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A $50 million philanthropic contribution will position Australia as a global leader in women’s health. A world-first initiative funded by members of the philanthropic Ainsworth family and led by UNSW Sydney is set to revolutionise endometriosis research, diagnosis, and treatment for millions of people suffering around the world.
Like many Australian women, Lily Ainsworth has lived with endometriosis since she was 15, navigating a system with little understanding and limited treatment options. In May this year Lily and her mother Anna, with the support of the wider Ainsworth family, committed $50 million over 10 years to establish the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute (AERI) at UNSW. This unprecedented partnership will position Australia as a global leader in women’s health and change the lives of those living with endometriosis.
Philanthropists Lily and Anna Ainsworth join Ellie Angel-Mobbs to discuss their family’s landmark $50 million donation to contribute to finding a cure for endometriosis through the new Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute (AERI) at UNSW.
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Awareness about endometriosis has expanded in the last few years, but there’s still a long way to go. Yumi Stynes meets women who’ve spent a lot of time and money seeking a diagnosis and fighting to be heard. She also sits down with Professor Caroline Ford from the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute at UNSW who offers hope for a future with tailored treatments and less BS.
How Lily’s experience with endometriosis led to the $50 million donation to AERI through the Grevillea Foundation and the family’s aim to transform global research and treatment for the disease.
Like millions of women around the world, Lily Ainsworth and others in her family have been dealing with the distress of endometriosis for decades – and they don’t want the next generation to face the same problem. It’s this personal experience that’s behind their groundbreaking $50 million commitment to establish the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute (AERI) at the University of NSW in Sydney.
The institute will position Australia as a global leader in women’s health research, and aims to accelerate diagnosis, treatment and care of more than one million Australians living with endo.
The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has welcomed a ‘game-changing’ announcement for a landmark $50 million Endometriosis Research Institute in Sydney.
The Ainsworth family has donated $50 million towards research into the chronic disease endometriosis, driven by the personal experiences of two family members. The gift to the University of NSW is the single largest donation in the world to endometriosis research, which affects up to one in seven women.