FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT: We are thrilled to announce our inaugural Mid-Career Fellowship recipient is Dr Hsiao Voon from Monash University!
This Mid-Career Fellowship, worth $420,000 over three years, will provide stability and support for Dr Voon to continue her pioneering work in brain cancer to change outcomes for children diagnosed with brain cancer in the future.
Watch the video to hear Dr Voon explain her research which is focused on adapting a successful leukaemia treatment for use in paediatric brain cancers, and the impact this Fellowship will have on her career and research.
Foundation CEO Lance T. Kawaguchi shared, “We are delighted to award our first Mid-Career Fellowship to Dr Hsiao Voon and her incredible project focusing on adapting therapies to treat paediatric brain tumours. This Fellowship program is designed to progress innovative research, and urgently needed brain cancer treatments. Supporting promising research by providing stability for mid-career researchers like Dr Voon is the key to improving health outcomes for people impacted by brain cancer and tackling the global challenges of finding a cure.”
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