Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships support early-career researchers who have not received significant funding to undertake research focused on discovering and improving prevention, detection, treatment, and care for people affected by cancer.
These fellowships provide greater career growth and certainty for individuals, as well as assist in building research capacity and continuity for Victorian institutions. 

Professor Erica Sloan, Chair of the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Assessment Committee, explains what makes a great application.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

 

 

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Fellowship recipients 

Fellowships commencing in 2025

Dr Lauren Alesi
Monash University
Preserving female fertility and long-term endocrine function following cancer treatment by inhibiting PUMA (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)
Blocking the cell death protein, PUMA, to protect female fertility after cancer therapy

Dr  Sarah Grimshaw
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
PROTECT. Physical activity and exercise during childhood leukaemia treatment to protect against sarcopenia and improve frailty outcomes (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)
Physical activity to improve frailty outcomes for children with leukaemia

Dr Laura Jenkins
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Combining EGFR inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors to suppress MYC in colorectal cancer (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)
Taking the MYC out of colon cancer

Dr  Ryan O'Keefe
La Trobe University and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Dissecting the role of type 2 innate lymphoid cells in gastric cancer (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)

Dr. Jia Quyen Truong
RMIT University
Targeting key protein-protein interactions for the treatment of mesothelioma (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)
Blocking key protein interactions to treat mesothelioma

Dr Balaji Virassamy
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne
Investigating how parity can protect against triple negative breast cancer (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)
Breast cancer anti-tumor immunity following lactational involution

Fellowships commenced in 2024

Previous Fellowship recipients