Nutrition Management for BMT Patients
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 management of Graft vs Host Disease (GVHD) from a US perspective. Being able to attend […]
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PHD 2021
With the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC), one of Arrow’s major annual fundraising events, due to be held later this year, we are delighted to announce this year’s winner of our HCC sponsored PhD scholarship: Natalia Pinello, from the Epigenetics and RNA Biology Program at the Centennary Institute First supported by Arrow in 2019, Natalia is […]
Leaving MS Behind
He’s a keen runner, practises one of the oldest surviving Japanese martial arts—Katori Shinto Ryu—and is driven by his curiosity for the immune system. That drive has gained Kevin Hendrawan—a PhD candidate at St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research (AMR)—a grant of $14K from the Arrow Foundation Special Grants fund. Kevin will […]
Nurses are the glue that hold it altogether
“Nurses are the glue that holds it altogether. We are the doers, the hand-holders, the shoulders and the carers,” says Abby Fyfe, 2020 recipient of Arrow’s Trace Richey Scholarship. Arrow Director, Neil Pennock couldn’t agree more. “The nurses made such a difference to Trace’s time in the hospital,” said Neil. Neil introduced the Trace Richey […]
Care, warmth and love
“Care, warmth, and love” are three words that come to mind when young bone marrow transplant recipient Frank Li (pictured left) describes the sponsorship of Arrow’s grocery card initiative by Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA). And that is exactly what IGA is all about – taking care of locals. With a network of 1,400 independently […]
Music to our patient’s ears
It is well known that significant numbers of post-transplant patients have reduced quality of life, such as tiredness from anxiety/stress, depression and insomnia. A number of non-drug based interventions to improve transplant patient’s well-being has been evaluated with varying degrees of success. A recent Telehealth trial on exercise and mindfulness training has seen significantly positive […]
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Research Funding
With the uncertain economic outlook due to COVID, never has it been more important for charities like Arrow to keep up the funding for medical research. We recently made a grant of $70,630 to Dr Tim Molloy, an outstanding researcher, who is working with Professor David Ma at the Blood, Stem Cell and Cancer Research […]
Travel support for Bone Marrow Transplant patients
For patients undergoing bone marrow transplants the costs associated with travel can be significant. Rosemary, a social worker on the frontline with patients, explains that “by the time they (patients) get to having a transplant, after a lengthy and usually complex medical history, they have already incurred significant additional travel costs in addition to other […]
Temperature checks on the rise
In this current COVID environment, we have all become very familiar with regular temperature checks. However for bone marrow transplant patients it is particularly essential. Patients undergoing transplants and cancer treatment are immune compromised and particularly susceptible to infection. A spike in temperature can be a sign of infection, therefore regular temperature checks are essential. Amanda […]
Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing Scholarship
Once again, Arrow would like thank Mrs Jan Driscoll and family for their ongoing support of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship enables nurses from all over Australia to enhance their nursing skills and education by studying transplant and haematology related subjects through the Australian College of Nursing. In 2020 the following nurses […]
Blood Conference 2019
The Blood 2019 Conference hosts international speakers with expertise and knowledge in the field of haematology. Thanks to the Shaun Rosen Scholarship, nurses Ide Iwin and Mary Hayes from St Vincent’s Hospital were sponsored to attend the conference in Perth this October, with their travel and accommodation costs covered. Ide Irwin anticipated the benefits of […]
Shaun Rosen Scholarship goes Global
Thanks to the Shaun Rosen Scholarship invaluable global learning opportunities have been provided to Australian Nurses caring for bone marrow transplant patients. Annabel Horne, Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, was given the opportunity to meet transplant experts from around the globe while advancing her understanding of hematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular […]