On 29th November 2022 at NZHR’s “health research at crossroads” workshop Dr Ian Town, Chief Science Advisor, Ministry of Health, presented on the place and role of health research and clinical trials in New Zealand’s reformed health sector. His presentation can be viewed here

On 29th November 2022 at NZHR’s “health research at crossroads” workshop Sarah Hogan, Principal Economist, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER), presented findings from and NZHR commissioned report into the economic value of investing in health research. Her presentation can be viewed here

NZHR’s 2022 annual report which outlines our advocacy and other activities for the year ending June 2022 can be read here

NZHR has over several years repeatedly called for investment in health research to be substantially increased. However, government investment in health research has historically stagnated somewhere between about 0.6% and 0.8% of government health care costs and in the absence of any indications to the contrary is forecast to fall to 0.51% after 2025/26 when…

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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