Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
New US Research Fellowship sees RCD Foundation ‘Arrive’ on Global Scene
May 27, 2017
Just short of four years after we've announced a major US research collaboration that represents another breakthrough moment for our foundation in the brain cancer research field....
Wisconsin sweep the inaugural Ergo Challenge!
November 28, 2015
It is said that if everything seems under control, you aren’t rowing hard enough. That much was evident in the inaugural “Connor’s Ergo Challenge”. From opposite sides of the USA, two proud...
It's our 2 Year Anniversary… let’s celebrate with a new name!
July 31, 2015
Two years ago today (31 July, 2013) the Robert Connor Dawes Fund was officially established in Australia by the ‘Charities and Not for Profit Commission’. I had no idea then what that would mean...
Roadtrip USA: Visiting top researchers
February 26, 2015
This was far from your average road trip. Liz and Celia, were joined by Debbie Clark, Connor's aunt & RCD Fund USA's research liaison and Director of the Brain Cancer Discovery...
Key Donation in Memory of Campbell Hoyt
November 20, 2014
The Robert Connor Dawes Fund is pleased to announce that it will be supporting paediatric ependymoma research at the Weill Cornell Medical Centre in New York. This donation will be made in memory of...
KEY NY CLINICAL TRIALS
October 28, 2014
RCD US has announced that it will be assisting with key ependymoma research coming out of New York. The Weill Cornell Medical Centre is currently working on ‘personalised clinical trials’ for each...
Connor's Run casting a global shadow
September 18, 2014
Friends of the RCD Fund have rolled up their sleeves, pulled up their socks and rallied friends around 12 different shadow events this year. It started as a crazy idea in 2013 to take Connor's Run...
RCD Fund USA
February 4, 2014
It’s official! We have broadened our reach and are now an incorporated charitable entity in the USA. This was an easy decision to make. Not only does the world’s leading brain cancer research...
Nene's Legacy
February 4, 2014
Mary Margaret Wohlwend (Connor’s maternal grandmother) a.k.a Nene, passed away just weeks after Connor lost his battle. As Connor predeceased her, he was not included in the estate. This left Liz...