Novo Nordisk awards
2010 Awards
In 2010, $45,000 was made available from the Novo Nordisk Diabetes Grant Scheme for diabetes care projects in New Zealand.
$10,000 Grant Dr Catherine McNamara - "Pattern Management for People with Type 2 Diabetes"
$10,000 Grant Dr Martin de Bok - "Can supplemental dietary fibre improve insulin sensitivity in obese adolescents?"
$25,000 Grant Dr Shelly Yip - "Proteomic Analysis in Type 2 Diabetes after Bariatric Surgery"
Applications for Grants-in-Aid to support diabetes care projects in New Zealand have closed.
Previous Novo Nordisk Awards
2009
Dr Jeremy Krebs, Amber Parry Strong, Linda Kent. "The Effects of Caffeine and Coffee on Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy and Diabetic Patients".
Dr Brett Shand. "Assessment of a new Non-Invasive Skin Test for Screening and Monitoring Diabetes".
Associate Professor Paul Hofman. "Getting to the heart of the problem - Central and Peripheral Cardiovascular Function in Adolescents with Diabetes and/or Obesity".
2008
Associate Professor Patrick Manning, Dr Wayne Sutherland, Michelle McGrath. "The Effect of Protein Intake on Postprandial Adipokine Concentrations in Obese women".
Linda Kent. "The use of Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes, are we doing our patients any favours? A Study looking at Long Term Outcomes of Insulin Therapy in the Wellington Region".
Liz Allen, Dr Nicole McGrath. "Whanau Oranga Mate Huka / Healthy Families with Diabetes".
Craig Jefferies, Jean-Ann Holt, Natasha Heather, A/Prof Paul Hofman, Prof W. Cutfield. "The evaluation of Real Time Glucose Sensing at Insulin Pump Initiation in Children with Type 1 Diabetes".
2007
Dr Rinki Murphy. Project title: "IGF2 Gene Regulation in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes in Turner's Syndrome". $20,000 awarded.
Dr Kavita Kumareswaran & Dr Jeremy Krebs. Project Title: "The use of metformin in patients commencing atypical antipsychotic therapy". $10,000 awarded
Dr Jill Calveley. Project title: "Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes Self Management Programe Outcomes". $10,000 awarded.