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 GRANTS AWARDED JULY 2004At the July meeting of the
Scientific Committee of the National Heart Foundation, a total of 27 grants were
awarded. The awards included 10 Project Grants, 11 Fellowships, 2 Small Project
Grants, 1 Grant-in-Aid and 3 Travel Grants.
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Paediatric Intensive Care
Unit, Starship Hospital
Early prediction of brain damage after heart surgery in
infants
$120,000 for 15
months.
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Professor
Peter George
Canterbury Health
Laboratories, Christchurch
Betaine, diet and homocysteine
$200,000 for two
years.
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Drs
Christopher Charles & David Jardine
Christchurch Cardioendocrine
Research Group, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University
of Otago
Cardiac sympathetic nerve activity: effects of myocardial
infarction: sympatholysis and novel hormones
$190,000 for three
years.
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Dr
Beverley Lawton
Department of General
Practice, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of
Otago
New Zealand Women’s Lifestyle Study
$318,073 for three
years.
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Dr Paget
Milsom
Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit,
Auckland City Hospital
Dual vent cardiopulmonary bypass to reduce ischemic brain
injury in cardiac surgery
$136,424 for two
years.
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Dr Cliona
Ni Mhurchu
Clinical Trials Research
Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of
Auckland
Development of culturally appropriate nutrition education
materials for use in a large trial
$97,811for one
year.
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Professor
Russell Scott
Lipid and Diabetes Research
Group, Christchurch Hospital
Coenzyme Q10: Potential for improving cardiovascular
risk
$107,564 for one
year.
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Dr Ralph
Stewart
Cardiology Department,
Auckland City Hospital
Natriuretic peptides for assessment of severe aortic
regurgitation
$40,827 for three
years.
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Dr Rachael
Taylor
Department of Human
Nutrition, University of Otago
The APPLE project: preventing obesity in children via
environmental intervention
$78,242 for three
years.
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Dr John
Lainchbury
Christchurch School of
Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago
Clinical and neurohormonal predictors of outcome post-DC
cardioversion for atrial fibrillation
$111,787 for three
years.
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FELLOWSHIPS
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A National Heart
Foundation Senior Fellowship (for three years)
was awarded to Ms Gillian Whalley. Dr Whalley will undertake clinical research
on 3 projects at the Department of Medicine, University of
Auckland.
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Dr
Nicholas Kang
A
National Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship
(for two years) was awarded to Dr Nicholas
Kang. Dr Kang is a Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon who will undertake his Fellowship
at the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland.
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Dr James
Blake
An Overseas
Training Fellowship (for one year) was awarded
to Dr James Blake. Dr Blake will work as an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at
the William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, USA.
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Dr Seif
El-Jack
An Overseas
Training Fellowship (for one year) was awarded
to Dr Seif El-Jack. Dr El-Jack will work as an Interventional Cardiology Fellow
at the William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, USA.
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Dr
Sanjeevan Pasupati
An Overseas
Training Fellowship (for one year) was awarded
to Dr Sanjeevan Pasupati who will work as an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at
St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
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Dr Chris
Raffel
An Overseas
Training Fellowship (E & W White-Parsons
Fellowship), for one year, was awarded to Dr
Chris Raffel. Dr Raffel will work as an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at the
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School,
USA.
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Dr Cara
Wasywich
An Overseas
Training Fellowship (for one year) was awarded
to Dr Cara Wasywich.
Dr Wasywich will work as a Clinical and Research Fellow in the Cardiology Department at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. |
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Dr Judith
McCool
A Research
Fellowship (for three years) was awarded to Dr
Judith McCool who is currently employed in the Department of Psychology, Faculty
of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
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Miss
Hannah Badland
The Maori
Cardiovascular Research Fellowship (for three
years) was awarded to Ms Hannah Badland, a PhD student in the Division of Sport
and Recreation, Faculty of Health, Auckland University of
Technology.
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Mr Euan
Rodger
A Postgraduate
Scholarship (for three years) was awarded to
Mr Euan Rodger who is currently a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry,
University of Otago.
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Dr Hamish
Jamieson
A Postgraduate
Scholarship (for two and a half years) was
awarded to Dr Hamish Jamieson who will work as a PhD student at the Centre for
Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Hospital, Sydney
University.
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SMALL PROJECT GRANTS
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Department of Medicine,
Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of
Otago
Effect of CYP2D6 genotype on final tolerated dose, plasma
concentrations and outcomes with carvedilol in patients with systolic heart
failure
$14,403 for 18
months.
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Ms Kathryn
Bethune
School of Pharmacy,
University of Otago
Assessment of the impact of a pharmacist managed
intervention for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease - pilot study to
test methodology
$14,783 for one
year.
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GRANT-IN-AID
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Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
To purchase refrigerated centrifuge for neurohormone
studies
$6,573
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TRAVEL GRANTS
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Department of Medicine,
University of Auckland
Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Brisbane,
Australia
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Professor
Gregory Kolt
Faculty of Health, Auckland
University of Technology
8th International
Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Mainz, Germany
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Dr Cara
Wasywich
Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New
Orleans, USA
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