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Experts from across the nation are tackling brain cancer head on with collaboration front and centre following the inaugural symposium of the University of Newcastle’s Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research.

Five highly innovative brain cancer research projects have received over $725,000 in funding from the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) following a nationwide call-out and scientific review by experts in the field.

Brilliant leaders, experts, and innovators from around the world have united to help solve the brain cancer puzzle at the inaugural International Brain Tumour Research Summit - Australia in Melbourne.

This Father’s Day two UON students will release balloons at the Newcastle Knights game in memory of their dad and others who have been affected by brain cancer.

James Brown-Miles, a PhD candidate in the MHF Centre for Brain Cancer Research celebrated an important milestone in his study on Wednesday November 27 with his first recruited patient undergoing an MRI scan at the HMRI Imaging Centre.

The Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) has today announced a $1m investment to bring two of Australia’s leading brain cancer research centres together in their mission to accelerate progress towards a cure.

Technology created at The University of Queensland, in collaboration with Newcastle researchers, could improve the odds of surviving brain cancer and change how we treat a range of neurological conditions.

Newcastle and Hunter-based researchers have discovered a drug combination that could dramatically improve the life expectancy of children living with brain cancer.

We’re delighted to announce that three researchers in the Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research have been awarded …

A University of Newcastle research team has been awarded a $2 million National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant to help progress its mission to develop breakthrough treatments for the most lethal form of childhood cancer, diffuse midline glioma (DMG).

MHF BIOBANK AN INVESTMENT IN BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH, University of Newcastle, news

The Australian public and wider rugby league community has supported the Mark Hughes Foundation to raise $3.8 million across the 2026 NRL Beanie for Brain Cancer Round. The Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle will use the proceeds to purchase a unique MRI-PET Imaging Machine to drive new drug development.