2023 Donor Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 9
Cancer Research
Improving treatments for
aggressive brain cancers
Significant grants from philanthropic foundations are
boosting research capacity in South Australia and helping
UniSA researchers to innovate and improve treatments for
aggressive brain cancers.
are urgently needed, as less than five per
cent of patients survive longer than five
years.
With this funding, Prof Pitson and
Dr Melinda Tea will be able to continue
their vital work to advance new therapies
for these lethal cancers, providing hope
to patients and their families.
Left: Dr Melinda
Tea, Research
Fellow, Centre for
Cancer Biology
Right: Professor
Stuart Pitson,
NRF Chair of
Brain Tumour
Research, Centre
for Cancer
Biology
The Fay Fuller Foundation has committed
$120,000 over three years to support
Dr Melinda Tea through the Fay Fuller
Foundation Research Fellowship. Dr Tea and
her colleagues at the Molecular Therapeutics
Laboratory (Centre for Cancer Biology), led
by Professor Stuart Pitson, NRF Chair of
Brain Tumour Research, are developing new
therapeutic approaches for glioblastoma –
usually a fatal brain tumour. New treatments
The NeuroSurgical Research Foundation
(NRF) also supported Dr Tea in 2022. Nearly
$200,000 was awarded across four grants
for researchers at the Centre for Cancer
Biology, including Dr Tea, Dr Briony Gliddon
and Dr Nirmal Robinson. Over the past eight
years NRF has awarded UniSA more than $2.2
million in funding for brain cancer research.
UniSA thanks the Fay Fuller Foundation and
NRF for their support for innovative work
and their deep commitment to advancing
research and improving outcomes for the
wider community. Together, we are
achieving more.
Supporting the health and mental wellbeing of formerly incarcerated women
We would also like to sincerely thank the
Fay Fuller Foundation for supporting a major
research collaboration at UniSA, together
with our partner organisation, Seeds of
Affinity, through a Discovery grant. Led by Dr
Michele Jarldorn, Lecturer UniSA Justice and
Society and Dr Susannah Emery, Lecturer
UniSA Creative, and the project aims to
support the health and mental wellbeing
of formerly incarcerated women through a
messenger chatbot which provides positive
and authentic advice and support.
Together, we can achieve something remarkable
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