Cardiovascular disease culprits: the search starts in childhood
HealtheX, the annual forum and celebration of medical and health science student research successfully adapted to restrictions. In an...
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AMRF
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Including asthmatic children in their own health decisions
New research will help better support kids to manage their own health decisions, like asthmatic kids who administer their own medicines.
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AMRF
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
Early-career award for emerging health sciences researcher
Dr James McKeage's apparatus for instant needle-free injections isn't science fiction and is being developed here in Auckland
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AMRF
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Improving equity of pharmacist services for older Maōri patients
The pharmacist has an important place in healthcare as medicines experts and by being easily accessible by patients. Jo Hikaka explores...
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AMRF
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
News about our 'joint' health, midwifery success and more
Read more now in the latest AMRF Newsletter. Read about the latest research and the researchers supported by donors like you including:...
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AMRF
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
Update! Whitu, well-being intervention: Participant feedback
"The best app after what was such a rollercoaster year!" Whitu: 7 ways in 7 days helps young people tackle anxiety and depression.
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AMRF
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
Predicting Cardiovascular Risks in Cancer Patients
With a deep-seated passion for improving quality of life and outcomes for cancer patients, Professor Mark Elwood and Dr Essa Tawfiq are...
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AMRF
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
VIDEO: Achieving independence after stroke: Rehabilitation, recovery and robots
Enjoy this video of Dr Marie-Claire Smith’s and A/Prof Andrew McDaid’s recent public lecture hosted by AMRF. At “Achieving independence...
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AMRF
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
'Why do I need reading glasses?'
Vision researcher returns to Auckland, bringing cutting-edge techniques to replicate lenses like we see in aged eyes, causing sight problems
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AMRF
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Researchers making strides in stroke, vaccine hesitancy
AMRF's newsletters are a great way to see the real life impact your donation has on the medical research topics that matters most to you.
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AMRF
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Scholarships and Fellowships help start researchers off strongly
AMRF made over 50 awards in 2020 for more than $4 million in charitable funding. Read more about scholarship and fellowship recipients.
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AMRF
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Awards for emerging health sciences researchers
AMRF is pleased to support postdoctoral research at the SUMMIT2020 symposium with a cash prize for Best Oral Presentation.
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AMRF
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Cardiac changes in diabetic heart disease
On World Diabetes Day, we showcase research that can help us understand and treat diabetic heart disease.
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AMRF
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Legacy is... medical research now
The legacy of medical research is better health for us and future generations.
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AMRF
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Genetic factor may reduce Type 2 Diabetes risk in some people of Māori and Pacific ancestry
One of New Zealand’s largest and fastest growing health problem is type 2 diabetes (T2D) and it's associated with increased risk of many...
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AMRF
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
Men's health month: Prostate cancer research
Dr Bashar Matti's prostate cancer research, funded by Auckland Medical Research Foundation, will provide important New Zealand-specific data
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AMRF
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
MASTERSTROKE: improving outcomes for stroke patients
This clinical trial will show if different blood pressure management during clot retrieval can improve outcomes from stroke.
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AMRF
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
Melanoma Awareness Week: Uniting biology and engineering for better treatment of melanoma patients
A new blood test and device could be used early in immunotherapy like keytruda to improve cancer treatment
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AMRF
- Oct 18, 2020
- 1 min
AMRF Newsletter - Spring 2020
Here's current health research highlights like antibiotic drugs, young researcher awards, Northland specialists & infertility solutions.
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AMRF
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Sounding Off On Future Tinnitus Research
Hearing evolved as an essential survival sense and is fundamental to modern day quality of life. Tinnitus is a disabling hearing disorder...
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