Our Purpose
At Flinders Foundation our purpose is you.
We want you, our community, to live a longer and happier life.
We want you to overcome disease and illness so you can spend more time with the people you love. And while you’re fighting, we want to ease your pain, suffering and concern, and your family’s too.
That’s why every day, our team works to support the leading clinicians and researchers across Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University to deliver better research, treatment and care and ensure they are equipped with the latest technology, in the best environment.
From cancer and mental health, to neonatal care, and everything in between - we’re working together to prevent, cure and care.
Thanks to enormous support from across the community, answers are being uncovered and significant medical breakthroughs at Flinders are having a global impact.
But there’s still such a long way to go. Help bring us closer to life-saving research and patient care.
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NEWS
Buying Hope” for South Australians with MND
Research and clinical trials exploring new treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) will soon be underway at Flinders Medical Centre with the appointment of a new MND Fellow.
Buying Hope” for South Australians with MND
Research and clinical trials exploring new treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) will soon be underway at Flinders Medical Centre with the appointment of a new MND Fellow.
Heart care key to long term health of cancer survivors
New research out of Flinders has revealed cancer survivors require more care, awareness and management of other health conditions – in particular cardiovascular disease – to help them live longer after cancer treatment.
Heart care key to long term health of cancer survivors
New research out of Flinders has revealed cancer survivors require more care, awareness and management of other health conditions – in particular cardiovascular disease – to help them live longer after cancer treatment.
Virtual reality simulator for eye surgery arrives at Flinders
Trainee eye surgeons across South Australia will be able to practice delicate cataract surgery before they step into the operating theatre with the arrival of a new virtual reality simulator at Flinders Medical Centre.
Virtual reality simulator for eye surgery arrives at Flinders
Trainee eye surgeons across South Australia will be able to practice delicate cataract surgery before they step into the operating theatre with the arrival of a new virtual reality simulator at Flinders Medical Centre.
Simonds Homes partners with Flinders Foundation
Located on Rhind Road in Lightsview, close to the Adelaide CBD, the new home will be sold at auction, with all profits to be donated to the Playground Project to support the construction of a new play area outside of the Flinders Paediatric Unit at the Flinders Medical Centre.
Simonds Homes partners with Flinders Foundation
Simonds Homes is delighted to announce its partnership with Flinders Foundation and looks forward to working alongside their team to raise money through the sale of a new Simonds home.
Riding For My Research
“As a researcher that spends a lot of time at my computer, it was a humbling experience to see the dedication of the broader community towards cancer research and improving the lives of those with the disease.”
Riding For My Research
When Flinders University cancer researcher Dr Ashley Hopkins jumped on his bike to join the 2019 SA Discovery Tour, he was overwhelmed by the support those riding alongside him gave to his research.
Targeted Treatments for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Flinders University Professor Arduino Mangoni is nearing completion of the first stage of the study, investigating a newly developed drug compound targeting the enzyme DDAH1 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Targeted Treatments for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Thanks to generous funding from Tour de Cure, riders and supporters in 2019, an international research project is hoping to uncover the ‘magic bullet’ for treating Triple Negative Breast Cancer – one of the most aggressive and fatal forms of breast cancer.
32 new health and medical research projects… thanks to you!
In a partnership between Flinders Foundation and Flinders University, $755,000 in seed grants has been awarded to help researchers advance their knowledge of a variety of illnesses, diseases and social issues.
32 new health and medical research projects… thanks to you!
At a time when the focus on health and medical research has never been greater, 32 exciting new projects across the Flinders medical precinct have received funding in Flinders Foundation’s annual Health Seed Grant Round.
Rachel’s dream is to improve therapies to treat, and ultimately cure, multiple myeloma.
Your generous donations to the Autumn newsletter and multiple myeloma tax appeal in 2020 will go towards part-funding Rachel’s three-year PhD scholarship to investigate this aggressive blood cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. Thank you for your generous support.
Rachel’s dream is to improve therapies to treat, and ultimately cure, multiple myeloma.
“Multiple myeloma is incurable, that’s something we’d obviously like to change.”
Protein discovery paves way for new multiple myeloma treatments
Together with collaborators Professors Claudine Bonder and Stuart Pitson from UniSA, Dr Wallington-Beddoe, who is also Head of Myeloma and Amyloidosis Services and Director of Haematology Clinical Trials at Flinders Medical Centre, recently discovered the presence of the DSG2 protein biomarker in some multiple myeloma patients.
Protein discovery paves way for new multiple myeloma treatments
Multiple myeloma patients with the poorest prognosis are set to benefit from promising new research
Promising blood test to detect head and neck cancer
While cervical, breast, prostate and colorectal cancers can be detected via tests such as the pap smear, mammogram, prostate specific antigen test and faecal occult blood test - there is currently no such test to detect head and neck cancers.
Promising blood test to detect head and neck cancer
Researchers at Flinders University hope their promising blood test model could help to diagnose a common form of head and neck cancer, in the same way diagnostic tests are available for other cancer types.