knee Joint Replacements (24mths, $159,132)
Auckland Medical Research Foundation (2019)
Dr Elizabeth Berryman: Oral presentation of research and keynote on digital health at the International Conference of Digital Health, Houston, Texas ($2,855)
HRC Breast Cancer Register 2018 Partnership
Dr Karen Bartholomew: Gaps in the provision of radiotherapy for early breast cancer (12mths, $64,984)
HRC Feasibility Study (2018)
Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Koea: Bridging rongoā Māori healing & medical health treatment collaboration (24mths, $219,375)
HRC Feasibility Study (2018)
Dr Michal Kluger: STRIDE - Steroids To Reduce the Impact on DElirium (18mths, $249,840)
HRC Emerging Researcher First Grant (2018)
Dr David Rice (with AUT): Anti-depressants for osteoarthritis pain: Can we predict treatment efficacy? (24mths, $247,098)
HRC Māori Health Research Knowledge Translation Grant (2017)
Associate Professor Jonathan Koea, Developing a collaboration between rongoā Māori and western medicine ($5,000, 6 months)
HRC Pacific Health Research PhD Scholarship (2017)
Mrs Georgina McPherson, (through AUT), Pacific women navigating colposcopy services ($49,957, 24 months)
These awards showcase the outstanding work by health professionals in our district to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve. Improving patient outcomes is the single most important benefit to follow from evidence-based discussion and debate on health and healthcare. The Health Excellence Awards provide a forum in which improvements can be embedded and shared.