2016 Annual Review Our 2016 Annual Review (with 2015/2016 financials) is now available to view online. In less than seven years, the Snowdome Foundation has extended 24 grants representing over $14 million to Australian researchers and almost 80% of Snowdome’s available funds have been fast-tracked into cutting-edge medical research. Importantly, we have been able to deliver … Continued
New addition to the Snowdome Foundation Executive team The Snowdome Foundation is thrilled to introduce Suzie Bratuskins as a passionate and invaluable member of the Snowdome Foundation. Suzie will work to engage our stakeholders to share the wonderful work Snowdome is currently achieving in blood cancer research. Suzie Bratuskins has seamlessly transitioned into her role … Continued
Snowdome co-founder, Professor Miles Prince publishes a paper on impressive new research The Snowdome Foundation is proud to announce that blood cancer specialist, researcher and co-founder of Snowdome, Professor Miles Prince, has published a paper in The Lancet reporting on the outcome of the ALCANZA study, an international, randomised, open-label Phase 3 trial of brentuximab … Continued
What does superannuation have to do with blood cancer? In early April, a team of Vision Super staff took part in the Murray to Moyne charity bike ride for the second year running. Including seven riders, three support crew and backed by spirited Vision Super staff, this year the team raised almost $35,000 to support blood … Continued
In this Patient Perspective story, we hark back to late 2014 when we featured a story about the generosity of Warwick Sherman. In remission from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, he was embarking on a second quest to win the ‘Sydney to Hobart’ and had very thoughtfully donated his yacht’s $10,000 sponsorship fee to Snowdome. Fast forward to 2016 and Warwick’s … Continued
Thank you Georgie Crozier MLC (Victoria) who dedicated her Parliamentary Member’s Statement on November 22 to Snowdome and our recent success at the Telstra Business Awards . “I would like to acknowledge an organisation, the Snowdome Foundation, whose very important work is to fight blood cancers by accelerating next-generation, improved treatments through research and clinical … Continued
Snowdome is proud to partner with Vision Super to deliver the Vision Super-Snowdome Foundation Fellowship to expand access to genetic testing for blood cancer patients at Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation and improve access to personalised cancer treatments. This often life-changing service is for patients who don’t respond well to standard therapy, as it can identify other … Continued
Snowdome would like to pay tribute to our first-ever donor, Arie Rubinstein (at right in picture), who has died from myeloma after an 8 year battle. From 2007 until 2015, Arie was a patient of our co-founder Professor Miles Prince and, according to Arie’s wife Tova, the two men had a special relationship from the moment … Continued
Blood Cancer Awareness Month (September) is an internationally recognised awareness month gaining traction in Australia for all the right reasons. The aim of the month is simple – to raise awareness of what blood cancers are, who they affect and how people can help. With 12,000 Australians diagnosed with blood cancers each year (leukaemia, lymphoma, … Continued