This year marks the 20th Year of MS Australia’s national research program. Over the past 20 years we have invested over $54m in MS research, supercharging Australian MS research and encouraging and supporting collaboration across the sector.
Explore 20 years of excellence in MS research and revisit some of the key milestones across those two decades.
2004
Research arm of MSA established, with Simon McKeon as inaugural Chairman.
2004
2007
2007
First Progress in MS Research Conference held.
2008
Launch of the Australian and New Zealand MS Genetics Consortium to understand how genes contribute to MS risk and progression.
MS Australia becomes a founding member of the International Progressive MS Alliance, a global collaboration between MS researchers and organisations committed to tackling progressive MS.
Work starts on InforMS, an online MS Patient-Centred Portal that will facilitate self-management of healthcare by people with MS and shared decision making with their care team.
PLATYPUS, the first adaptive clinical trial for Australians with MS announced to fast-track repurposed treatments for nerve protection and myelin repair in people with progressive MS.
Launch of a new report reveals lengthy time to MS diagnosis and underscores the urgent need for greater investment in research and increased awareness of the disease.
