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Brain Cancer Biobanking Australia (BCBA) is a virtual biobank hub established to provide researchers easy access to the amount, quality and type of tissue and associated data they need to accelerate both paediatric and adult translational brain cancer research.

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News

  • GO GREY IN MAY!

    May 2024

    This month we go grey to raise awareness and funds for brain cancer.

    The devastating legacy of brain cancer never leaves those it touches.
    - Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease
    - Brain cancer kills more adults under 40 than any other cancer
    - Brain cancer is extremely difficult to access and virtually impossible to completely remove
    - There is not enough tumour tissue available for research
    - We don’t have big data to drive research and standardise patient care
    - There has been no major breakthrough in over 40 years

    Our mission is to change this.

    So please help us promote awareness by sharing our post, creating a fundraiser on our charity website, or simply make a donation | www.braincancercollective.com.au

    Together we can change the future for brain cancer patients and their families.

  • Consortium Member Spotlight: Professor Claire Vajdic

    April 2024

    Cancer epidemiologist, big data specialist and BCBA Steering Committee Member, Prof Claire Vajdic, leads a research program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, using large-scale health data to drive best practice health care and reduce unwarranted variation in the delivery of care for people with cancer.

    Her current focus is streamlining researcher access to nationally significant datasets – the ‘big data’ needed to transform the way we treat diseases like brain cancer.

    Professor Vajdic became interested in brain cancer research following the death of a young friend from the disease.

    ‘I was drawn to study this heartbreaking cancer because we understand so little about its natural history.’

    Her love of numbers and data, combined with an interest in maximizing the use of datasets for public good, has made epidemiology and biostatistics the perfect career choice.

    ‘As soon as I discovered public health research, there was no looking back.’

    Inspired by the dedication and commitment of everyone working in brain cancer research, Prof Vajdic has been a member of the BCBA Steering Committee since the national consortium was established in 2015.

    ‘We’re very fortunate to have been able to call on Claire’s expertise these past 9 years’, says BCBA Founder/Director Robyn Leonard, ‘Her knowledge of big data in Australian health research has been integral to the development of our Australian Brain Cancer Registry project’.

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Events

  • Bike Ride for Brain Cancer

    10th - 11th May 2024

    Join the 2024 Bike Ride for Brain Cancer to help change the future for brain cancer patients and their families. The Ride is the annual fundraising event for our charity arm – the Brain Cancer Collective.

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