I'm very excited to be presenting at the Lowitja conference this year! If you want to find out more about First Nations Childhood Cancer Research, or the use of human tissue in biobanking and cancer research, join me at one of my presentations or come and find me in the breaks!

Please have a read of my first paper from my new research group - First Nations Childhood Cancer Research Team. This review, led by First Nations and non-Indigenous medical students, highlights the current lack of research focused on First Nations kids with cancer.

Hear from @azurehermes.bsky.social on the importance of new culturally appropriate genomic resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 🧬 Explore the resources: tinyurl.com/4s8vpyup #Genomics #IndigenousGenomics #BridgingTheGap @ncig2013.bsky.social @ausgenomics.bsky.social

Travel award available for Indigenous students and early-career researchers interested in neuroscience!

Very proud of my mum and her work teaching kids Darkinjung language www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

New research co-designed with Aboriginal communities shows Aboriginal women in Victoria face higher breast cancer mortality—diagnosed younger, with more advanced disease & greater social disadvantage. Read more about this research led by Dr Alice Bergin: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

If an 🇦🇺 #biomed researcher, 🙏 consider 📝 this letter to #NHMRC advocating for ⬆️ flexibility around part-time work with #investigatorgrants. This will go some way to reducing barriers encountered by those who work part-time, incl. women of young children #womeninSTEM docs.google.com/document/d/1...

First paper out from my new research group! Current gaps in knowledge and future research directions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with cancer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

Australia’s childhood cancer research is leaving First Nations kids behind. A review from @jessica-buck.bsky.social & her team outlines urgent steps to change that. ➡️Co-design. ➡️Cultural safety. ➡️National collaboration. ➡️Indigenous leadership. www.thekids.org.au/news--events...

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science we're wishing Dr @zahra-abbas.bsky.social & Dr Dewdney the best of luck for @thekidsau.bsky.social Illuminate Pitchfest! 👏 They'll be pitching for a chance to secure $25,000 to supercharge their research. More: www.thekids.org.au/news--events...

Cancer researchers at our @wakidscancercentre.bsky.social have received $1.1M in #MRFF funding to develop new treatments for rare #braincancers in infants. A/Prof @raelenee-scientist.bsky.social & her team will use age-appropriate models to offer hope to the littlest patients. 📲 bit.ly/40KgiRW

Murru Minya: examining ethical research processes and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research MJA Supplement available online at https://buff.ly/3CAUtfO Or as an ejournal at https://buff.ly/3ONBgd2

STA congratulates the many scientists and technologists recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours, and is thrilled that Mabuigilaig and Goemulgal scientist Dr Katrina Wruck was awarded 2025 Young Australian of the Year: scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/australia-da...

Thanks to The Brain Cancer Centre funding, our Brain Tumour researchers A/Prof @raelenee-scientist.bsky.social, Dr Dewdney and Prof Gottardo are exploring how surgery could activate the immune system to better fight cancer cells and improve outcomes. thebraincancercentre.org.au/research-pro...

I have updated the Academic Workload Tracker for 2025. I strongly encourage all academics to track how long you actually work, and at what tasks. It's a crucial way to counter the deliberate wage-theft of obfuscatory university workload models. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

👨‍⚕️ Children with obesity could face a greater risk of dying if diagnosed with cancer, according to Canadian research

🔬 @CMRI_AUS @Sydney_Uni and @WestmeadInst say they have worked out how DNA repair, which normally protects healthy cells, determines how cancer cells die following radiotherapy

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Cancer Centre researcher Dr Alison McDonnell has received a 2024 Stan Perron Charitable Foundation People Grant! Her research aims to pave the way for effective immunotherapy treatments for children with neuroblastoma. Congratulations Ali! 👏 www.thekids.org.au/news--events...

Dr Dewdney, Dr Fletcher, Prof Johns & others from UWA, University of Melbourne & Monash University have found a drug combination that shrinks tumours and extends survival in lab models. Repurposing drugs that have been tested in humans may expedite clinical trials. academic.oup.com/noa/article/...

What happens when you donate a cancer sample to research? We've made a video to help explain to community what we do in the lab, and we are starting a research project to understand any cultural considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people youtu.be/Df3jHA9vyAM

Sixty stellar scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians were officially announced yesterday as Australia’s new Superstars of STEM by the Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP @edhusicmp.bsky.social ✨ scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/meet-austral...

Dr @jessica-buck.bsky.social is leading a world-first program at @wakidscancercentre.bsky.social, working with communities to develop culturally safe treatments and improve survival rates for Indigenous children with cancer. cancer.thekids.org.au/news-events/...

Excited to announce my new research - the First Nations Childhood Cancer Research team which will work closely with communities to help close the gap in childhood cancer outcomes. thewest.com.au/news/health/...

Thought I'd introduce myself on this new account! I'm a scientist and Kamilaroi woman, and I lead the First Nations Childhood Cancer Research Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia. I'm also interested in genomics, neuroimaging and photography, and beach days with my family