News
AGM
The Foundation welcomed 60 Members and friends to their Annual General Meeting held in the Govan Seminar Room at the new Neurological Clinics at Level 1 ,40 Stewart Street.
Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee spoke about her swallowing research being carried out a the Van der veer Institute for Parkinson's and Brain Research. The Swallowing Research Team headed by Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee investigate swallowing disorders bought about by neurological disorders, stroke, cancer and injury.
The Rotary Club of Avonhead has helped raise the $100,000 needed to purchase an ultra sound scanner by donating $40,000 which was raised during the club's annual charity golf match in October last year. The balance of the funds required was made up from the University of Canterbury and foundation grants.
This machine was demonstrated at the AGM by PhD Student, Phoebe Macrae from the Van der Veer Institute and told the audience how the operating costs of the ultra sound machine were alot less than x-rays and did not expose the patient to radiation.
A portrait of the late Sir Lawrence Govan (past President and Patron of the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation) was unveiled by members of his family in a tribute to the outstanding contribution Lawrie has made to the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation over many years. The Seminar room is named in his honour.
SUMMER STUDENTS 2009/2010
The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation once again funded
6 Summer Students from University of Otago, Christchurch and
3 from University of Canterbury. We have been fortunate in receiving
donations specifically to be used for some of these scholarships which enable students who are interested in research to be given the opportunity to participate in a research project, supervised by experienced researchers at the unviersities.
Photo is of 5 of the Summer Students from University of Otago, Christchurch. Taken at the final presentations held in the Rolleston Lecture Theatre, Christchurch Hospital on Friday 29th January, 2010 Left to right
William Ha, Mariam Parwaiz, Leesa Pfeifer, Dyland Gifford and
John Liu.
CMRF 2009 Funded Project Grant Round
The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation is pleased
to announce the funding of over $400,000 for the
2009 Project Grant Round
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Funded projects
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SUMMER STUDENTSHIP
Scholarship gives student fascinating view into
neuroscience research
While other students were mowing lawns during their summer holidays, Nick Mann was
working on "the most interesting summer job I could have 
thought of" thanks to a
University of Canterbury run Summer Student Programme.
Nick was funded by a Canterbury Medical Research Foundation summer scholarship.
"It was incomparably more enjoyable than a usual summer job and I felt good about
keeping my mind sharp," said Nick.
He said he was very happy to be awarded a summer scholarship, worth $4000 over
10 weeks, as it gave him the opportunity to be involved with brain research that he may
never have had the chance to engage in otherwise.
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Research News
CMRF Funded Project Wins Prizes
Abstracts submitted by Dr Lisa Stamp for the Combined New Zealand
and Australian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting
held in May 2009 has been awarded Best Clinical Free Paper and
Best Overall Oral Presentation.
Lisa's project "A Pilot Study of high dose allopurinol in the
management of Gout" was funded by CMRF in the
2005 Project Grant Round.
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CDHB Research Committee
Launch of Research Policy and Opening of Research Office
8 April 2009
Address by Professor Kelvin Lynn - Chair of CDHB Research Committee
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Address by Professor Kelvin Lynn
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CMRF 2008 Fellow Awarded
The CMRF Fellow for 2008 is Kasia Mackenzie
The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation is please to announce the appointment of
Kasia Mackenzie as the CMRF 2008 Fellow.
CMRF is funding Kasia for the next 2 years at $60,000 per year with working expenses of $3,500 per year.
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Premature babies perform lower than average at school
Premature babies and their development as they transition to school has been studied over the past 10 years with the assistance of the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF).
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Microsleep Research
April 2, 2008
NEWS RELEASE
A microsleep is more likely to happen when people are sleep-deprived due to having missed out on a good night’s sleep, according to neuro-engineer/scientist Associate Professor Richard Jones, from Christchurch Hospital, the Christchurch School of Medicine, and the University of Canterbury.
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Asthma & allergies - are sun and food important?
Vitamin D deficiency and a possible relationship to asthma and allergies came “out of left field” during a research project looking at the links between early childhood nutrition and asthma, says Michael Epton, a Senior Lecturer at Otago University’s Christchurch School of Medicine.
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Sprint Technology
CMRF: January 2008
Engineering and medicine breakthrough reduces mortality
The combination of engineering knowledge and intensive care expertise has led to the development of a new SPRINT technology that reduces the death rate of intensive care patients by 25-40 per cent.
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Funded Research for 2008/09
News Release
Canterbury Medical Research Foundation has committed $1 million funding for medical research next year.
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