On 11 February we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science to acknowledge the outstanding contribution that women make to STEM related fields.

February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month held to educate people however Mater is providing hope with research and treatment.

Mater Researcher A/Prof Kristen Radford has been awarded a 2020 Fulbright Future Scholarship allowing her to progress her cancer research with a four month sabbatical at the Tisch Cancer Institute.

The team at Mater Research have started 2020 with a number of success stories from awards to promotions and new appointments our research team have been busy—and it’s only the third week of January. 

Mater Research and Mater Mother’s Hospital are holding the second round of the Queensland Family Cohort Study and are looking for expectant parents to participate.

Congratulations to Dr Catherine Franklin and Dr Sinead Barry who have been announced as the next Betty McGrath Fellowship recipients.

Mater Misericordiae Ltd (MML) is seeking volunteers to join the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). 

Mater people have made an outstanding impression at the annual University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine Excellence Awards.

In the recent NHMRC Ideas and Investigator Grant rounds, Mater Research was successful in obtaining funding for five research grants totaling $6.6 million.

Dr Joshua Tobin a haematologist-in-training at Mater has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Celgene Future Leaders in Hematology Award in Orlando, Florida on Saturday 7 December.

Professor Brian Gabrielli and team seek out the to answer a question—what is broken in melanomas that allows the damage to accumulate rather than repair, leading to mutations?

Mater Hospital is leading the way in cutting-edge health and medical research at the Research Australia Awards.