Funded Research
Since 2003, Cancer Council ACT has contributed over $2,200,000 to local cancer research.
Understanding how FUBP1 drives primary brain cancer towards rational drug discovery.
Principal Investigator
Dr Olga Zaytseva
Grant Awarded
2022-23, $75,000
Testing GSTO1 inhibitors as anti-cancer therapeutics.
Principal Investigator
Emeritus Professor Philip Board
Grant Awarded
2022-23, $75,000
How does sensing of DNA and DNA damage contribute to the development of colorectal cancer?
Principal Investigator
Dr Anukriti Mathur
Grant Awarded
2021-22, $65,000
Evaluating the potential of combinatorial therapy with RNA polymerase I inhibitors to counteract chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia
Principal Investigator
Dr Rita Ferreira
Grant Awarded
2021-22, $65,000
Epigenetic regulator H2A.B as a novel target for treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Principal Investigator
Dr Tatiana Soboleva
Grant Awarded
2020-21, $61,265
The nucleolar stress response at the centre of the malignant phenotype.
Principal Investigator
Dr Anne Steins
Grant Awarded
2020-21, $64,985
Investigating the role of MYB in Burkitt lymphoma
Principal Investigator
Dr Keisuke Horikawa
Grant Awarded
2019-20, $65,000
Targeting cancer metabolism to reduce metastases
Principal Investigator
A/Prof Anneke Blackburn
Grant Awarded
2018-19, $65,000
Mechanisms and targets of protein synthesis dysregulation in cancer
Principal Investigator
Prof Thomas Preiss
Grant Awarded
2016-2019, $600,000
How exercise prevents obesity-related hepatocellular carcinoma: insights for chemoprevention of liver cancer
Principal Investigator
Prof Geoffrey Farrell
Grant Awarded
2016-2018, $200,000
Development of broad spectrum, non-genotoxic cancer treatments for acute myeloid leukaemias and multiple myeloma
Principal Investigator
Prof Ross Hannan and A/Prof Anneke Blackburn
Grant Awarded
2015-2018, $340,000
Towards repurposing existing antiretroviral drugs as anticancer agents for cancer therapy
Principal Investigator
Dr Danny Rangasamy, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2014-15, $65,000
Understanding and targeting metabolic regulators of cancer cell proliferation and cell death.
Principal Investigator
Dr Anneke Blackburn, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2013-14, $60,000
Novel histone demethylase inhibitors: potential treatment against cancer metastasis and relapse by targeting cancer stem cells
Principal Investigator
A/Prof Sudha Rao, University of Canberra
Grant Awarded
2012-13, $45,164
A new plasmid DNA delivery system - for vaccine development and cancer immunotherapy
Principal Investigator
Dr J Altin, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2011-12, $37,000
Chromosome condensation and the regulation of cell development
Principal Investigator
Dr A Fahrer, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2010-11, $50,000
Understanding the role of Kleisin beta, a subunit of the condensin II complex, in T cell differentiation
Principal Investigator
Dr A Fahrer, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2008-09, $50,000
Dichloroacetate: a novel anti-cancer agent
Principal Investigator
Dr Anneke Blackburn, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2009-10, $50,000
Carers of Cancer Patients: Understanding their support service needs.
Principal Investigator
Rebecca Olson, PhD candidate, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2007-08, $4,695
Understanding the role of Kleisin beta, a subunit of the condensin II complex, in T cell differentiation.
Principal Investigator
Dr A Fahrer, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2006-07, $42,500
Carers of Cancer Patients: A sociological understanding of their emotional and support service experiences
Principal Investigator
Rebecca Olson, PhD candidate, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2008-09, $9,390
Cancer clinical trials at The Canberra Hospital
Principal Investigator
Dr D Yip, The Canberra Hospital
Grant Awarded
2007-08, $44,000
A clinical trials cancer research program in the ACT
Principal Investigator
Dr D Yip, Dr P Craft, A/Prof R Stuart-Harris, Dr D Leong, Dr A Davis, The Canberra Hospital
Grant Awarded
2005-06, $33,700
Towards a cancer prevention program for the ACT and SE NSW region. A background paper and mapping exercise.
Principal Investigator
Ms N. Druhan-McGinn
Grant Awarded
2004-06, $31,243
Coping styles and severity of toxicity from adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer
Principal Investigator
A/Prof R Stuart-Harris, The Canberra Hospital and Prof D Byrne, The Australian National University
Grant Awarded
2003-06, $66,000