eNewsletter - TCRN, CONCERT & Cancer CAG
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News, funding, event and opportunities from the combined networks of TCRN, CONCERT and the Cancer Clinical Academic Group.
Vision: Uniting cancer research into a globally-leading partnership to deliver continuing evidence-based practice in diagnosis, intervention, and support.
LATEST NEWS
Barriers and facilitators: digital health tools for adults living with cancer
UNSW researchers found in a systematic review, 3/4 of digital tools designed to help cancer survivors are not distributed to the user, undermining the goal of digital health interventions to increase the accessibility of psychological care for survivors.
World-first clinical trial targets immune molecule IL23 as potential treatment for sarcoma
Recruitment is now open for a national clinical trial that will test whether an existing therapy for psoriasis can help treat patients with sarcomas.
Moving Towards Sustainability: The Health Science Alliance Biobank
The HSA Biobank Team have published a commentary of their experiences in establishing the biobank, challenges and how they are adapting to a new research environment. Thanks to all TCRN members and collaborators who contributed to the article.
NSW Cancer Plan
Have your say – Cancer Institute NSW has released the draft NSW Cancer Plan for public consultation.
TCRN PhD Candidate Profile
TCRN Members recent articles
GRANTS
AHRA Women’s Health Research Translation Network grants
The AHRA WHRTN has announced its inaugural Early and Mid-Career Researcher Funded Awards grant round comprising of a one-off 12-month financial support to facilitate career advancement and development in women in E/MCR stages of their research careers.
Deadline: 26 April 2021
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Al and Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship
The fellowship is targeted at Early-Career Researchers, with a salary component of $120K p.a and an additional research support package of $50K p.a for a five-year term.
Deadline: 30 April 2021
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Allied health cross boundary grant programme
This program aims to provide financial support to groups of Allied Health Professionals and/or Allied Health Assistants seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills through group related work learning opportunities that occur during 2021/22. Funding of up to $4K available.
Deadline: 27 May 2021
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Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant
These grants of up to $150K are awarded to individuals in universities, public hospitals or institutes for a contribution towards the undertaking of health or medical research with the potential path to clinical application within five years. A Health Investment grant is intended to provide enabling research support for an autonomous early career investigator who is taking, or has recently taken, a substantive position.
Deadline: 28 May 2021
Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities
- MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health Grant Deadline: 12 April 2021
- 2021 Synergy Grants Deadline: 21 April 2021
- 2021 Ideas Grants Deadline: 5 May 2021
- Partnership Project 2021 PRC2 Deadline: 12 August 2021
- MRFF 2021 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Grant Opportunity Deadline: 8 September 2021
AWARDS, TRAINING AND RESOURCES
Health 10x
Health 10x is an accelerator program designed and delivered by UNSW in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health (TGI). Health 10x startups will receive entrepreneurship education and coaching tailored to their level of business development, along with dedicated health modules delivered by subject matter experts from TGI.
Deadline: 12 April 2021
NSW Health and Medical Research Sponsorship Program
The NSW Health and Medical Research Sponsorship Program offers sponsorship support for health and medical research conferences, forums, workshops, award dinners and funding for elite speakers from overseas, for events to be held in NSW. It supports MRIs, peak and professional bodies, not-for-profit and non-government organisations.
Deadline: 12 April 2021
2021 APEC ASPIRE Prize
The ASPIRE Prize is an annual award which recognises young scientists from APEC economies who have demonstrated a commitment to both excellence in scientific research, as evidenced by scholarly publication, and cooperation with scientists from other APEC member economies.
Deadline: 27 April 2021
SEMINARS AND EVENTS
Randwick Precinct Cancer Roundtable
The next Randwick Precinct Cancer Roundtable features Prof Patsie Polly and A/Prof Robert Smee presenting on the topic Cancer Cachexia.
When: 13 April 2021
Inaugural David Cooper Lecture with Dr Anthony S. Fauci
Dr Anthony S. Fauci joins Tegan Taylor, co-host of the ABC’s Coronacast, to discuss the past, the present and the future: from what we learned from the HIV/AIDS epidemic to what the ongoing impact of COVID-19 will be. This event is the inaugural David Cooper Lecture, which honours the legacy of the Kirby Institute’s Founding Director, Prof David Cooper AC. This event is co-presented by the Kirby Institute, UNSW Centre for Ideas and UNSW Medicine & Health.
When: 14 April 2021
Where: Online event
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TCRN PhD Career Pathway Workshop: Life after a PhD!
The TCRN is hosting this workshop open to PhD students, TCRN members, and those studying a career in cancer research or within a clinical setting. You'll have the opportunity to meet and talk to leaders from academia, industry, government and policy and clinical research. These mentors will share their personal stories and how they have navigated from being a PhD student to their current positions.
When: 3 May 2021
Where: Online
Cancer Immunology Forum
This meeting will bring together the NSW-based pre-clinical, translational and clinical research community for presentation of work, scientific discussion and research brainstorming. This will be a day of collegiality and collaboration for those working on this frontier of medicine. It is our vision that there will be annual Cancer Immunology Ideas Fora in the future that will provide a framework for network-building and for large competitive grant applications.
When: 21 May 2021
In-person registration
Online registration
Sydney Cancer Conference: abstracts and registrations
The University of Sydney will host the seventh Sydney Cancer Conference, a national forum showcasing existing and emerging strengths in cancer research across Australia in September 2021.Registrations are now open and abstract submissions close on 17 May.
When: 9 - 10 September 2021
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ABOUT US
TCRN
The Translational Cancer Research Network (TCRN) is a translational cancer research centre program funded by the Cancer Institute NSW and is a collaborative and interactive cancer research community based in the South East of Sydney, with links to cancer services and researchers in inner and southern Sydney, and Albury. It was formed to create an innovative and supportive environment for the translation of cancer research into improvements in patient care.
CONCERT
The Centre for Oncology Education, Research and Training (CONCERT) is a translational research centre program funded by the Cancer Insitute NSW. CONCERT exists to bring together the knowledge and expertise of cancer health professionals and researchers to facilitate translation of research generated evidence into practice to achieve better outcomes for those affected by cancer.
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.
Working with TCRC partners, our network extends to all of the organisations below.
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