St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation

We wish you and your loved ones a joyful Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Please note, the SSMRF office will be closed for the Christmas break from Monday 23 December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 6 January 2025. Have a safe and happy holiday season!

𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐑𝐅 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 Join us on 4 April 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Southern Sydney Event Centre for the SSMRF Annual Celebration Dinner – an evening dedicated to recognising outstanding medical research and celebrating the innovative work of our 2024 Research Grant Recipients. Our special guest and keynote speaker is 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐎 – the esteemed psychiatrist who founded the Black Dog Institute and revolutionised our understanding of mood disorders. With 50 years of groundbreaking research and multiple prestigious awards, he's a true medical innovator you won't want to miss. Tickets on sale: https://lnkd.in/gq5EV_tq

Last night Georges River Council Mayor Elise Borg presented SSMRF CEO Pamela Brown with a cheque for $20,000 to SSMRF. This was the proceeds from the Pro-Am golf day coordinated by SSMRF Ambassador Kevin Greene supported by the lions club of lugarno. Thank you for supporting transformative medical research at St George and Sutherland Hospitals. #medicalresearch #KevinGreene

SSMRF's Pamela Brown and Caringbah Rotary cooked up a BBQ for Sutherland Shire Council's awards lunch yesterday. The Council generously supported our Recycle for Research project through all the water bottles and cans from the event. #RecycleForResearch #MedicalResearch

SSMRF Raffle for Research: Winners announced! Thank you to everyone who supported the SSMRF Raffle for Research! Together, we helped raise vital funds for medical research, spreading hope and health this festive season. Yesterday, the much-anticipated raffle was drawn, and we’re excited to announce the winners of our fabulous prizes: 🎉 1st Prize: Auriel Tighe will enjoy two nights of luxury in the Blue Mountains, complete with breakfast, a Tynan Weekend Drive Car and an indulgent Lindt Chocolate Box. 🎉 2nd Prize: Alison will pedal into the new year with a stylish Priority Classic Bicycle. 🎉 3rd Prize: Hailey from St George Hospital will celebrate the season with a Christmas Basket Bonanza, including a LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle and other holiday treats. We’re so grateful for your generosity and support, which helps us fund groundbreaking research that changes lives. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for more ways to get involved with SSMRF in 2025! Happy holidays from the SSMRF team. ❤️ #RaffleForResearch Thanks to Club Central and Tynan Motor Group.

Tickets for the SSMRF raffle are drawn this Sunday. It's not too late to go into the draw to win one of three amazing prizes while supporting medical research! Visit the SSMRF website to purchase your tickets. Prizes 1st Prize: Two nights Accommodation in the Blue Mountains with Breakfast, complimentary Tynan Weekend Drive Car with jacket, umbrella, hat and luxurious Lindt Chocolate Box 2nd Prize: Priority Classic Bicycle 3rd Prize: Christmas Basket Bonanza filled with Christmas Surprises including LEGO – Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle, Games and Goodies Tickets $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00 Closes on Sunday 8 December 2024 at 10.45 am

At SSMRF, we support promising new medical research and emerging researchers to benefit people locally and around the world. Today, we take a look at one of our 2023 SSMRF grant recipients and his project - Dr Joel Poder. Dr Poder explains: “The current standard for measuring the success of prostate cancer treatment is a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. One disadvantage of using a PSA test in determining the success of radiotherapy treatment is that multiple PSA tests are performed over a period of time to confirm the suspicion of treatment failure, leaving the patient anxious and vulnerable to the development of metastases. The use of imaging techniques may be beneficial in overcoming this disadvantage. In collaboration with a team of researchers from the Biologically Targeted Radiotherapy (BiRT) team at the University of Sydney, we are exploring imaging methods to provide accurate early measures of treatment response.” Southern Cancer Care supported the grant for this project. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gy7Cpieg

Buy a ticket in SSMRF’s Raffle for Research and give the gift of health this Christmas, while going in the draw to win one of three fabulous prizes! 1st Prize: Blue Mountains Accommodation, Breakfast, complimentary Tynan Weekend Drive Car with jacket, umbrella, hat and luxurious Lindt Chocolate Box 2nd Prize: Priority Classic Bicycle 3rd Prize: Christmas Basket Bonanza filled with Christmas Surprises including LEGO – Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle, Games and Goodies Tickets $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00 - buy online at https://lnkd.in/gsR5fVic The Raffle closes on Sunday 8 December 2024 at 10.45 am and drawn on Sunday 8 December 2024 at 11.00 am #RaffleForResearch #MedicalResearch #ssmrf With thanks to Club Central and Tynan Motor Group. CFN/20488

At SSMRF, we support promising new medical research and emerging researchers to benefit people locally and around the world. Read how third-year PhD student Sabrina Koentgen is unravelling the mysteries of gastrointestinal health. https://lnkd.in/guGxxtyN Microbiome Research Centre

Come visit us at Westfield Miranda on Level 1 near the food court today, where Pamela and Suzanne are selling tickets for our amazing Christmas raffle for just $5 each! If you can't visit us in person, you can always buy your tickets online: https://lnkd.in/gsR5fVic #SSMRF #ChristmasRaffle #MedicalResearch