NZHR presentation to the Queenstown Research Week plenary session on “the future of the New Zealand research system”

September 8, 2022

NZHR’s Chief Executive Chris Higgins was the lead presenter at this event alongside HRC Chief Executive Sunny Collings, MBIE Chief Science Advisor Gary Evans, and the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard. Our presentation focussed on the role of health research in addressing New Zealand’s amenable and non-amenable premature mortality figures including inequitable outcomes…

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Future Pathways Green Paper media article

March 18, 2022

Research Professional is Research Professional is an online database of research funding opportunities and a source of international research policy and practice news. This media outlet has for some time been presenting NZHR views to their subscribers both in New Zealand and internationally, and their coverage of our engagement with health research stakeholders re the…

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NZHR’s submission on the health reforms legislation

December 8, 2021

NZHR has made a submission on the health reforms Bill. We set out our concerns about the New Zealand health system’s apparent historical indifference to the most fundamental of health outcomes – the country’s high and increasing levels of premature mortality – coupled with a longstanding systemic resistance to embracing health research and innovation as…

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Genetically modified organisms and health research

October 9, 2021

Despite references in the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act to “rapid assessment” the reality is that the process of gaining approval to develop and use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) typically takes months. Clinical research organisations which are developing new GMO based therapies for hitherto untreatable or hard to treat conditions, which have secured…

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