International conferences, and why we help people attend
Why does a charity invest in sending nurses and allied health professionals and researchers to conferences, especially international conferences like the 51st EBMT (formerly the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) Scientific Meeting, recently held in Florence? Because it matters, and because it makes a difference. By sending a healthcare professional to a conference, […]
Living with long-term GvHD – Serina’s story
Thursday 7th November 2002 is a day Serina Dosen will never forget. It’s the day she received her new stem cells, and a second chance at life. But it’s also the day she began her “new normal” life, with a body that requires more care than most. Serina is living with long-term GvHD. “Looking after […]
Thank you to ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation
This month, we were honored to receive a generous donation of $31,953 from ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation, presented to our Fundraising Manager, Kags Garrard, by Barbara Colvin and Gerard Doyle from the ASX Foundation. This incredible donation reflects a full year of amazing fundraising events hosted by the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation including their Golf […]
Dry July – what an amazing result!
It’s time to pop the (non-alcoholic) champagne and say a big THANK YOU to Dry July and everyone who participated to support Arrow in the 2024 campaign. It was our first ever Dry July here at Arrow, and we were left reeling with amazement at the support we received through your fundraising efforts: $45,000 raised […]
Local travel conference scholarships awarded!
We’re pleased to announce that five healthcare professionals have received Arrow travel & conference scholarships, sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Australia, to attend conferences within Australia dedicated to bone marrow and stem cell transplant and cellular therapies. Congratulations to: Maureen O Brien – Donor and Search Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Nicola Roborgh […]
Leukaemia cells in disguise
When is a leukaemia cell not like a leukaemia cell? When it’s pretending to be a superhero and hiding in plain sight. And that’s what Michael Ashby’s research is about. Not superhero disguises exactly, but it’s a good analogy for what he is looking at. Dr Michael Ashby, haematologist at Alfred Health and one of […]
In at the deep end: Rhys Hibbert’s first ever Canoe Classic
“We’d only kayaked at night once before. And that was by accident.” That’s not a sentence you expect to hear from someone who has just done their first ever Canoe Classic. The Hawkesbury Classic Paddle is a 111km overnight paddle from Windsor to Mooney Mooney along the majestic Hawkesbury River: an ultra-marathon paddling event. And […]
Another $4,500 donation from Wennie’s paddling!
Wennie van Lint isn’t one to give up easily, and we’re extremely grateful for that, because we’ve just received another $4,500 donation from Wennie’s paddling adventures! You might recall Wennie. We’ve told you about his support of Arrow before. Most recently he decided to take on another big challenge to raise money for Arrow: A […]
Liverpool Catholic Club supports our latest PhD Scholar’s GvHD Research
Liverpool Catholic Club has been a strong supporter of Arrow for many years now, donating over $500,000 to support medical research and also our patient support program. And now, the club has decided to extend that support to create the Liverpool Catholic Club Arrow PhD Scholarship, providing a $50,000 contribution to our PhD Scholarship program. […]
EBMT Travel scholarship recipients 2025
Our travel scholarships continue to attract high calibre applicants, which might make the selection process a little hard sometimes, but also makes announcing the recipients a great joy, because we know these health care professionals — from nurses, to researchers, to allied health professionals — will go on to do great things in the field […]
Tandem 2025 with Barbara O’Callaghan
The annual Tandem meeting is an excellent event for education, networking and research relating to transplantation, CAR-T and other cellular therapies. Tandem 2025 was held in Honolulu in February, and we were pleased to have been able to offer a Jazz Pharmaceuticals Travel Award to Barbara O’Callaghan from Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia. […]
Arrow’s 2025 PhD Scholar: Cathy Pendergrast
Congratulations to Cathy Pendergrast, Arrow’s PhD Scholar for 2025! Cathy’s research interest is in graft v. host disease of the lungs. While a stem cell transplant is a successful treatment for many people, there is a significant risk of rejection-related lung disease, otherwise known as pulmonary graft v. host disease (pGvHD). This risk is particularly […]