Transformation - from Clinical Trials Research Unit to the National Institute for Health Innovation.
After more than 20 years as a leading research centre with a national and international reputation for ground-breaking research, CTRU is joining with partner organisations to form a new University Research Institute - the National Institute for Health Innovation (‘NIHI’).
NIHI brings together more than 50 researchers and support staff into a single group resulting from a merger of CTRU with the existing NIHI-Informatics, in close association with several other groups at the School of Population Health (including Quality Improvement and Health Systems).
Our new institute is the largest research group in New Zealand with the vision of applying innovative approaches to new models of healthcare and to improving individual and population health.
NIHI’s researchers share a local and global perspective, informed by our location in New Zealand - the world’s innovation test lab - and through collaborations with colleagues in leading research groups around the world. NIHI’s unique mix of areas of expertise across many disciplines is well positioned to address the challenges of our fast changing and complex healthcare environment.
Our areas of research leadership include
NIHI also offers world-class commercial research-related services to support other groups: expert advice and support on study design, recruitment, randomisation, statistical analysis, data management, data analysis, data architecture, mHealth initiatives, application development and much more.
We look forward to continuing to build our association with you
Chris Bullen, Director
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The aim of the ASCEND study is to see whether using an electronic nicotine device (known commonly as an electronic cigarette”) is better at helping you quit smoking than nicotine patches. We already know that patches double your chances of staying quit.
Please phone 0508 ASCEND (0508 272 363) or download the ASCEND PDF for further information.
To assess whether a medication strategy using a fixed dose combination pill ('polypill') could improve prescribing and adherence to recommended medications, lower blood pressure and improve lipids compared with current care over 12months.
There is growing recognition that the urban built environment influences physical activity at the population level, although the effects on disadvantaged groups are less well understood. Using the examples of open / green space and street connectivity, this paper explores whether enhancements to the built environment have potential for addressing physical activity-related health inequalities among Maori, Pacific and low income communities in New Zealand.
Despite increasing interest, little is known about the beliefs and views of the public in relation to the use of economic incentives as a means to promote healthy eating. This study explores views of ethnically and socioeconomically diverse shoppers regarding acceptability of economic incentives to promote healthier food purchases, and factors likely to affect the success of such schemes.
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