Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Request for Applications CERN and Robert Connor Dawes Scientific Fellowship awarded by the National Brain Tumor Society
September 25, 2023
Download a copy BACKGROUND Immunotherapy is starting to revolutionize cancer treatment. Success with leukemia has provided hope for other cancer types. Translating this approach into brain cancer...
EpCam 2023 Meeting Overview
August 14, 2023
The second Ependymoma Science Meeting, EPCam was held in June 2023, in Cambridge, UK. We were proud to support this event along with Texas Children’s Hospital and Cancer Research UK. Overall 23...
Kicking Goals for Brain Cancer
August 10, 2023
A big-hearted thank you to all of the teams that came together for our Kicking Goals for Brain Cancer campaign! Our popular ISC Footy Socks were a hit with the teams, and looked incredible on the...
RCD Foundation x Metalbird - Go Grey May
May 24, 2023
Our charity partner @metalbird have created a beautiful tribute to kids with brain cancer this Go Grey in May. The RCD Brainy Plant Trellis will not only help your plants grow, but help grow hope,...
Ependymoma Science Meeting ‘EpCam 2023’
May 18, 2023
The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation is proud to sponsor the Ependymoma Science Meeting 'EpCam' and works closely with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence, who are...
Ode to Connor: 10 Years On
April 20, 2023
20 April, 2023 Today marks 10 years since Connor physically left us. 10 years-sigh. It feels like 10 minutes and 1000 years and everything in between. In many ways part of me died along with Connor...
Curing childhood cancer: all roads lead to Melbourne
April 5, 2023
The original news article can be found on Hudson's website HERE A single laboratory in south-east Melbourne is now the global hub for medical researchers looking to cure childhood...
Inaugural Connor's Golf Classic
March 23, 2023
What an un-fore-gettable day! Thank you to all of our golfers, volunteers, and sponsors for making our inaugural Connor’s Golf Classic a truly spectacular event. We are still tallying the funds,...
Children's brain cancer biobank gives hope for the future
February 15, 2023
The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation are proud to announce that we are co-funding South Australia's first biobank. Dubbed ‘Brain Turbo SA’, the biobank is being spearheaded by renowned brain...
World First: Australian child first in the world to trial new brain cancer treatment
February 8, 2023
16 year old Adam is the first patient in the world to trial a new brain cancer treatment. This world-first cancer treatment trial, tackling a rare and debilitating paediatric brain tumour commenced at...