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La Trobe University researchers will advance knowledge of transplant cure rates for Hodgkin Lymphoma, therapy for thyroid cancer, and other fields, thanks to $5.97 million awarded to the University in the latest round of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Four La Trobe research projects will share in funding from the scheme which aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.
La Trobe University Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Industry Engagement) Professor Susan Dodds is thrilled with La Trobe’s success.
“La Trobe researchers are focused on improving lives and health outcomes of people around the world. This funding enables our researchers together with clinical partners to advance their understanding and develop treatments and therapies for diseases like cancer, which affect so many individuals and families,” Professor Dodds said.
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For Trine Kirkegaard Simpson and her husband Matt, 2012 should have been one of the best years of their lives.
The couple, who met backpacking before marrying in 2007, were living in Singapore and had just welcomed their second son Oliver.
Trine Kirkegaard Simpson: Don t think that it can t happen to you because sometimes I feel like what has happened to us is people s worst nightmare.
Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
In the months following Oliverâs birth, Matt began to have subtle but increasing indigestion, bloating, stomach pain and heartburn; something that Trine said in hindsight should have raised alarms.
The young couple put it down to the stress of starting a new job and raising a young family, but when a friend pointed out Matt s excessive weight loss, Trine says she suddenly realised how tired and gaunt he appeared. It was almost as though she was looking at a stranger .