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NCARD creates Containers for Change account

November 29, 2022

It is now easier than ever to fundraise for asbestos-related disease as NCARD signs up as a community group on Containers for Change. Containers for Change is a not-for-profit organisation…

PhD students Lizeth Orozco Morales, Jessica Boulter, Nicola Principe and Caitlin Tilsed.

PhD students tackle mental health issues with new wellness reviews

November 8, 2022

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A group of PhD students from the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD) has developed a new mental health strategy designed to provide greater wellbeing support to PhD students.…

Prof Bruce Robinson wins Cancer Council WA Career Achievement Award

November 7, 2022

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Professor Bruce Robinson has won the Cancer Council WA Researcher Career Achievement Award for 2022. The award is one of the Cancer Council’s Research Excellence Awards. It recognises a senior…

2022 NCARD Public Seminar – Report, Record, Research

October 25, 2022

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The 2022 NCARD public seminar was held on the evening of 20 October. Registrations came from all over Australia and the world – online registrants hailed from Colombia, Turkey, Belgium,…

Prof Richard Lake saying a few words in front of the NCARD group in the tea room.

Saying farewell to Prof Richard Lake

October 21, 2022

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Last week, we bid farewell to our Acting Director, Professor Richard Lake. Prof Lake is returning to the UK, but will still be involved with NCARD from a distance. Prof…

Prof Anna Nowak elected as AAHMS fellow

October 19, 2022

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NCARD director Professor Anna Nowak has been elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). The Academy welcomed 15 women and 16 men to…

Mesothelioma - Report, Record, Research. Thursday 20 October 2022, 5-6pm (followed by refreshments). Speakers are Narelle Towie of Murdoch University, Professor Fraser Brims of Curtin University, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and NCARD, and Dr Melvin Chin of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and NCARD. A picture of the different types of mesothelioma is in the bottom-right quadrant.

Join us for the 2022 NCARD Public Seminar!

October 19, 2022

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The 2022 NCARD public seminar “Report, Record, Research” will be held on October 20. We have three speakers for the night to discuss the latest news and research on asbestos-related…

A woman in a purple shirt stands in a grassy oval with a pipette in her hand behind a table of scientific equipment. Behind her is a white tent with a banner reading 'NCARD Lab'.

NCARD fundraises for Relay For Life 2022

October 18, 2022

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The Cancer Council WA’s fundraising event, Relay For Life 2022, took place at HBF Arena in Joondalup last weekend. Relay For Life is a event in which teams take turns…

Dr Melvin Chin speaks about the ADSA PhD Scholarship

October 5, 2022

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Dr Melvin Chin is a medical oncologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the inaugural recipient of the Asbestos Disease Society of Australia’s (ADSA’s) PhD Mesothelioma Medical Research scholarship.…

The attendees of NCARD's 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting.

2022 NCARD Annual Scientific Meeting

October 4, 2022

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The 2022 NCARD Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) was held on the 27th of September in the McCusker Auditorium at the Perkins Institute of Medical Research. The convenors were Dr Wen-Shuz…

NCARD creates Containers for Change account

PhD students tackle mental health issues with new wellness reviews

Prof Bruce Robinson wins Cancer Council WA Career Achievement Award

2022 NCARD Public Seminar – Report, Record, Research

Saying farewell to Prof Richard Lake

Prof Anna Nowak elected as AAHMS fellow

Join us for the 2022 NCARD Public Seminar!

NCARD fundraises for Relay For Life 2022

Dr Melvin Chin speaks about the ADSA PhD Scholarship

2022 NCARD Annual Scientific Meeting

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