Breadcrumbs List.
Research studies: (E-H)
The list below contains studies alphabetically arranged from 'E' to 'H.'
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Easy-Allo study
The University of Auckland is currently conducting a study for people with gout. The study is looking at the best way to prescribe allopurinol.
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Eating Well for Likes: A study on social influence in healthy eating
In this study, we aim to examine 'social influence' and investigate whether social factors increase willingness to use social media and eat healthily.
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Emotions in human-robot interaction
We want to understand how to convey emotion from prosody in language, and how good our social robot is at detecting sentiment from language.
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Evaluation of the Power Up Programme: novel interventions to encourage children’s active travel to school
Have your say on the proposed Power Up programme, an innovative combination of activities aimed at increasing children’s active school travel.
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Experiences of living with inflammatory arthritis in New Zealand
This study aims to investigate the similarities and differences between living with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis.
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Exploration of inherited propensity for codeine misuse and dependence
We are looking for participants in our research on codeine misuse and dependence.
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Exploring inflammation in dry eye disease
We are seeking volunteer research participants to help us explore diagnostic tests of ocular surface health and inflammation in all types of dry eye disease.
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Exploring perceptions of a health information video
We are recruiting individuals for a study exploring the perceptions of a health information video. We want to understand if a video is a good way to give patients' health and medical information.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in New Zealand: knowledge, attitudes and practices
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in New Zealand: knowledge, attitudes and practices We are conducting research to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among New Zealand judges and lawyers.
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Gaming Habit Hacker
Are you curious about your gaming habits and how they relate to different parts of your life? Join our study to get a free and instant personal report. If you also want to cut down on your gaming, our study also offers free help.
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Hearing loss and cognitive function
Are you at least 40 years old, and have normal hearing? This study is looking into the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive function in adults.
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Healthy messages for healthy kids
We aim to understand how parents/caregivers, whānau and kids want to have health messages communicated to them so we can develop an educational resource for health professionals working in the community.
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Help us improve Tongan health in primary health care
We want to hear the experiences of primary health care providers with Tongan patients to identify ways to improve their access to care.
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How does choice influence drug response?
This study seeks to investigate the effectivity of two different formulations of fast-acting beta blockers in reducing pre-examination anxiety.
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How does the brain influence vision?
We are seeking volunteers to participate in our research study on how the brain influences vision.
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How does the menstrual cycle affect epilepsy?
We are looking for females with epilepsy to be part of our study on how the menstrual cycle affects seizures in some women. We are recruiting two groups who DO and DO NOT experience an increase in seizures in the days surrounding when their period starts
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How do they eat? An ethnographic study of student eating behaviour studying in a New Zealand university
We are looking for participants who can help us gain an understanding of how the university environment, culture and other factors influences the eating behaviour of university students.
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How do your genes affect how you use glucose?
We are looking for prediabetic men and women to take part in a study looking at how genes unique to Māori and Pacific people affect the way we use and store energy and how this might link to type-2 diabetes.
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How do your genes affect your muscle mass and strength?
We are investigating how genes unique to Māori and Pacific people affect lean muscle mass and muscle strength.
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How women in Aotearoa, New Zealand, use social media for sexual/reproductive health information and support.
We aim to explore the role social media plays when it comes to the often taboo topic that is sexual and reproductive health. This anonymous survey will allow those assigned females at birth or who have ever/currently identified as a woman to reflect on and acknowledge their experiences with accessing social media for sexual/reproductive health information and support.
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the ‘Daily Health Coach’ health promotion program for young women: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
The Daily Health Coach is a health promotion program for young women delivered via Instagram. The program has been co-designed with nutrition and marketing experts as well as nineteen young women.
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Effect of refractive blur on a novel retinal birefringence scanning device
This study tests how refractive errors impact the accuracy of a new device called the Blinq (Rebion Inc), which is designed to detect "lazy eye" (amblyopia or strabismus) in children.
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How much can castor oil improve dry eye and eyelash crusting?
We are looking for research participants to help us find out if a castor oil preparation applied around the eyelids can improve symptoms of dry eye by improving tear film and ocular surface quality.
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The FLASH study
Our study will investigate whether taking a probiotic capsule every day for 8 weeks can improve immunity.