Queen’s Birthday Honours List acknowledges four incredible Australians for their services to cancer research Posted on June 12, 2012February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit Professor Ian Frazer. Source: The Australian The Australian Cancer Research Foundation would like to congratulate the following four Australians on their appointment to the Order of Australia yesterday via the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. We are so proud and humbled to have the support of these incredible Australians in various aspects of our work: Professor Ian Frazer, awarded Companion (AC) in the general division: Professor Frazer has been recognised for eminent service to medical research, particularly through leadership roles in the discovery of the human papilloma virus vaccine and its role in preventing cervical cancer. His services to higher education and charitable organisations (Professor Frazer is currently Chairman of the ACRF Medical Research Advisory Committee) have also been acknowledged with this award. Continue reading “Queen’s Birthday Honours List acknowledges four incredible Australians for their services to cancer research”
Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant Posted on October 14, 2005February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) is paving the way for the next wave of cancer research with the announcement today of the biggest private grant ever of $5 million to help make cancer history. The $5 million grant recipient will be decided by a panel of internationally recognised scientists, chaired by Professor Mathew Vadas and including Professor Sir David Lane. It will be awarded to an Australian researcher who provides the most compelling proposal for cancer research including potential cures for cancer, cancer prevention and the treatment of cancer patients. “This is an exciting announcement for not only the scientific community but everybody who has been touched by cancer. The $5 million grant will be awarded to help fund what we hope will be a quantum leap in the field of cancer research. The ACRF grant will not exclude big picture, far-reaching proposals for seed funding if that’s what it’s going to take to move into the next wave of cancer research and innovations that matter. Anything is possible,” ACRF Chairman Tom Dery said. Continue reading “Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant”
