News from Sydney Cancer Partners
Welcome to our second Newsletter for 2023. As we head towards the middle of the year we are reflecting on our achievements over the past 6 months.
We have been working hard with our partners Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE) and NSW Regional Cancer Research Network on a number of initiatives to enhance collaboration and streamline processes. More about some of those activities are featured below.
The Sydney Cancer Partners team
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Announcing the successful applicants of the SPHERE/Sydney Cancer PartnersStrategic Enhancement Grants
Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE) Cancer CAG and Sydney Cancer Partners (SCP) have awarded two Strategic Enhancement Grants, a joint and co-funded initiative designed to build translational cancer research capacity in NSW. The scheme supports leaders of mature, translational cancer research programs which span both SCP and SPHERE member institutions, to facilitate successful applications for significant funding from national, international or commercial sources.
Professor Jeff Holst from UNSW Sydney and Associate Professor James Wilmott from The Melanoma Institute Australia & The University of Sydney will co-lead a project to validate a physiological ex vivo platform to rapidly test novel immunotherapy combinations in patient tumours.Professor Hilda Pickett from the Children’s Medical Research Institute & The University of Sydney and Associate Professor Liz Caldon from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research are coming together to lead a program investigating telomere remodelling in drug resistant breast cancer.
Each team has been awarded $280,000 over two years with funding from the Cancer Institute NSW’s Translational Cancer Research Capacity Building grants held by Sydney Health Partners and Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE).
To find out more visit our website.
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Congratulations to Round 5 recipients of SCP Conference and Travel Funding
Dr Caterina Brighi, Image X Institute, The University of Sydney. 18th Meeting of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO 2023). Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 21-24 September 2023.Dr Angela Ferguson, Centenary Institute. AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Cancer Conference: Innovating through Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research. Montreal, Canada, 7-8 July 2023.Dr Jolyn Hersch, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney. 24th International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) World Congress of Psycho-Oncology. Milan, Italy 31 August – 3 September 2023.Dr Emily Hewson, Image X Institute, The University of Sydney. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 65th Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas 23-27 July 2023.Dr Dannel Yeo, Centenary Institute. Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society Annual Scientific Meeting. Hunter Valley, 10-12 August 2023.
Applications for Rounds 6 now open. Find out more.To read conference reports from past recipients, visit our website.
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NSW Cancer Research Education (CREd) Portal Launched
The CREd Portal is a SharePoint site hosted by NSW Health that provides a space for coordination of education activities and resources.
It supports knowledge-sharing and collaboration between cancer researchers across the state. SCP members received an invitation last week to join the portal. If you did not receive an invitation please check your junk email. For more infomation visit our website.
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NSW Cancer Research Education Seminar Series
SCP in conjunction with NSW Regional Cancer Research Network and Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE), are pleased to host the NSW Cancer Research Education Seminar Series. Seminars are scheduled for the 3rd Tuesday of every month.
Next meeting 20 June, 12.30 - 1.30 pm
"The gut microbiome and neo-adjuvant immunotherapy:implications for efficacy and toxicity." Speakers
Dr Inês da Silva. Medical Oncologist and Research Scientist, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of SydneyDr Erin Shanahan. a' Beckett Research Fellow, Microbiome & Gut Health Group, The University of Sydney
Rebecca Simpson. PhD Candidate, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney
Please contact us if you would like to be involved in any way. This could include arranging or moderating a session, suggesting a topic you would like included in the series or a contribution to the Educational Molecular Tumour Board.
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Sydney Cancer Partners Funding Opportunities
Consumer Reimbursement and RemunerationWe have established a process to help researchers engage with consumers by facilitating payment (honorarium) or reimbursement of costs incurred by consumers while engaging in research.
Conference and Travel FundingApplications are now open for round 6 Conference & Travel funding. Funding is available to support members presenting at a national or international conference.
Key Dates
Round 6: 1 October - 31 December 2023. Applications close 11 August
More information and apply
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September 18-19International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
Early Bird registration close: 21 July
Please visit the conference website to keep up to date with key dates for registration and abstract submission, invited speakers and program highlights as they are released.
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Cancer Institute NSW Cancer Innovations Conference 2023
Tuesday 1 August 2023 | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
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Our primary goal is to support our members through career development, funding and education. We welcome feedback and suggestions on what members would like to see included in our program and communications. Please get in touch with us with comments, feedback or suggestions, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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