Can We Build A Kickstarter For Cancer? Patient Care. Priority-driven research | Cancer Australia. Cancer Australia has developed the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme to support research that reduces the impact of cancer on the community and improves outcomes for people affected by cancer. The Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme is an innovative annual national research project grants funding scheme which brings together government and other funders of cancer research to collaboratively fund cancer research in Australia. This funding scheme helps to: coordinate funding of priority-driven cancer research at the national level, foster collaboration between cancer researchers to build Australia’s cancer research capacity, and foster consumer participation in cancer research, from design to implementation.
Working with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) This research scheme is managed by Cancer Australia and the agency collaborates with the NHMRC in this grant scheme. Successful applicants for 2013 Round Further information.
Wiebe Bijker | Speaker | BioBricks Foundation SB6.0: The Sixth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology. Design and Synthetic Biology: Connecting People and Technologies | Session | BioBricks Foundation SB6.0: The Sixth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology. Simon McKeon. Simon Vincent McKeon AO (born 1955) is an Australian businessman, philanthropist and sportsman.
On 25 January 2011 he was named Australian of the Year for 2011 by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.[1][2] Business[edit] Philanthropy[edit] McKeon is Chairman of global Poverty Project Australia and is also a director of Red Dust Role Models, which works with remote indigenous communities. McKeon was a director of World Vision Australia from 1994 - 2005. McKeon was Founding Chair of MS Research Australia from 2004 - 2010 and has also previously served on the Boards of MS Australia and MS Victoria. He also volunteered as a counsellor for heroin addicts at the First Step Clinic in St Kilda.[7] He has been a part-time lecturer with Melbourne University's Masters of Applied Finance and Masters of Laws courses and has been a member of the Advisory Board of the University's Centre for Energy and Resources Law. Climate change[edit] Sport[edit] Honours[edit] Personal[edit] Notes[edit]
Partners. John M. Reher John M. Reher has been president and executive director of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, Inc(ABC2) from 2001-2006. ABC2 is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating therapies for treatment of brain cancer by employing venture principles to this philanthropic endeavor. Mr. Reher previously had over twelve years of venture capital experience, as a general partner and co-founder of Medicus Venture Partners, an early stage healthcare venture partnership, with investments including Biosite Diagnostics, Inhale Therapeutic Systems (now Nektar), Tularik, and other successful companies. Before entering the venture industry in 1989, Mr. Mr. lifesciencepartner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/190-ABC2-Press-Release.pdf.