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Funded by the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF), nationally-renowned radiation oncologist Dr Mike Fay has been named the inaugural recipient of a three-year HMRI Mid-Career Research Fellowship dedicated to brain cancer.

Brain cancer researchers in Newcastle say that a six-figure funding windfall resulting from Paul Harragon’s appearance on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will unlock new international research pathways and allow a number of pilot studies and clinical trials to proceed.

A raft of Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) travel grants will give Hunter brain cancer researchers the chance to build new clinical trial collaborations at the international COGNO Annual Scientific Meeting in Brisbane this month.

A new "biobank" for brain cancer is being established at the Hunter Medical Research Institute courtesy of funding from the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF).

For two University of Newcastle students who recently lost their father to brain cancer, a grey balloon will become a symbol of hope in the fight against the devastating disease this Father's Day.