Dr Tracy King awarded $25,000 grant from The Sydney Cancer Institute.

Congratulations to our Board member Dr Tracy King  who has been successful in obtaining a $25,000 grant from The Sydney Cancer Institute Seed Grant Scheme. Tracy is the study lead and fellow Board member Dr Christian Bryant is as a co-investigator. This study will work in collaboration with Prof Kate White and the Cancer Nursing Research Unit at Sydney University.

Tracy will focus on “Personalised care for older people with Multiple Myeloma”. The study seeks to explore patients and carer’s perspective of older individuals receiving treatment for Multiple Myeloma and how they navigate the complex pathways. It also seeks to review the evidence for geriatric assessment / tools and examine factors at diagnosis and during treatment that impact overall outcomes.

The Sydney Cancer Institute Seed Grant Scheme seeks to support research in the area of cancer, diagnosis, presentation, treatment or cure and is a joint initiative between Sydney Local Health District, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and the University of Sydney.

We congratulate Tracy on her recent success and look forward to reviewing the results of the study.

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