Michael Yare, Author at Leukaemia Foundation

PhD scholarships focused on improving outcomes for people with AML and MPN

Basit Salik, Dr Jamie Kuzich and Dr Julian Grabek are the successful recipients of the 2021 PhD Scholarships.

Acute myeloid leukaemia
Myeloproliferative neoplasms
Research

Illustration of a microscope, test tubes, and clipboard

Chronic blood cancer diagnosis sparks Mel’s passion for awareness

Since receiving a shock CML diagnosis in July 2020, Mel Harris has learnt quickly that the so-called ‘invisible cancer’ can have everyday impacts beyond what many would expect.

Chronic myeloid leukaemia

Oren fast-tracked to CAR T-cell therapy for rare Ph-like ALL

Sports-lover Oren was only the sixth child in Australia to receive CAR T-cell treatment.

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Osher Gunsberg shines a light on blood cancer and hosts Australia’s first virtual Light the Night event

Media releases
Our supporters

National Action Plan represents Australian first opportunity to achieve zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035

Advocacy and policy
Media releases

Same cancer, same drug but our access to treatment was anything but consistent

They’re three women all battling an incurable type of blood cancer, but Neda, Nikki and Shirley have felt hardship in very different ways.

Myeloma

I needed better information about clinical trial options

Matthew Fogarty has spent almost five years regularly travelling to the other side of the world to collect the handful of pills that keep his blood cancer at bay.

Clinical trials
Other blood cancers

I took control after becoming adrift in the system

The long wait for a diagnosis took its toll on Bronwyn Bisley, but her biggest challenges lay ahead as the information she desperately needed dried up.