Bone marrow transplants are often used as a treatment for Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. But this treatment comes with a lot of risks and potential complications, such as poor graft function, infections, or requiring long-term blood transfusion support. Dr North’s project focuses on understanding poor graft function, a potentially life-threatening complication of transplants, by investigating its causes at a cellular level within the bone marrow environment.
By knowing more about why bone marrow transplants fail or result in complications, we can provide better treatments or even prevent them from occurring. This research project is proudly funded by Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision and Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2020 – 2024 (Alex Gadomski Scholarship): Steps toward generating new molecular therapies for Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Ariel Simpson, Menzies Institute for Medical Research and University of Tasmania. The only established treatment ...
Read more2018-2021 (Doctoral Degree Fellowship): Clinical, genomic and molecular determinants of outcome in patients with Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Dr Lucy Fox, The University of Melbourne. This project is the first scholarship in Australia to ...
Read more2020-2023 (Grant): Evaluating Multidisciplinary Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Care – a prospective observational clinical trial offering comprehensive diagnostic genomic evaluation, multidisciplinary case review and multidisciplinary clinical ...
Read more2021-2024 (Fellowship): Improving outcomes for Australian patients and families with bone marrow failure related diseases through comprehensive clinicogenomic care and collaborative research. Dr Lucy Fox, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Dr Lucy ...
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