by ksch009 | 9 Dec, 2020 | Events, Infant Health, News
On Wednesday 2 December HVN Science Leadership Team member Professor Clare Wall gave her inaugural lecture at the University of Auckland titled ‘The accidental academic’. Clare shared with the audience her career journey, where she started as a clinical dietician in...
by ksch009 | 30 Nov, 2020 | Immune Health, Metabolic Health, News
Pamela von Hurst from the School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition at Massey University has been promoted to Professor. Pamela is Co-Director of the Massey Vitamin D Research Centre, which she helped establish in 2010. Her research interests include vitamin D in health...
by ksch009 | 24 Nov, 2020 | Contestable Fund, Immune Health, News
Plant & Food Research have received $651,553 over 2.5 years for new research investigating whether BerriQi® – a Boysenberry and apple product from Anagenix Ltd – can repair damage to lungs caused by air pollution, a significant threat to human lung...
by ksch009 | 19 Nov, 2020 | Digestive Health, News
New Zealanders will be invited to take part in a major research programme to assess the health and well-being benefits of eating pasture-raised beef and lamb, compared to grain-finished meat and plant-based alternatives. Approximately 100 people will be monitored in...
by ksch009 | 18 Nov, 2020 | Digestive Health, News, Priority research theme
Dr Simone Bayer was recently awarded the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Inc’s Young Investigator award at the Gastro2020 Conference awards dinner for her paper COMFORT-PSYKI: Psyllium and SunGold® kiwifruit are equally effective treatments of...
by ksch009 | 12 Nov, 2020 | Metabolic Health, News
The latest HVN Science of Food’s Patent Insights Report into Metabolic Health shows that there is very strong continued growth in metabolic-related patents, and that the demand in HVN’s key export markets is strong. Below is a summary of the Metabolic...