Successful Project and Equipment Grants awarded for funding by the Research Committee in 2011
Coalfields Cancer Support Group Equipment Grant Fund
Peter Greer, Colin Tang - Radiation Oncology
"MatriXX ion-chamber array for research into real-time patient dose verification during complex and rotational radiotherapy fields"
Fiona Scorgie, Lisa Lincz - Hunter Haematology Research Group
"Funding Request for Freezer Alarms and Installation"
Lisa Lincz, Fiona Scorgie - Hunter Haematology Research Group
"Upgrading Office Computers for the Hunter Haematology Research Group"
Jayne Gilbert, Jennett Sakoff, Madhu Garg - Medical Oncology
"Essential inverted microscope and digital imaging equipment for visualisation of cancer cells"
James Lawrie Grant Fund
Kristie Harrison, Patricia Ostwald - Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology
"Clinical Evaluation of electron and photon junctions with dynamic intensity modulation for head and neck treatments"
Jane Reid Harle Memorial Grant Scheme
Jennette Sakoff, Lisa Lincz - Medical Oncology and Haematology
"Anti-oxidant modification of leukocyte telomere dynamics"
Colin Tang, Peter Greer - Radiation Oncology
"pHART (Prostate Hypofractionated Accelerated Radio Therapy) - Phase II randomised study of image-guided hypofractionated radiotherapy for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer incorporating the use of endorectal balloons"
Wig Week Grant Fund
Li Hua Chen, Xu Dong Zhang - Oncology & Immunology Unit
"Targeting prosurvival mechanisms to Sensitise Human Melanoma to Immunotherapy"
Li Dong, Xu Dong Zhang - Oncology & Immunology Unit
"ASPPs in regulation of chemosensitivity in human melanoma cells"