Currently funded projects

The Kids' Cancer Project has committed over $75 million to research projects across Australia.
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  • Various cancer types

Development of CAR T cell immunotherapies for paediatric patients

Recipient: Dr Belinda Kramer and Dr Geoff McCowage Institute: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Funding: $4,309,610 July 2010 to June 2020
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  • Medulloblastoma

Development of personalised medicine approaches to treat medulloblastoma

Recipient: Professor Bryan Day Institute: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Funding: $263,960 July 2016 to June 2019
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  • DIPG

Novel therapies for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)

Recipient: Associate Professor David Ziegler Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute Funding: $583,142 July 2016 to June 2019
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  • Medulloblastoma

Improving chemotherapy regimens for medulloblastoma

Recipient: Dr Nick Gottardo Institute: Telethon Kids Institute Funding: $252,987 July 2016 to June 2018
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  • Various cancer types

Next gen sequencing to identify gene mutations in childhood cancer patients

Recipient: Professor Jennifer Byrne and Dr Luciano Dalla-Pozza Institute: The Children's Hospital at Westmead Funding: $75,000 July 2017 to June 2018
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  • Medulloblastoma

New therapeutic targets for paediatric medulloblastoma

Recipient: Dr Bryan Day Institute: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Funding: $208,549 July 2014 to June 2015 and July 2017 to June 2018
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  • Medulloblastoma

Novel targets to treat medulloblastoma

Recipient: Professor Brandon Wainwright Institute: Institute for Molecular Bioscience Funding: $260,420 July 2016 to June 2018
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  • Leukaemia

Personalised disease monitoring in childhood AML

Recipient: Dr Andrew Moore Institute: University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Funding: $474,591 July 2014 to June 2019
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  • Various cancer types

Re-engage

Recipient: Professor Claire Wakefield Institute: UNSW Australia Funding: $300,381 July 2015 to June 2018
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  • Leukaemia

Improving treatments for infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (iALL)

Recipient: Professor Ursula Kees and Dr Rishi Kotecha Institute: Telethon Kids Institute Funding: $475,217 July 2014 to June 2018
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  • Neuroblastoma

International DFMO clinical trial

Recipient: Associate Professor David Ziegler Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute Funding: $448,142 June 2014 to July 2018
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  • Various cancer types

Drug discovery project

Recipient: Professor Peter Gunning Institute: UNSW Australia Funding: $5,884,000 July 2010 to June 2018
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  • Various cancer types

Treatment of solid paediatric cancers with tropomyosin targeted therapy

Recipient: Professor Timothy Cripe Institute: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio Funding: $600,000 July 2011 to June 2018
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  • Various cancer types

Tumour Bank at CHW

Recipient: Associate Professor Daniel Catchpoole Institute: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Funding: $2,425,000 July 2010 to June 2018
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  • Various cancer types

Developing novel immunotherapies for childhood blood cancers

Recipient: Dr Andrew Moore Institute: University of Queensland, Diamantina Institute Funding: $ 87,000 from July 2016 to June 2017
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  • Neuroblastoma

Stathmin regulation of microRNA expression in neuroblastoma cells

Recipient: Professor Maria Kavallaris Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute Funding: $820,173 July 2009 to June 2017
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  • Various cancer types

Bio-banking and personalised medicine software platform

Recipient: Professor Glenn Marshall Institute: Kids Cancer Alliance Funding: $240,000 July 2015 to June 2016
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  • Medulloblastoma

Improving the cure rates of childhood brain cancer

Recipient: Dr Nick Gottardo Institute: Telethon Kids Institute Funding: $64,562 July 2015 to June 2016
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  • Neuroblastoma

Switching off genes

Recipient: Dr Alex Swarbrick Institute: Garvan Institute of Medical Research Funding: $385,000 July 2012 to June 2016
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  • Neuroblastoma

Clinical trial of new treatment for relapsed neuroblastoma

Recipient: Professor Michelle Haber Institute: Children's Cancer Institute Funding: $300,000 July 2013 to June 2016
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  • Various cancer types

Evaluating potential side effects of anti-tropomyosins

Recipient: Professor Edna Hardeman Institute: University of NSW Funding: $550,000 July 2011 to June 2016
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  • Neuroblastoma

Cytoskeletal regulation of adhesion dynamics in neuroblastoma metastases

Recipient: Associate Professor Geraldine O'Neill Institute: The Children's Hospital at Westmead Funding: $500,000 July 2010 to June 2016
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