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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.

As Australia’s best experts work harder than ever before to find a cure and give hope to everyone affected by brain cancer, we look back on a huge first year for the Mark Hughes Foundation Centre (MHF Centre) for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle.

Recipients of the 2023 University of Newcastle Alumni Excellence Awards were recognised at the annual celebration last night to celebrate their accomplishments in exceptional leadership, innovation, and outstanding community contributions.

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.

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

The world’s best and brightest experts on the quest to find a cure for brain cancer will unite in Newcastle to share research insights and identify further ways to collaborate and accelerate their mission.

Our friends at Mark Hughes Foundation have just released this year’s beanie designs! When you buy a beanie, all of the proceeds will support crucial brain cancer research and treatment.

University of Newcastle cancer researcher, Associate Professor Matt Dun, has been selected as Lake Macquarie’s Ambassador of the Year for 2023.

The greatest minds that are fighting the frontline battle against brain cancer will be brought together as the new Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle, is officially announced today – Monday, June 27.

Aimed at dramatically intensifying Australia’s brain cancer research efforts, the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) has today announced a $7.5 million five-year philanthropic commitment to the University of Newcastle.

Researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Cancer Research Alliance are discovering exciting new avenues for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer using the knowledge that nerve cells act to fuel cancer growth.

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.