Children's Cancer CoLab

🗞️CoLab Connect is out now!
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In our latest edition:
Funding information sessions start tomorrow
Join us at our first CoLab Connect Meetup
Funding applications open next month
#ANZCHOG ASM 2025 reflections
@hudsonresearch.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social

Join us - CoLab Connect Meetup, 11 Sept.
Anyone working in, advocating for, or impacted by childhood cancer - students, clinicians, researchers, healthcare professionals, advocates, patients, & families invited.
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@hudsonresearch.bsky.social

On National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day, we acknowledge the strength, resilience, & rich cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their communities, and the challenges they face when navigating #childhoodcancer.
#natsicd #snaicc

We're delighted to welcome Colbey Alderson to our Patient and Family Advisory Committee. Diagnosed with #Ewingssarcoma at age 10, Colbey has been cancer-free for 10+ years and is now a Registered Enrolled Nurse completing his Bachelor of Nursing.
#Childhoodcancer #cancersurvivor #patientadvocacy

Join one of our information sessions to gain key insights into accessing $3.5M of Children’s Cancer CoLab funding opportunities.
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@hudsonresearch.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#ChildhoodCancer

Maryjo was diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 12yo. Tragically, her brother received the same diagnosis a year later and passed away in 2015. Maryjo uses her lived experience to advocate for children & families affected by sarcoma. #SarcomaAwarenessMonth25 #Osteosarcoma #sarcoma @anzsarcoma.bsky.social

📢CoLab Funding Alert out now!
#Clinicians & #researchers, read: tinyurl.com/297vc6cc
✅Funding opportunities
✅Funding guidance & how to apply
✅25-26 funding timeline
✅Information sessions coming soon
Subscribe: www.cccolab.org.au/stay-informed
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Our Board Director, Grant McArthur & CEO, Udani Reets, attended a productive meeting today to discuss #protontherapy with an impressive group of #cancer care leaders from Cancer Australia and @petermaccc.bsky.social. Proton therapy is a game-changer for treating #childhoodcancer. #PaediatricOncology

🗞️CoLab Connect is out now!
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In our latest edition:
✅$455k awarded for #paediatricbraincancer research
✅Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult #Cancer Ministerial Roundtable
✅Media coverage in the Herald Sun
✅Future Leaders Fellowship awarded
#ChildhoodCancer #CancerResearch

As announced in yesterday’s Herald Sun, we're proud to award $455,900 to groundbreaking research at @monashuniversity.bsky.social led by Dr Iman Azimi, through our Next-Generation Therapies Impact Program. tinyurl.com/yhdsmf8n
#BrainCancerResearch #Medulloblastoma #PaediatricCancer #ChildhoodCancer

As Cancer Survivors Month comes to a close, we recognise the strength and resilience of childhood cancer survivors and the importance of support that extends well beyond their diagnosis. Survivorship is a lifelong journey. We’re here for the long haul.
#ChildhoodCancer #cancersurvivor #survivorship

Our CEO, Dr Udani Reets, attended the Childhood, Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Ministerial Roundtable held by Cancer Australia in Canberra, 23 June. When we work together, we can accelerate discoveries from ideas to clinical applications faster than ever before.
#Collaboration #ChildhoodCancer

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻? Our Safer Therapies Impact Program aims to transform the safety of childhood cancer therapies, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplant and emerging therapies. #ChildhoodCancer #PaediatricOncology

🗞️CoLab Connect🗞️
Read: tinyurl.com/mra3vdn9
May 2025 edition:
✅#Survivorship & Living Well Roundtable
✅New partnership with Maddie Riewoldt's Vision
✅Next-Generation Therapies funding
✅Key funding dates for researchers & clinicians
Subscribe: www.cccolab.org.au/stay-informed

📢 Attention #clinicians and #researchers working in #childhoodcancer! Are you interested in applying for one of our grants? Our funding timeline for 2025-26 is now available. To be notified of funding announcements, sign up for funding alerts: www.cccolab.org.au/stay-informed
#PaediatricOncology

Critical challenges remain in #childhoodcancer treatment efficacy and toxicity, long-term #survivorship, research infrastructure and workforce capacity. That's why we’re aiming to strategically invest $45m over 5 years to address the most urgent unmet needs in #paediatriconcology.

CCCoLab | Two forces unite in the fight against rare childhood diseases Children's Cancer CoLab and Maddie Riewoldt's Vision have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate and share insights

We're thrilled to announce that we're collaborating with Maddie Riewoldt's Vision to advance the fight against childhood cancer and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Together, we're transforming hope into meaningful action for young patients and their families.
🔗 www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories...

CCCoLab | A mother’s strength and daughter’s determination: a neuroblastoma childhood cancer story When Sheila's three-year-old daughter complained about a sore tummy, Sheila never imagined it would be cancer.

When Sheila's 3yo daughter, Maya, began complaining about a sore tummy, Sheila never imagined the cause would be cancer. Though Maya beat cancer and is now 15, she continues to face daily health challenges from the treatments that saved her life.
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#ChildhoodCancer

🚨REMINDER: Registration for our Survivorship and Living Well Roundtable closes 15 May. Register soon to secure your spot and ensure your voice is heard! Details below 👇
#ChildhoodCancer #ChildrensCancer #CancerSurvivor #PaediatricOncology #CancerResearch

📢 Since 2024 we have awarded nearly $3m across 2 grants to accelerate next-generation precision medicine for #childhoodcancer.
Read about this funding: tinyurl.com/msyujmft
@hudsonresearch.bsky.social #childhoodcancerresearch #paediatriconcology #precisionmedicine

🗞️CoLab Connect is out now!
✅Register for Survivorship and Living Well Roundtable
✅Meet UK paediatric oncologist, Prof Amos Burke
✅Latest news from our Impact Programs
✅Inaugural annual symposium date coming soon
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#ChildhoodCancer #Childrenscancer #childrenscancerawareness

The Children’s Cancer CoLab strives for a future where all children with cancer survive and thrive. We're determined to change these heartbreaking statistics and save more young lives.
#ChildhoodCancer #Childrenscancer #childrenscancerawareness #CCCoLab #ChildrensCancerCoLab#MedicalResearch

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿? 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀?
We want to hear your perspectives. Attend our roundtable event and contribute to the development of our action plan.
www.cccolab.org.au/event/surviv...

CCCo Lab | From survivor to advocate: Taylah's mission to transform cancer care for teenagers and young adults Taylah was a vibrant teenager when her world was turned upside down with a leukaemia diagnosis.

Diagnosed with leukaemia at 14 and facing a relapse at 19, Taylah Miranda experienced both paediatric and adult cancer care systems, and witnessed first-hand the critical gaps for young cancer patients.
tinyurl.com/yeypbdc7
#ChildhoodCancer #CancerSurvivor #CancerWarrior

Are you a #childhoodcancer survivor or a family member of a survivor? We want to hear your perspectives on the complex challenges faced by survivors and their families.
Event details:
When: 5pm – 7pm, 21 May 25
Where: Melbourne
More info & register: www.cccolab.org.au/event/surviv...

In 2021, Children's Cancer Foundation brought together 8 leading Victorian research, clinical & academic institutions working in #childhoodcancer to form Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium, & has now evolved into Children's Cancer CoLab: an independent force with ambitions for global impact.

🗞️Our first edition of CoLab Connect is out now!🗞️
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In our inaugural edition:
✅Learn why we transformed into Children’s Cancer CoLab
✅Meet a patient turned extraordinary advocate
✅Latest news from our Impact Programs
✅Catch up with our ‘CoLaborators’

The Children's Cancer CoLab is a bold new chapter born from the legacy of the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium. We're uniting Australia's brightest minds to accelerate research, innovation & collaboration for our young cancer patients. Our vision: Every child with cancer will survive & thrive.

The Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium will soon transform into the Children's Cancer CoLab - uniting Australia’s brightest minds to accelerate research, innovation and collaboration for #ChildhoodCancer
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