Heart Foundation Grants Awarded November 2011

At the November meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group of the National Heart Foundation, a total of 19 grants were awarded. The awards included 9 Small Project Grants, 1 Grant-in-Aid and 9 Travel Grants.SMALL PROJECT GRANTS Dr Alexandra Chisholm Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin The Nuts2 Study $14,807 for 1 year Dr Scott Harding Department of Cardiology, Wellington Hospital High on treatment platelet reactivity in acute coronary syndromes. $14,000 for 30 months Dr Regis Lamberts Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin Effect of β2-adrenoceptor function in the human diabetic myocardium. $14,655 for 1 year Assoc Professor Welma Stonehouse Institute of Food, Nutrition & Human Health, Massey University (Auckland) Fruit and vegetables and cardiovascular disease risk. $14,886 for 1 year Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic, Mt Maunganui A Kaupapa Maori exercise and education based programme for cardiovascular risk education. $13,294 for 1 year Dr Jun Lu Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, AUT University SSAT in human heart. $15,000 for 1 year Ms Susan Waterworth School of Nursing, University of Auckland ‘It's just not about heart failure': optimising the primary health care (practice nurse) role as a navigator in supporting patients with multiple long term conditions, and their family/whanau. $14,975 for 9 months Assoc Professor Nick Wilson Department of Public Health, Te Tari Hauora Tumatanui, University of Otago, Wellington Studying cigarette butt littering to inform smokefree street policies: A new methodology and results. $3,619 for 4 months Dr Arlo Upton Microbiology Department, Labtests, Auckland Throat swabs for diagnosis of group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis: comparison of rapid antigen diagnostic test (RADT) using flocked swabs to conventional swabs in a high risk population of children. $8,786 for 18 months GRANT-IN-AID Mr Jesse Ashton Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland Research internship for study titled ‘Influence of autonomic stimulation on the genesis of atrial arrhythmias in heart failure'. $3,222 for 1 year TRAVEL GRANTS Mr Nathan Cowie Centre for Tobacco Control Research, Social & Community Health, University of Auckland 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore. Ms Christina Ergler School of Environment, University of Auckland 32nd International Geographical Congress - Down to Earth, Cologne, Germany. Mr Anjeela Kumar National Addiction Centre, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore. Ms Catherine Lizamore Department of Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism & Sport, Lincoln University American College of Sports Medicine: 59thAnnual Meeting and 3rd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, California, USA. Dr Jun Lu Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, AUT University 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Melbourne, Australia. Ms Suzanne Mavoa SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University Geographic Information Systems Research UK Conference, Lancaster, & SenseCam Symposium, Oxford, UK. Ms Karen Peebles Department of Surgery & Anaesthesia, University of Otago, Wellington 17th Meeting of the European Society for Neurosonography and Cerebral Haemodynamics, Venice, Italy. Dr Anna Pilbrow Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, USA. Dr John Thompson Department of Paediatrics: Child & Youth Health, University of Auckland 1st International Conference of Nutrition and Growth, Paris, France.