Funded Research Projects - 2007

Funded Summer Studentships 2007/2008

These Studentships provide $4,000 to individual students to train during the summer break
with a research team relevant to the CMRF objectives. Studentships are available to
students from host universities carried out under the University of Otago, Christchurch and
University of Canterbury Summer Studentship programme. Duration is usually 10 weeks.
CMRF also provide a prize of $250 for the best Scientific Summer Studentship Presentation.
The cheque and certificate are presented each year at the CMRF Annual General Meeting


Photo shows Professor Robin Fraser with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation Sponsored Students at the Studentship Presentations held at the Rolleston Lecture Theatre 14th December 2007
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A pilot of HbA1c at booking to detect undiagnosed diabetes

Start Date: 14 January 2008

2007

Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding by CMRF
Researcher 1 - Ruth Hughes
Canterbury District Health Board
Amount funded: $74,123.00 over a three year period


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Effect of chronic Urocortin 2 treatment following experimental myocardial infarction

Start Date: 1 October, 2007

2007 Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding by CMRF
Researcher 1 - Dr Leigh Ellmers
University of Otago, Christchurch
Amount funded: $74,478.00 over a 12 month period


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Function of soluble CD83 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

Start Date: 1st October, 2007

2007

Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding
This Project has been funded by the Bone Marrow Cancer Research Trust
Amount funded $14,378.00 over a 12 month period
Photo shows Judy McKenzie in the laboratory


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Polymorphic variants of X-linked genes in heart disease

Start Date: 1 November 2007

2007 Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding by CMRF
AMOUNT FUNDED: $66,983.00
for a 12 month period
Researcher 1: Dr Barry Palmer
University of Otago, Christchurch
Photo shows Barry Palmer in the laboratory

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Do H pylori outer membrane vesicles disrupt epithelial integrity?

Start Date: 1 November 2007

2007 Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding by CMRF
CMRF contribution: 10,000.00
for a 12 month period
Researcher 1: Dr Kenny Chitcholtan
University of Otago, Christchurch
Photo shows Kenny Chitcholtan in the laboratory


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A new role for Vitamin C:control of the hypoxic response in cancer cells

Start Date: 1 October, 2007

2007 Research Project Grant Round

Researcher 1 - Margreet Vissers
Free Radical Research Group
University of Otago, Christchurch
Amount funded: $69,851.00 over a 12 month period
$15,000 has been kindly donated by the WH Travis Trust
and $10,000 donation from the Bone Marrow Cancer Research Trust
towards funding  this project.
Photo shows Margreet Vissers in the laboratory.
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Saccadic biomarkers in Parkinson's disease

Start Date: 14 October, 2007

2007 Research Project Grant Round
Approved for funding by CMRF
Researcher 1 - Professor Tim Anderson
University of Otago, Christchurch
Amount funded: $74,394.00 over a 12 month period


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