Where do the A2B4C funds go?

All money raised from Craig’s epic marathon go directly to support research at Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research (CCIA).

CCIA is the only independant medical research institute in the country devoted to research into the causes, prevention, better treatments and cure of childhood cancer. The vision of the Institute is to save the lives of all children with cancer and to eliminate their suffering.

In November this year, CCIA will relocate to the Lowy Cancer Research Centre – a world-class, purpose built research facility on the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Campus in Randwick, Sydney. The new facility will more than triple the Institute’s laboratory research capacity from its current facility. This will enable CCIA to strategically build new areas of research which, along with the existing translational research capacity, will provide exciting opportunities to deliver accelerated and improved outcomes in the cure, treatment and prevention of childhood cancer.

Money raised from A2B4C will go towards:

Development of ‘personalised’ medicine for childhood cancer – using unique experimental models and advanced genomic approaches to tailor treatment protocols to the individual

Enhancing drug discovery capacity – building on CCIA’s rapidly growing capacity to develop novel therapeutic approaches to childhood cancer

Translation of research discoveries in the laboratory into greater benefits in the clinic – together with our clinical partners, we will build a pipeline to translate our research discoveries into better health outcomes for children with cancer.

Click here to make a donation towards Craig’s $1 million target for childhood cancer research.