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Pioneering nature of The Alfred lives on
19 May 2022
The Alfred has sought to develop throughout its 150-year history. This continues today with the help of partnerships, such as with the Gandel Foundation.
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Alfred Health Nursing Scholarship Lunch - Advancing Nursing Leadership
17 February 2022
Alfred Health has been committed to nursing education since 1871, developing some of the most influential nurses in the country. Our nursing teams engage in innovative approaches to research, leading teams, learning and professional development.
fundraising
nursing education
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Impact 2021 - The Alfred Foundation year in review
11 February 2022
In this special edition of The Alfred Foundation's annual publication, Impact, we focus not only on the effect that donors have had throughout 2021, but on the significant impact that philanthropy has had in our 150-year history.
cancer
community fundraising
covid-19
emergency & trauma
heart
lung
nursing education
patients
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The Spicer of Life
6 January 2022
A life-changing working experience in Bangladesh sparked what was to become the focus of Professor W John Spicer’s career. 
infectious diseases
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Italian social club supports rare lung disease research
18 October 2021
The Dromana Italian Seniors Social Club did not have to look far when giving away some of its savings.
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The Foster Foundation Cancer Biobank at The Alfred
31 May 2021
Through a substantial commitment from The James Foster Foundation in 2019, The Alfred’s Oncology Department was able to establish The Alfred Cancer Biobank (ACB). The ACB is now fully operational, with the first collection taking place in February 2020 and three major projects underway at the time of writing.
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Philanthropy develops career of leading COVID-19 expert
22 April 2021
In 2008, The Alfred established a Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, thanks to generous funding from the James and Elsie Borrowman Trust. This distinguished position was a major career development milestone of one of Australia’s leading infectious diseases experts – Professor Allen Cheng.
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New lymphoma fellowship made possible by gift in Will
22 February 2021
In 2020, thanks to the generous decision made by Brian Jenkins to include a gift of $500,000 in his Will, The Alfred was able to establish The Jenkins Fellowship for Lymphoma – one of four fellowships in our clinical haematology department dedicated to finding new treatments and therapies for people living with blood disorders.
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Advancing discovery through biobanks
3 September 2020
This week The Alfred Brain Tumour Bio-databank (ABTB) discovered a new hope in the treatment for brain cancer. The ABTB is one of three biobanks at The Alfred advancing research into new treatments.
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Ned’s enduring legacy to fight leukaemia
2 September 2020
At just 21, Ned Parnham had his whole life ahead of him, but in November 2018 the Melbourne University Environmental Science student was diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)
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