Medical and health research proposals awarded $900k

Research into the stability of ‘as required’ syringes in palliative care, a possible new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s Disease and a study into pain relief for children are among research proposals successfully funded with a total of $.9m in the latest project round of the Auckland Medical Research Foundation.

• Claudia Paterson, South Auckland Clinical School, Lignocaine implant for pain relief in colon surgery\
• Eunica Tan, Surgery, The Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in Kids Intervention (PIKI) Study"
• Meghan Hill, Obstetrices and Gynaecology, Mifepristone versus placebo to increase the rate of spontaneous labour in people with a prior caesarean
• Moana Tercel, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, A suite of masked camptothecin analogues for application in anticancer antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)
• Justin Rustenhoven, Pharmacology, The role of alpha-synuclein in meningeal lymphatic dysfunction: a novel therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease
• Derryn Gargiulo, Pharmacy, The stability of ‘as required’ (PRN) syringes compounded in community pharmacies for clients under palliative care
• Simerdeep Dhillon, Physiology, Exenatide treatment for protection and repair of the preterm brain