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AMRF made over 50 awards in 2020 for more than $4 million in charitable funding. Read more about scholarship and fellowship recipients.

AMRF is pleased to support postdoctoral research at the SUMMIT2020 symposium with a cash prize for Best Oral Presentation.

On World Diabetes Day, we showcase research that can help us understand and treat diabetic heart disease.

The legacy of medical research is better health for us and future generations.

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...

Dr Bashar Matti's prostate cancer research, funded by Auckland Medical Research Foundation, will provide important New Zealand-specific data

This clinical trial will show if different blood pressure management during clot retrieval can improve outcomes from stroke.

A new blood test and device could be used early in immunotherapy like keytruda to improve cancer treatment

Here's current health research highlights like antibiotic drugs, young researcher awards, Northland specialists & infertility solutions.

Hearing evolved as an essential survival sense and is fundamental to modern day quality of life. Tinnitus is a disabling hearing disorder...

Whitu is a coping skills app for young people during pandemic. This update from the researchers leading the work shows how far they've come.

The 3 Minute Thesis competition is a global initiative to challenge student researchers to succinctly present their work in just 180...

Dr Dan Furkert on his research for antiviral drugs to reduce impact of Covid-19 pandemic.

Prenatal MRI research shows mum's sleeping position affects blood flow across placenta and oxygen differences in baby, links to stillbirth

Dr Matt Roskruge discusses his research into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown on nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand. He aims to

Research to predict premature birth via simple blood test could save thousands of babies' lives

Prof Merryn Gott researches impact of social isolation among older people during the Covid-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand.

AMRF Sr Fellow Dr David Musson works to find and understand fat tissue-related factors linked to tendinopathy, to help heal tendon injury

Update to Whitu app project, a new app to provide tools for young New Zealanders to help tackle anxiety, depression during Covid-10 pandemic