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...
10 Years of Impact Film
June 7, 2023
The Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation are celebrating 10 years of impact our Foundation has made in the areas of research, care and development. Your awesome supports means we are able to fund...
RCD Wrap Up: EpCam
July 27, 2022
In June, the Cancer Research UK Children's Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence (CRUK-CBTCE) hosted an international ependymoma meeting in Cambridge, sponsored exclusively by the RCD Foundation, and...
RCD Wrap Up: International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO)
July 14, 2022
The Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation proudly sponsored the 20th International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) in Hamburg, Germany this June. The conference attracted more than 400...
Spotlight on Brain Matters
August 25, 2017
The Australian Federal Government announces new focus on paediatric brain cancer. We are so excited! Yesterday was one of the biggest milestones in our charity’s history. Not only did the...
Our latest commitments
November 28, 2015
After the tremendous success of Connor’s Run, we now have in excess of $300,000 earmarked for significant brain matters projects. We are very proud to be supporting and collaborating with some of...
Brain Power at the Student Leadership Conference
February 18, 2015
In an exciting start to our 2015 campaign, Liz took an opportunity to speak at the Student Leadership Conference held at Bond University, QLD. Over 150 girls from member schools of the Alliance of...
Educational Development
August 25, 2013
The numbers are scary. For those who come through brain tumour treatment, 90% are left with lifelong physical or mental impairments. With this and Connor's love of things like latin, chess, puzzles,...