The Kaiya Foundation to fund leukaemia research at University of Oxford

Published on September 1, 2025

The Kaiya Foundation has awarded of its first major research grants, which will fund pioneering research into the fundamental cause of a high-risk leukaemia. The grant is being made to Dr Emily Neil and Professor Anindita Roy from the Childhood Leukaemia Research Group, based at the University of Oxford, in the hope that their discoveries will transform treatment approaches for sufferers through personalised medicine.
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