Aiyim Kaiyrlykyzy, a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and a Research Fellow at Nazarbayev University’s National Laboratory Astana, has received an award from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the most highly cited young researcher in the field of medical sciences, based on data from the international Web of Science database.

Aiyim Kaiyrlykyzy is a researcher in epidemiology and public health. She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Her primary research focuses on the mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease and the risk factors associated with dementia. Together with her research team, she investigates the genetic, immunological, metabolic, and microbiological characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease among the population of Kazakhstan.

Her research findings have been published in internationally peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Scientific Reports, BMC Genomics, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, and Pathogens.

In addition, Aiyim Kaiyrlykyzy received the Conference Travel Fellowship grant from the international Alzheimer’s Association twice, in 2021 and 2025. The grant supports researchers in attending international scientific conferences and presenting their research findings to the global scientific community.

The award from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan highlights the international recognition of the researcher’s scientific contributions and the impact of her work on the global scientific community.