It takes a village: Cross-disciplinary collaboration is key in supporting BMT patients.
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro Cross-disciplinary collaboration was a highlight of the recent Australia and New Zealand Transplant & Cellular Therapies (ANZTCT) inaugural Scientific Meeting in Manly. What an amazing few days it was! Part of the charter of the ANZTCT is to create an inclusive, collaborative […]
Blood 2023: the Shaun Rosen Nurse Scholarship is helping Serafina attend.
After attending BLOOD (the scientific meeting of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion, and the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australian and New Zealand) last year, we know just how valuable this event is. It is a wonderful opportunity for those who work in haematology to […]
Lymphoma Awareness Day
September 15th is Lymphoma Awareness Day. Earlier this year we awarded funding through the Shaun Rosen Scholarship to Stacey Koschel and Suzie Flynn from St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney to attend the Lymphoma Australia Health Professional Conference on the Gold Coast. The conference gave Stacey & Suzie opportunities to meet with doctors and other nurses […]
Myeloma nurse Babita Khanal receives the Shaun Rosen Scholarship
Myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer, is the most common reason for people needing an autologous bone marrow transplant, so we were pleased to receive an application for the Arrow Shaun Rosen Award from Haematology Cancer Care Coordinator / Clinical Nurse Specialist Babita (Bobby) Khanal from St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney to attend the […]
Another generous donation from the Liverpool Catholic Club!
Thank you to the Liverpool Catholic club! Here at Arrow, we look forward to the day when bone marrow transplants (BMT) are a thing of the past. Until then we will continue to fund promising medical research in BMT related areas, and provide financial support for patients and their families. We are forever grateful to […]
Charity Race Day with ASX Refinitiv 2023
This month we attended the ASX Refinitiv ‘Racing for Good’ Charity Race Day at Randwick Racecourse. This is the first of several fundraising events the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation is hosting that will benefit Arrow. These events will raise over $20,000 towards our Patient Support Program which provides real and practical financial assistance to people […]
A fresh new look for the Tracey Scone Wig Library
Unless you’ve been through it, you probably don’t really understand the impact losing hair can have on a cancer patient. Losing your hair is a visible sign of illness and can trigger all sorts of unwanted responses from well- meaning people. However, a wig can help people suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment […]
ANZTCT Data Registry Scholarship
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Australia and New Zealand Transplant and Cellular Therapies (ANZTCT) to offer up to three bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and/or cellular therapy (CT) fellows or trainees the opportunity to complete a national registry study focussed on disease specific BMT outcomes in the 2024 clinical year. The […]
CPD for nurses: With thanks to the Driscoll family for their support
CPD for nurses Continuing professional development (CPD) for nurses is an important part of what we do here at Arrow, and there’s a lot for bone marrow transplant nurses to stay across in this rapidly evolving field! Meet Kylie Sih, Clinical Nurse Educator for Cancer and Blood Services at Royal Hobart Hospital, state nursing representative […]
Newcastle nurse attends EBMT in Paris
EBMT Meeting in Paris 2023 It gives us great pleasure to be able to support nurses in the field of bone marrow transplant care through our scholarships program, offered to dedicated nurses working in the field of haematology. Newcastle nurse Louisa Brown, BMT Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Calvary Mater Hospital in Newcastle, was granted […]
Better together: ANZTCT joins forces with Arrow
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 trainees, scientists, medical graduates, nurses, data managers and pharmacists, involved in the clinical or laboratory […]
The Straight and Marrow
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 keep it straight. When GvHD Nurse Consultant Alexandra Rivalland and BMT Nurse Practitioner Yvonne Panek-Hudson […]