The Palmerston North Medical Research Foundation is a local community charity which funds up to $100,000 worth of research annually in the form of project grants and student summer research scholarships in Manawatū. The foundation is a charitable organisation that manages a capital fund which generates earnings to distribute to researchers for medical research. The foundation fund is formed from donations gifted by our local community and is administered by the board of trustees.
Presentations 6:30 - 8pm (followed by light refreshments)
- Claire Hardie, Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral: ‘Engagement With Māori Whānau to Obtain Their Views on How a Low Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Programme for Māori Could Be Introduced in the MidCentral District’
- Lynette Hodges, School of Sport, Exercise & Nutrition, Massey University: ‘Transforming Lives, One Step at a Time’
- Audrey Milburn, School of Food Technology & Natural Sciences, Massey University: ‘Using Fruit Flies to Investigate How HDAC4 Is Regulated in the Brain’
- Noha Nasef, Riddet Institute & Massey University: ‘Effect of Consuming a Heritage Apple in Disease Active Ulcerative Colitis’
- Evelyn Sattlegger, School of Food Technology & Natural Sciences, Massey University: 'Towards the Characterisation of IMPACT, a Protein implicated in Human Health and Disease’
- Chrissy Severinsen, Mary Breheny & Angelique Reweti, School of Health Sciences, Massey University: ‘Wāhi Kōrero: Challenging Unmet Need’
Contact: pnmrf.colloquium@gmail.com
