Aotearoa Clinical Trials is excited to bring Celebrating Research to Middlemore Hospital, Wednesday 8 October 2025.
This October, Aotearoa Clinical Trials is bringing our research community together for Celebrating Research 2025 - a refreshed, one-day event designed to recognise and showcase the incredible research taking place across Aotearoa Clinical Trials and Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau.
Middlemore Hospital has a strong research culture and a proud history of engagement and success in research across many therapeutic areas and research types. Celebrating Research will provide the opportunity to explore the rich research culture and for researchers, research managers, sponsors and hospital managers to discuss research and make connections. Through such connections we hope research will flourish that will enable more options for our community and provide answers to the health challenges that affect us all.
Get involved by attending or participating. See below.
Thank you to our sponsors for their ongoing support
Programme
2:00 – 3:30pm - Poster competition presentations
3:30 – 4:30pm - Research Booths
4:30 - 5:00pm - Welcome / Karakia
5:00 – 6:15pm - Research in 5 - Research highlights from mulitple departments in short fire sessions
6:15 – 6:45pm - Keynote - Professor David Murdoch - see bio below
6:45 - 7:15pm - Awards and speeches
7:00 - 7:30pm - Mingling to close
Please register your attendance here.
All registerations are eligible for CME (please check the box on the form!)
Enter the Poster Competition here
Get involved:
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Enter the Poster Competition
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Participate in the Research Booths - email here
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Participate in the Research in 5 / 5 minutes of showcasing your research - email here
Poster prizes:
Entrants could win a Research Grant prize of up to $1000.
- Gold $1000
- Silver $750
- Bronze $500
- Asian $500 - The Annamarie Lowndes Asian Health Award. This will be awarded to an Asian Health-focussed research presentation that can be selected from across all entered research. The funds are to be applied to publication costs and/or contribute to conference attendance fees.
Research Awards
This year, we’re excited to introduce three NEW research awards, each with a prize of $1,000 in research grant funding. The award categories are:
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Commercial Research, sponsored by Aotearoa Clinical Trials
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Non-Commercial Research, sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Foundation
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Emerging Researcher, sponsored by Auckland Medical Research Foundation
Keynote - Professor David Murdoch
We are thrilled to welcome Professor David Murdoch, Chief Scientist at the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) and Distinguished Professor at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - the University of Otago, as our VIP Keynote for Celebrating Research 2025.
Professor David Murdoch is an infectious disease physician and clinical microbiologist whose career has combined clinical practice, scientific research and senior leadership in both health and academia. He is currently Chief Scientist at the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) and Distinguished Professor at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - the University of Otago.
Internationally recognised for his contributions to pneumonia research and the development of diagnostic tools for infectious diseases, Professor Murdoch has also played leading roles in pandemic preparedness, diagnostic innovation and vaccine policy. A former Dean and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago, Professor Murdoch is known for his commitment to research-informed public policy, equitable health outcomes and fostering collaboration across disciplines and international borders.
