Associate Professor Tu Nguyen-Dumont from Monash University. Associate Professor Tu Nguyen-Dumont serves as the genomics and bioinformatics lead in several multidisciplinary teams dedicated to exploring and defining genomic variations associated with cancer risk, cancer development, recurrence, and response to treatment.

Bacteria have long been a challenging adversary in the world of medicine. Antibiotics have been a primary treatment for bacterial infections, but their overuse has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant (AMR) bacteria, causing a significant health threat (refer health economics report commissioned by Iredell, Lin et al, Phage Australia). A promising revival of phage therapy is set to combat AMR infections more effectively and with fewer side effects than antibiotics.

In Australia, more than 1,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year. While the overall survival rate for childhood cancer is now over 80%, for some types of cancer the rate is much lower. Every week, three young lives are lost to cancer – more than to any other disease.

In 2021, AGRF joined a unique collaboration aiming to improve these statistics, becoming a key partner in the Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO), Australia’s first national precision medicine program for children with cancer..

Learn how AGRF are helping to make a difference.