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Research Projects

Te Niwha has five Research Priority Areas, drawn from our Charter. These areas are part of ensuring our commitment to ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand's preparedness for ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.

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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and BCG vaccine uptake among Pasifika in Aotearoa New Zealand

Masters Scholarship
RHONITA SCHUTZ

 

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People Leadership

Which HPV vaccination model in Aotearoa New Zealand achieves the highest coverage amongst adolescents?

Masters Scholarship
SARAH COSGROVE

 

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People Leadership

Mā te kimi ka kite; Visualising native viruses of Aotearoa whānui

Māori Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR ALICE-ROZA ERUERA

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People Leadership

Mini-lungs to study viral-immune responses

Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR ANDREW HIGHTON

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People Leadership

Applying complexity science to improve outcomes for migrants and refugees during pandemics

Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR NADIA CHARANIA

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People Leadership

Broad-spectrum antiviral activities within indigenous Pacific traditional medicines

Pacific Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR NATALIE NETZLER

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People Leadership

Preclinical development of vaccines that rejuvenate the ageing immune system

Māori Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR THERESA PANKHURST

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Rose Collis v2
People Leadership

He puna mātauranga rānei te māwhaiwhai? The house of the spider, a spring of knowledge or not?

Kia Niwha Leader Fellow
DR ROSE COLLIS

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People Leadership

2022 Summer Studentships

Te Niwha offered its first Summer Studentships in late 2022 in a programme that enables the growth of the next generation of researchers and provides either stand-alone findings or those that add to the body of knowledge on larger projects aimed at best preparing Aotearoa New Zealand for current and emerging infectious disease threats. 

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2023 Summer Studentships

Te Niwha’s Summer Studentship programme Te Niwha enables the growth of the next generation of researchers and provides either stand-alone findings or those that add to the body of knowledge on larger projects aimed at best preparing Aotearoa New Zealand for current and emerging infectious disease threats.

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2024 Summer Studentships

Te Niwha’s Summer Studentship programme Te Niwha enables the growth of the next generation of researchers and provides either stand-alone findings or those that add to the body of knowledge on larger projects aimed at best preparing Aotearoa New Zealand for current and emerging infectious disease threats.

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People Leadership

Measuring and strengthening waning immunity to measles in fully immunised young adults

PhD Scholarship
SUMANTA SAHA

 

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Jack Blackwood v2
People Leadership

Investigating the antiviral range of Rongoa Māori and traditional Samoan medicines

Masters Scholarship
JACK BLACKWOOD

 

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People Leadership

A randomised controlled trial of the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of subcutaneous (SC) vs intramuscular (IM) administration of COVID-19 vaccination in community pharmacies in Aotearoa New Zealand

PhD Scholarship
MELEMAFI PORTER

 

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Katharina Wolf v3
People Leadership

A non-invasive "liquid-biopsy" for Kingella kingae infections in children using cell-free DNA

PhD Scholarship
KATHARINA WOLF

 

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Investigating the impact of drinking water outages on enteric disease in Aotearoa

Masters Scholarship
BRITTANY MEAFOU

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People Leadership

Identify new bacterial drug targets in skin pathogens in vitro and in vivo

Masters Scholarship
JANAYA STEVENSON

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People Leadership

Exploring the bioactivities of tūpākihi rongoā against viral infection and inflammation

Masters Scholarship
MATIJA-TAAITOA SUCICH

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Māori whānau experiences of critical illness in Wellington Intensive Care Unit

Masters Scholarship
JACKSON SMEED-TAUROA

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People Leadership

He whakapūaretanga ki te ao mātai rongoā

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT

This project will provide exposure to a career option in science, health, and pandemic responsiveness for rangatahi Māori who have strong capability in mātauranga and Māori engagement and networking.

This community development grant will focus on demonstrating career pathways in science to tauira Māori of Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae, a full immersion te reo Māori school. It has the potential to positively impact the future careers of these tauira as well as address the critical underrepresentation of Māori in health fields.

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Jacqueline Ormsby v2
People Leadership

Understanding the Ubiquitination and Characterisation of Atypical Kinase RIOK3

PhD Scholarship
JACQUELINE ORMSBY

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People Leadership

Examining the potential of PI3K inhibitors as flavivirus antivirals for diseases such as Zika and Dengue Fever

Masters Scholarship
MEGHNA PATEL

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People Leadership

Marae drinking water surveillance using metagenomics and qPCR in the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā

Masters Scholarship
GABE MULCARE

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