‘Tricky ethical space’: endometriosis centre funded by family with links to poker machine giant divides experts

A $50m pledge to revolutionise research into the disease has divided academics and public health experts

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A $50m pledge to “revolutionise endometriosis research” by a family with links to a poker machine giant has divided academics and public health experts, who believe universities should distance themselves from the gambling industry.

But other university staff cite a “moral obligation” to immediately use the money to ease the suffering of roughly 1 million Australian women living with endometriosis, rather than wait for “perfect funding sources”.

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