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Newsletter Issue 17 | December 2020
Editor | Tracy Hayward, NCARD Centre Manager
NCARD wins CRE funding again
We are thrilled to announce that NCARD has once again been successful in its application to the key Australian federal government funding body the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as a Centre of Research Excellence (CRE). The NCARD CRE is moving to a new era of expanded collaborations and an outwardly looking vision.
Asbestos Review Program marks 30th Anniversary
The Asbestos Review Program (ARP) came tantalisingly close to having 5000 participants to coincide with its milestone anniversary in 2020, a year in which it was not always certain that such a celebration would be able to go ahead. ARP Director Fraser Brims welcomed a crowd which included the loyal participants who have managed to come to an appointment every year for each of those 30 years, whether living within or outside the Perth metropolitan area.
Welcome Tanya Ward, Program Manager
Dr Tanya Ward joined NCARD at the end of October as a Program Manager, a change which, in 2020, also meant a 14 day quarantine. Here she gives us some background.
Relay for Life
Not content with sitting in the lab DOING cancer research, NCARD fielded a team of walkers (and runners!) for the Relay for Life
Research Awards
It is a matter of some pride that NCARD is regularly represented at the Cancer Council of Western Australia’s annual Research Awards Lunch
Vacation Scholar
We are very happy to welcome Pristina Goh to NCARD for a Cancer Council Scholarship. Pristina answered a few quick questions.
100 Portraits in 100 Days - art for mesothelioma research
Hayley Caddy is an Adelaide based artist who lost her father to mesothelioma almost ten years ago. She is using her considerable talents to hold an unusual fundraiser, painting 100 portraits in 100 days, throughout January - April 2021.
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