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