Empowering Researchers, Transforming Lives: AMRF’s Impact in 2025
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As 2025 draws to a close, the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) celebrates a year of groundbreaking discoveries, global collaborations, and unwavering support for New Zealand’s brightest scientific minds. From asthma prediction tools to neurodegenerative disease research, AMRF-funded projects are shaping the future of health and medical research.
This newsletter highlights the global impact and connection created from AMRF funding, celebrates our 70 years of success, and shows the impact our donors have when they support tomorrow's leaders.
Highlights include:
Global Impact: Associate Professor Amy Chan developed an AI-powered asthma risk tool and is now collaborating with Oxford to advance digital therapeutics.
70 Years Strong: AMRF celebrated seven decades of impact and $100M in research funding, partnering with AUT and the University of Auckland to push boundaries in medical research.
Future Leaders: New fellowship tiers doubled applications, supporting researchers like Dr Alice McDouall (perinatal brain injury), Dr Priyanka Agarwal (lung injury prevention), and Dr Molly Swanson (motor neuron disease).
Doctoral Excellence: Scholarships fuel research into personalised breast cancer therapies and improving outcomes for neurodivergent youth.
Global Connections: AMRF’s network and travel scholarships empower early-career researchers to share discoveries worldwide.
The stories in this issue pay tribute to past and current leaders of health and medical research through the decades, and made possible the work of present and future of medical researchers. From organ transplants, to blood services and babies' health, this work was only made possible by the invaluable generous support of donors.
Have your explored our web page to find out more about how you can contribute to medical research, like neuroscience, heart health, cancer, prenatal development and more?
And don't forget, donations, large or small, are always welcome.
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