$3 million cancer research boost
Cancer Council Victoria CEO Todd Harper has unveiled two new cancer research fellowships that promise to further improve our understanding of cancer.
"This significant investment promises to further improve our understanding of cancer and deliver improved cancer treatment and management programs," Mr Harper said.
The David Hill Fellowship - named in honour of former CEO Professor David Hill AO - will be awarded to a scientist advancing our epidemiological or behavioural understanding of cancer.
The Edward Dunlop Fellowship - named in memory of former Cancer Council Victoria board member, the late Sir Edward ‘Weary' Dunlop AC, CMG OBE - will be awarded to a scientist working at a Victorian hospital, university or research institute to advance our clinical understanding of cancer.
"Fellowships of this size are hugely competitive," Mr Harper said. "We have already received a number of worldclass applications."
"The $3 million funding has come exclusively from donations, so our donors and supporters deserve the credit. Our job is to make sure that their money is being spent where it will have the greatest impact."
Long-term research fellowships are highly prized in the scientific community, with Cancer Council Carden Fellow Professor Donald Metcalf commending Cancer Council for providing sustained financial and administrative support to researchers.
"The nightmare of research workers is the need, often on an annual basis, to prepare tedious grant applications for salary and support. This is not only mentally draining, but encourages short-term experiments that are often superficial," Professor Metcalf said. "Major discoveries require time."
Cancer Council Victoria has a proud history of awarding significant research fellowships. In the past few years Cancer Council fellowships have made great advances in areas such as genetic susceptibility to breast cancer, targeted tumour therapy and stem cell transplantation.
Dunlop Fellowship 1994-1995
Dr David L Vaux (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
Mechanisms of Cell Death
Dunlop Fellowship 2002-2005
Dr Andrew W Roberts (Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
Translational Research in Haematology & Oncology
Dunlop Fellowship 2006-2010
Prof Grant McArthur (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
Targeted Tumour Therapies
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