Queensland takes the lead on cancer research Posted on April 9, 2009February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit At a recent board meeting of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) both Professor Jennifer L. Stow and Professor Georgia Chenevix-Trench were confirmed as new members of the organization’s Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC). Both said they were “honoured’’ by the announcement and agreed there was not a high proportion of women in the top echelons of the scientific medical community. “Professor Stow and I have both received great support over the years from the ACRF.” Professor Chenevix-Trench said. We know of each other from our work in Queensland but we will not have worked so closely together before. There are some very impressive scientists on the MRAC. It is great there are actually two of us involved on the committee and not just the regulation one woman’’ she added. Since being formed by the late Sir Peter Abeles in 1987 the ACRF has provided more than $55 million in grants to Australian cancer research institutes. Last year the Foundation received 15 applications for more than $50 million to fund outstanding projects. Both women said they had decided to join the team at the ACRF because they had “seen first hand the great work” of the organization. Continue reading “Queensland takes the lead on cancer research”
