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Cancer treatments didn’t falter Australia during 2020 Covid19 lockdowns 

Australian cancer patients kept up their pharmaceutical treatments during last year’s COVID-19 lockdowns, a big data study from UNSW Sydney shows. The findings, published in Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, come as a relief following early concerns that cancer patients would decrease, or even stop, potentially life-saving treatments during the pandemic. 

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Funding supports Australians living with a rare disease

UNSW Sydney researchers have been awarded $1.9 million for a project that will develop and deliver rare disease resources, education and training.

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Survey: National COVID-19 Bereavement Project

Researchers at UTS are seeking participants in a study that explores the experiences and support needs of people bereaved from any cause during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from this research will inform a National Bereavement Action Plan that will go to the Government, making recommendations to improve access to bereavement support during this and future pandemics. It will also guide the education and training of mental health staff and other clinicians.

Find out more and access the survey

GRANTS

AeRO Google Cloud Grants (PhDs and ECRs)

This program provides PhD students and ECRs the opportunity for access to cloud computing resources (up to US $5K) from Google and training skills support from QCIF. The program will support projects that can benefit from access to scalable computing, storage and/or machine learning technologies. 

Deadline: 19 August 2021

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Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities

• Partnership Project 2021 PRC2 Deadline:12 August 2021 
• MRFF 2021 COVID 19 Health Impacts and Vaccination Schedules Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021 
• MRFF 2021 Rare Cancers Rare Diseases Unmet Need General - Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021 
• Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Participation in Cancer Screening Programs 2021 Deadline: 18 August 2021
• 2021 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants Deadline: 25 August 2021
• MRFF 2021 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Grant Opportunity Deadline: 8 September 2021

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AWARDS, TRAINING AND RESOURCES

Health Economics Workshop

An overview of how to perform economic analysis into your research, with speaker Adjunct A/Prof Kenny Lawson, Principal Health Economist, Western Sydney University. For further information contact: eldoh@thesphere.com.au

When: 20 August 2021

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Rebecca Cooper Fellowship

This Fellowship for mid-career researchers will provide future leaders of Australian Medical Research with a salary of $220K p.a and a research support package of $50K p.a for a five-year term.

Deadline: 31 August 2021

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SEMINARS AND EVENTS

Randwick Precinct Cancer Roundtable

Dr Orazio Vittorio will present on Targeting copper in cancer: Past, Present and Future in a session facilitated by Dr Toby Trahair.

Join via: zoom link
Or Phone: +61 2 8015 6011 Webinar ID: 860 2973 9901

When: 10 August 2021 (12.30 - 1.30 PM)
 

Scaling Up Research Commercialisation Symposium

This virtual one-day symposium, hosted by ATSE & Engineers Australia aims to increase mutual understanding between business, government and science and engineering researchers and strengthen networks to enable success in commercialisation.

When: 10 August 2021

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Roundtable

Amy Walker and Phillip Chlap present “How integration of computer scientists has helped address clinical/research questions in Radiation Oncology”. They will be joined by colleagues Daniel Moretti, Anthony Espinoza, Gary Goozee and Daniel Al Mouiee. 

Join via zoom link 

When: 11 August 2021 (8.00 - 9.00 AM)
 

NICM HRI Seminar 2021: The quest for novel therapeutic agents for pancreatic cancer

Join guest seminar speaker, Prof Christopher Scarlett (University of Newcastle) as he discusses novel therapeutic approaches in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

When: 19 August 2021

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Sydney Health Partners Implementation Science Health Conference Australia 2021

The inaugural ISHCA 2021: Ensuring Equity Through Engagement and Research will bring together leaders in implementation science – including Sydney Health Partners, Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE and the National Centre of Implementation Science – to explore contemporary themes in health equity and how implementation science can be harnessed to increase the benefits of health and medical research to all.

When: 29 - 29 October 2021

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About Us

Cancer CAG
The Cancer Clinical Academic Group (Cancer CAG) brings together clinicians and researchers from three universities, four cancer services (with six major treatment facilities) and three Medical Research Institutes. Our combined research strength spans the translational medicine spectrum of bench to bedside and health service delivery. Our network extends to all of the organisations below.

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Vision: Uniting cancer research into a globally-leading partnership to deliver continuing evidence-based practice in diagnosis, intervention, and support.