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  • Covid-19 impact on nurse wellbeing: Identification, sustainability and mitigation

    Massey Business School VIDEO: Watch AMRF's free webinar with Dr Roskruge Dr Matthew Roskruge is a Kiwi health our health system,” he says. “Nurses comprise a large, diverse and essential population within the health workforce. While they are trained to deal with the many challenges working in health presents, this pandemic creates Dr Matthew Roskruge is an emerging health economist, with a strong background in applied quantitative

  • Whitu: 7 ways in 7 days

    Both mental health professionals, Dr Seralchius and Dr Thabrew believe that up to one million New Zealand “This project could improve the wellbeing, mental health and resilience of up to one million NZ young A well-designed and cross-culturally acceptable app like ours could also reduce health inequities and Collaboration by mental health, e-health, Maori and Pacific Island researchers will strengthen existing As mental health professionals, both doctors have a strong interest in improving the mental health and

  • Researching the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the elderly.

    There has been a call for urgent action to mitigate the physical and mental health consequences of COVID If COVID-19 indeed has had an impact on the health and psychosocial well-being of our older generation , the New Zealand public health and social services and non-government organizations can ramp up their These rapid responses could prevent further deterioration of the health of older New Zealanders, reduce their suffering and ease pressure on New Zealand health services.

  • Social connectedness among older people during Covid-19

    “This matters because loneliness has a similar impact upon health as smoking or obesity. comply with anticipated long-term restrictions will also be contingent on their response to public health to inform their work across the country, as will other key stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health AMRF have awarded Professor Gott and her research team $98,257 to research the mental health impact of The team is partnering with Age Concern and the Ministry of Health to immediately inform their work.

  • Genetic factor may reduce Type 2 Diabetes risk in some people of Māori and Pacific ancestry

    One of New Zealand’s largest and fastest growing health problem is type 2 diabetes (T2D) and it's associated Therefore, this disease has a major impact on the health and well-being of more than 250,000 New Zealanders research group centred around understanding metabolic disease, like T2D, which have a major impact on the health the treatment of T2D in New Zealand" Dr Merry's research shows potential to have a major impact on health Understanding how this genetic variant influences T2D risk may guide precision health approaches for

  • VIDEO: Social isolation's impact on older people

    Prof Gott says, "This matters because loneliness has a similar impact upon health as smoking or obesity comply with anticipated long-term restrictions will also be contingent on their response to public health

  • Could a simple supplement help delay osteoporosis?

    post-menopausal Auckland women to determine if an over-the-counter supplement can help improve bone health if an over-the-counter supplement, which increases urate levels, can have positive effects on bone health Then we monitor the women over six months to see if there are changes in their markers of bone health quite a lot of controversy in the past 5-10 years about which supplements might be useful for bone health “Many people take calcium or vitamin D to promote bone health, but studies from my colleagues in the

  • Video: At the Heart of Medical Research

    Heart health is important for all of us. donors to the Auckland Medical Research Foundation who talk about the latest advancements in heart health

  • Striving to Improve Cancer Treatment

    I remember it not being a long process, and her health deteriorated fast. However, we have been able to show that the normal population of immune cells in healthy brain tissue

  • How robots may help stroke patients walk without a limp

    Andrew collaborated with the University’s Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Completing that project successfully gave me the track record to get funding from the Health Research many forms, and it is important to support emerging researchers across the spectrum of medical and health

  • Stapled ACE2 alpha-helical peptides as SARS-CoV-2 spike protein blockers and virus entry inhibitors

    “The global Covid-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to New Zealand from both its impact on the health both Brimble and Cameron, they believe effective antiviral treatment options are essential for the health “We have initiated a plan to tackle this global health crisis using novel chemical manufacturing approaches

  • Video: Young researcher improving coronary artery disease treatment

    stenting is an AMRF Success Story, with life saving improvements to treatments for the world’s largest health

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