Dunedin School of Medicine researchers have gained over NZ$500,000 dollars in funding from the Lottery Grants Board to support studies aimed at improving the health status of New Zealanders.
Researchers from the Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Surgical Sciences have received eight grants. A full list appears below.
Nationally, around NZ$3.89 million comprising 64 grants was distributed in the Lottery Health Research 2013–2014 funding round.
Dunedin School of Medicine recipients of Lottery Health Research Grants
Gammacell 3000 Elan (Best Theratronics)
Dr Nick Fleming
Department of Pathology
NZ$100,000
The role of peri-operative gabapentin in the management of pain following tonsillectomy
Mr Patrick Dawes
Department of Surgical Sciences
NZ$50,000
Does melanoma in NZ require a more discriminatory diagnostic test?
Professor Mike Eccles
Department of Pathology
NZ$86,595
Determining clinical markers for pre-eclampsia that can be used to improve the pre and post-natal health of mothers and infants in New Zealand
Dr Erin Macaulay
Department of Pathology
NZ$53,000
Imaging the Obese Brain: The use of EEG imaging in obese and lean individuals
Associate Professor Patrick Manning
Department of Medicine
NZ$23,822
Investigation of efficacy of pharmacological anti-inflammatory regimes to improve long-term outcomes of glaucoma drainage operations
Professor Anthony Molteno
Department of Medicine
NZ$94,983
New approaches to cures for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
Professor Ian Morison
Department of Pathology
NZ$95,000
Thiamine to improve stem cell function in patients undergoing bypass surgery: A randomised control trial
Professor Michael Williams
Department of Medicine
NZ$37,000