Category: Healthcare Provider stories
We are pleased to announce our newly formalised relationship with Australian and New Zealand Transplant and Cellular Therapy (ANZTCT). ANZTCT, formerly known as the Bone Marrow Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand, is a society consisting of clinicians, advanced…
Arrow is proudly sponsoring the second season of The Straight & Marrow, a fabulous podcast that discusses all things allogeneic bone marrow transplant from pre-transplant considerations to survivorship using experiences of health care providers, patients & carers with current evidence to…
We are so proud of Susan Hall, recipient of the Arrow Trace Richey Scholarship in 2021, who has recently graduated from the Master in Cancer and Haematology Nursing degree through the University of Sydney. Since completing the course, Susan has…
Thanks to the generosity of the Driscoll family, we have been able to support some incredibly dedicated nurses over the years. One such nurse, Caitlin Mulcahy, is continuing to grow in her cancer care skills years after she was awarded…
Paris may well be the city of love, but for a few days in April this year it will also be the city of bone marrow transplants as the 49th European Bone Marrow Transplant Conference is held there. And this…
Meet Stacey Koschel and Suzie Flynn, the most recent recipients of the Shaun Rosen Nursing Scholarship . Thanks to the scholarship from Arrow, they will attend the Lymphoma Australia Health Professional Conference on Gold Coast in July 2023. The conference…
Why post-transplant vaccination is important, why it’s not always as simple as it sounds. (And what Arrow is doing to help!) Recently we awarded a scholarship for eight nurses from the Cancer Outpatient Nursing Team at the Royal Adelaide Hospital…
We are thrilled to announce that Arrow Nursing Scholarship recipient Abby Fyfe recently completed her Master of Cancer and Haematology Nursing through the University of Sydney with a distinction average. Well done, Abby! Abby, who was awarded the Arrow Trace…
Each year Arrow offers scholarships for nurses to further their education in the field of bone marrow transplant patient care. We are thrilled to announce the latest recipient of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing Scholarship: Lauren Buckland from Townsville Hospital….
We attended the BLOOD conference (organised by HSANZ, the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand) for the first time this year, and it was a great success for Arrow! The conference in Sydney was attended by over 1000 clinicians, nurses…
Caitlin Mulcahy has been busy lately juggling a hectic worklife, studying and getting married! As a recipient of Arrow’s Professor Geoffrey Driscoll nursing scholarship, Caitlin has recently completed her Graduate Certificate of Cancer Nursing. A thirst for knowledge and a…
Congratulations to Danielle Lian, the latest recipient of the Arrow Graduate Certificate of Cancer Nursing scholarship. Described as a future leader in cancer care, Danielle works at the day oncology and infusion centre at Cabrini Malvern Victoria. Danielle’s nurse manager…
We are pleased to announce that Erin Johnson and Caitlin Mulcahy – 2020 recipients of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing scholarship – have done amazingly well with their studies and in furthering their career goals in nursing. Both nurses were…
Susan Hall is a registered nurse from the haematology and bone marrow transplant ward at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, and one of two recipients of the Arrow Trace Richey Masters Scholarship for 2021. With five years specialised experience in bone…
Arrow’s patient support program is able to reach those most in need thanks to our relationship with welfare teams at hospital transplant centres across Australia. The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital welfare team said “We appreciate Arrow Foundation’s ongoing work to…
With a 50% chance of survival in the first six months after the transplant, at the age of 16, Lisa Cuthbertson could barely have imagined, 36 years laters, she’d be interviewing the very doctor who looked after her. But she…
The Masters of Cancer and Haematology Nursing, provided by global leader in health education the University of Sydney, enables registered nurses to build on the knowledge they have already gained, giving them the skills required to move into a specialist…
With access and equality of healthcare severely affecting the health outcomes of regional Australians, it is critical that regional hospitals have access to nurses with specialised skills in cancer care. Receiving treatment locally not only improves a patient’s health outcomes…
We are proud to announce our first recipient for 2021 of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Scholarship in Haematology Nursing. Frances Burns from Royal Melbourne Hospital will be furthering her knowledge in Bone and Marrow Transplants in Cancer Care through study at…
Jessica Cheng is a Senior Dietician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney specialising in haematology and bone marrow transplant patients. Jessica recently attended a virtual workshop run by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in America to learn more about nutrition…