Debate@Go8 Mini: Professor Raina MacIntyre on the Consequences of the MRFF Funding Cap
Renowned epidemiologist, Professor Raina MacIntyre from the Kirby Institute at UNSW, tells Go8 CE Vicki Thomson how the $650 million cap on funding from the Medical Research Future Fund is not only putting at risk her own project for an AI-enabled early-warning system for pandemics – one-of-a-kind innovation in Australia and globally-leading technology – but coupled with the recent US funding cuts to medical research, squandering the opportunity for Australia to strengthen our medical research sector. Recorded November 2025.
