Please watch our short 3 minute video which encapsulates why Snowdome exists and the urgent need to raise funds for our cause. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to Snowdome, please go to the Donate page on our website. Please click HERE or on the image below to watch the video. To … Continued
As today is International Clinical Trials Day (commemorating 20 May 1747, the day on which James Lind started his famous trial comparing treatments for scurvy), Snowdome is proud to share the following links to articles that appeared in the media today. The trial in the spotlight of all articles is supported by Snowdome funding. Consultant haematologists … Continued
Warwick Sherman won Division 2 of the 2012 Sydney to Hobart. Five months earlier he was undergoing a debilitating course of chemotherapy and a stem-cell treatment to try to defeat lymphoma. Happily, he’s now in remission and recently tried to repeat his 2012 success in the 2014 race. He donated his yacht’s sponsorship fee of … Continued
Over the last 9 months, Snowdome’s funding efforts have been concentrated on directing just over $1,000,000 into epigenetic treatments for Australians with blood cancers. Snowdome has worked with several passionate donors to invest over $750,000 and has successfully secured $311,000 in matched funding through the Victorian Cancer Agency. A wonderful model of ‘government & philanthropy’ … Continued
“Settling my daughter into high school was my highest priority. She’d had a pretty rough time during her primary school years while I was undergoing other treatments so I really wanted to concentrate on helping her settle in before starting any further radical treatments. By going on a clinical trial, it bought me the time … Continued
Late in 2014, the Snowdome Foundation was contacted by two different parties with a common cause. They both wanted to fundraise for Snowdome. Both parties couldn’t be more different. One was a group of dedicated cyclists who intended to tackle the fiercest slopes New Zealand could offer – in the name of charity. The other … Continued
It is with great delight that we welcome leading infectious diseases physician, Professor Sharon Lewin FRACP, PhD, FAAHMS, to our Board. Sharon is an internationally renowned researcher in HIV who has led pioneering research in the laboratory and clinical trials aimed at finding a cure for HIV. She was the local co-chair of the 20th … Continued
The Snowdome Foundation is auctioning a ‘Chef’s Table for 4’ generously donated by world-renowned Chef, Heston Blumenthal, to help raise money to fight blood cancers. The booking is for 7pm on Saturday 11 July, 2015*, which is only a few short weeks before the restaurant will close and head back to the U.K. If you … Continued
Throughout 2013/14, Snowdome was successful in joining several like-minded major donors* to establish the Centre of Research Excellence in Myeloma (CRE-M) in Melbourne. This $3million investment will support a global best practice research approach in ‘personalised or precision medicine’ which, according to reports from the U.S. and Canada, is an emerging approach for the treatment … Continued