Funding Research Breakthroughs
We have contributed funding to our research partners across Australia that has resulted in the delivery of 150 breakthroughs in cancer research. We would like to thank every single person in our Tour de Cure family as it is only together we can cure cancer and change lives. Enjoy reflecting on these incredible Australian Cancer Breakthroughs.
1
Pancreatic
Professor Paul Timpson
Garvan Institutes of Medical Research
2
Childhood ALL
Professor Michelle Haber AM and Professor Glenn Marshall AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
3
Gene Therapy
Dr Chuck (Charles) Bailey
Centenary Institute
4
Brain cancer
Dr Bryan Day
Cure Cancer Australia Foundation
5
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
6
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
7
Lymphoma
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
8
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
9
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
10
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
11
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
12
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
13
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
14
Leukaemia
Christopher J Chan
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia
15
Ovarian Cancer
Professor David Thomas' Team
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
16
Gastrointestinal Cancers
Dr Tracy Putoczki and Dr Chen Chen Jiang
Cure Cancer Australia Foundation
17
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Daniel Speidel
Children’s Medical Research Institute
18
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Daniel Speidel
Children’s Medical Research Institute
19
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Daniel Speidel
Children’s Medical Research Institute
20
Eye Cancer
Daniel Speidel
Children’s Medical Research Institute
21
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terry Dwyer and Dr Gabriella Tikellis
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
22
Leukaemia
Daniel Speidel
Children’s Medical Research Institute
23
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Associate Professor Rosmary Sutton and Dr Toby Trahir
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
24
Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Dr Glenn Guerra
Foundation for Surgeons
25
Endometrial Cancer
Professor John Rasko, Dr Amy Marshall and Dr Chuck (Charles) Bailey
Centenary Institute
26
Glioma
Professor David Ziegler
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
27
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Dr Maria Tsoli, Professor David Ziegler
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
28
Glioma in Children
Dr Maria Tsoli, Professor David Ziegler
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
29
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Professor Michelle Haber AM and Professor Glenn Marshall AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
30
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Associate Professor Rosmary Sutton and Dr Toby Trahir
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
31
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Associate Professor Rosemary Sutton, Professor Murray Norris AM, Professor Michelle Haber AM and Professor Glenn Marshall AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
32
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Associate Professor Rosmary Sutton
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
33
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Dr. Jenny Wang
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
34
Glioma
Professor David Ziegler, Associate Professor Paul Ekert, Dr Maria Tsoli, Professor Michelle Haber AM and Professor Glenn Marshall AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
35
All tumour cells
Dr Orazio Vittorio, Professor Maria Kavallaris, Associate Proffessor Paul Beavis
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
36
Surgery
Dr Toan Pham
Foundation for Surgery
37
Surgery
Dr Toan Pham
Foundation for Surgery
38
Pancreatic
Professor Paul Timpson, Professor Phoebe Philips
Garvan Institutes of Medical Research
39
Neuroblastoma
Dr Daniel Carter, Professor David Ziegler, Professor Michelle Haber AM and Professor Glenn Marshall AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
40
Lung cancer
Professor Neil Watkins
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
41
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
Associate Professor Paul Eker, Associate Professor Mark Cowley, and Professor David Ziegler,
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
42
Breast
Professor Gilles Guillemin
Macquarie University
43
Oesophageal Cancer
Dr Damian Hussy
Flinders Medical Centre Foundation
44
Pancreatic
Associate Professor Mehrdad Nikfarjam and Dr Hong He
Pancare Foundation
45
Pancreatic
John Kokkinos
University of New South Wales
46
DIPG - Brain Cancer
Dr Maria Tsoli
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
47
DIPG - Brain Cancer
Associate Professor David Ziegler
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
48
Neuroblastoma
Dr Lin Xiao, Professor Murray Norris AM and Professor Michelle Haber AM
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
49
Breast
Ms Julie Callaghan
Breast Cancer Trials Group - ANZ
50
Bone
Associate Professor Christine Hawkins and Dr Mark Miles
La Trobe University
51
Virtual Reality Cancer Research
Professor Sean O’Donghue’s
Garvan Institutes of Medical Research
52
Pancreatic
Professor Paul Timson
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
53
All Cancers
Dr Charles (Chuck) Bailey & Professor John Rasko
Centenary Institute
54
Melanoma
Professor Ruth Ganss
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
55
Prostate
Associate Professor Jeff Holst
University of New South Wales
56
Colorectal, Pancreatic and Ovarian cancers
Professor John Hooper
University of Queensland - Mater Research Institute
57
Colorectal cancer
Dr Vignesh Narasimhan
Foundation for Surgery
58
Colorectal cancer
Dr Vignesh Narasimhan
Foundation for Surgery
59
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terence (Terry) Dwyer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
60
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Zero Childhood Cancer Reserach Consortium
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
61
Neuroblastoma
Dr Lin Xiao
Children's Cancer Institute Australia & Lowy Cancer Research Centre
62
Neuroblastoma
Associate Professor Tao Liu
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
63
All Cancers
Dr Stephen Blake
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Flinders University
64
Prostate
Associate Professor Jeff Holst
University of New South Wales
65
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terry Dwyer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
66
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terry Dwyer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
67
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terry Dwyer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
68
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Professor Terry Dwyer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute - International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium
69
All Cancers
Dr Stephen Blake
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Flinders University
70
Acute Myeloid leukemia
Dr Donia Moujalled
Monash University
71
Melanoma
Dr Jessamy Tiffen
Centenary Institute
72
Oral
Dr Sean Porazinski
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
73
Acute Myeloid leukemia
Dr Patrick Connerty
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
74
Brain cancer
Dr Lisa Ebert
University of South Australia
75
Ovarian Cancer
Dr Elaine Sanij
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
76
Oncology - Cancer Tumours
Associate Professor Dan Catchpoole
The Sydney Children's Hostpitals Network (Randwick & Westmead) (incorporating The Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children )
77
Breast
Associate Professor Andrew Burgess
ANZAC Research Institute
78
Lung cancer
Associate Professor Andrew Burgess
ANZAC Research Institute
79
Pancreatic
Associate Professor Andrew Burgess
ANZAC Research Institute
80
DIPG - Brain Cancer
Professor Matt Dun
University of Newcastle
81
Melanoma
Dr John Park
Precision Cancer Therapy Research Group, Macquarie University
82
Brain
Dr Guillermo Gomez
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
83
Brain
Dr Guillermo Gomez
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
84
Brain
Dr Guillermo Gomez
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
85
Brain
Dr Guillermo Gomez
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
86
Brain
Dr Guillermo Gomez
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
87
Pancreatic
Dr Ashleigh Poh
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
88
Pancreatic
Professor Eva Bezak
University of South Australia, PanKind and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
89
Pancreatic
Professor Eva Bezak
University of South Australia - PanKind and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
90
Pancreatic
Professor Eva Bezak
University of South Australia - PanKind and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
91
Pancreatic
Professor John Hooper
Mater Research Institute, PanKind and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
92
Pancreatic
Professor John Hooper
Mater Research Institute and PanKind, the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
93
Pancreatic
Professor John Hooper
Mater Research Institute and PanKind, the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
94
Tumours
Associate Professor Peter Janes
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
95
Neuroblastoma
Dr Orazio Vittorio
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
96
Prostate
Associate Professor Jeff Holst
University of New South Wales
97
Bone
Associate Professor Christine Hawkins
La Trobe University
98
Bone
Associate Professor Christine Hawkins
La Trobe University
99
Bone
Associate Professor Christine Hawkins
La Trobe University
100
All Cancers
Dr Ingrid Burvenich
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
101
Breast Cancer
Dr Kellie Mouchemore
Olivia-Newton John Cancer Research Institute
102
Stomach Lymphoma
Richard Ferrero
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
103
Breast cancer
Dr Kellie Mouchemore
Olivia-Newton John Cancer Research Institute
104
Tumour Cancer Treatment
Ian. Kempson
University of South Australia
105
Glioblastoma
Dr Lisa Ebert.
University of South Australia
106
Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
107
Non-Hodgkin Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Eliza Hawkes
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
108
Colorectal Cancer
John Mariadason
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
109
Malignant mesothelioma (MM)
Doug Fairlie (Walter)
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
110
Malignant mesothelioma (MM)
Doug Fairlie (Walter)
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
111
Pancreatic
Dr Ashleigh Poh
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
112
Pancreatic
Dr Ashleigh Poh
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
113
All Cancers
Jessica Duarte
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
114
Colorectal Cancer
Dr Kevin Fenix
University of Adelaide
115
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
116
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
117
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
118
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
119
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
120
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
121
Metastatic Melanoma
Prof Richard Scolyer
Melanoma Institute Australia
122
Support Robots
Thomasin Powell , Jennifer Cohen and Pandora Patterson
Canteen
123
Breast
Robin Anderson
Olivia-Newton John Cancer Research Institute
124
Leukaemia
Prof Maria Kavallaris
Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA)
125
Glioma
A/Proff Matt Dun
Newcastle University and Run DIPG
126
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Bruce Ashford
University of Wollongong
127
Solid Cancers
Dr Miya John
University of NSW
128
Tumors
Paul Beavis
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
129
Glioblastoma
Associate Professor Amirali Popat
The University of Queensland
130
Glioblastoma
A/Prof Paul Tooney
The University of Newcastle
131
All
Elina Hypponen
University of South Australia