We are very pleased to announce that we have recently awarded a total of six Masters/B(Hons) scholarships and five doctoral scholarships. 

Two Māori B(Hons) scholarships, two Pacific B(Hons) scholarships and one Pacific Masters scholarship have been awarded to students at University of Otago, University of Auckland and AUT.

Five doctoral scholarships have been awarded, one Pacific scholarship, three open scholarships and one scholarship for a Māori student on one of our Integrated Research Modules to students at University of Otago and University of Auckland.

Congratulations to all our awardees, we wish you all the best in your studies and your research careers.

Masters / B(Hons) Scholarships

Māori Scholarship Awards

Noah Appleby, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, B(Hons) Scholarship.

Project Title: Haumanu Hauora – a population-based cohort study of the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular disease risk among all New Zealanders. 

Studying at University of Auckland, supervised by Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri. 

Noah participated in our Kura Raumati Summer Research Programme last summer.

Elaijah Tuivaiti, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Taranaki, Samoa, Upolu: Savaia - Lefaga, Levi – Falelātai; B(Hons) Scholarship.

Project Title: Haumanu Hauora: A population-based cohort study of all patients who have had bariatric surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand compared by ethnicity assessing cardiovascular disease risk burden and remission of CVD disease among all New Zealanders. 

Studying at University of Auckland, supervised by Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri.

Pacific Scholarship Awards

Kalani Partridge-Fruean, Ngā Puhi, Samoa, Cook Islands (Atiu, Rarotonga), Masters Scholarship.

Project Title: Measuring Pulse Wave Velocity Using a New Approach of Bioimpedance Analysis. 

Studying at AUT, supervised by Prof. Andrew Lowe.

Serah ‘Otukolo, Tongatapu & Ha’apai, Tonga, B(Hons) Scholarship

Project Title: Super-resolution microscopy (STED) to analyse how the novel respiratory sinusarrythmia (RSA) pacemaker improves mitochondrial and cytoskeletal proteins in heart failure. 

Studying at University of Auckland, supervised by Dr David Crossman.

Sereh completed a Manaaki Manawa Summer research project last summer.

Tausi Tausi, Tuvalu, Kiribati, B(Hons) Scholarship.

Project Title: A Closer Look at Heart Failure: CK2 Phosphorylation and RyR2 Clusters.

Studying at University of Otago, supervised by Prof. Pete Jones. 

Tausi completed a Pūtahi Manawa funded summer research project at Heart Otago last summer.

Open Scholarship Award

Ella Keaney, B(Hons) Scholarship.

Project Title: Sex Differences in Myocardial Function.

Studying at University of Otago, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Regis Lamberts

Doctoral Scholarships

Pacific Doctoral Scholarships

Taliah Su’a, Samoan. 

Project Title: Group A streptococcal disease: acute rheumatic fever in Canterbury and invasive group A streptococcal infections in children living in Aotearoa. 

Studying at University of Otago, supervised by Prof. Tony Walls.

Open Doctoral Scholarships

Tasha Burton. 

Project Title: Intersecting Wisdom: Investigating the Cardiovascular Impact of Finnish Sauna Bathing through Māori, Finnish, and Western science perspectives. 

Studying at University of Otago, supervised by Prof. Jim Cotter and Dr Anna Rolleston.

Hannah Lowe. 

Project Title: Psychosocial stress, vascular dysfunction, and blood pressure reactivity to exercise testing. 

Studying at University of Auckland, supervised by Assoc. Prof. James Fisher.

Courtney Brighouse.

Project Title: Unblocking the brain drain in hypertension and diabetes. 

Studying at University of Auckland, supervised by Dr. Fiona McBryde

Integrated Research Module Scholarships

Te Whetu Aarahi Kerekere, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Te Whānau a Kai, Ngāti Oneone. 

Project: Working with the Our Hearts, Our Genes, Our Story Integrated Research Module which is investigating inherited cardiovascular diseases.

Studying at University of Otago, supervised by Dr. Martin Kennedy.