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Musical toys shown to enhance development of toddlers

To help keep your kids entertained whilst advancing their development at the same time, Neuroblastoma Australia have recently added a new musical toy collection to our online charity shop.
Together for Mahli

My daughter, Mahli, is going through treatment for Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma
Lukas' Story

Lukas was growing up as a happy and super cheeky three-year-old. But in July 2019, he suddenly became very unwell.
#2LITTLE Campaign Launched for Neuroblastoma Awareness Week

Neuroblastoma Awareness Day on 2nd February marks the start of a week-long #2little campaign to highlight the lack of funding for childhood cancers and rare toddler cancer neuroblastoma.

Dr Steve DuBois

Dr. DuBois is director of experimental therapeutics at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. He is a pediatric oncologist with an active clinical and translational research program focused on patients with advanced neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma. He conducts phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of novel targeted agents. His clinical practice focuses on providing outstanding team-based care for children and young adults with solid cancers.
Associate Professor Juliet Gray

Dr. Juliet Gray is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Oncology at the Cancer Immunology Centre, University of Southampton. She leads a translational research group focused on novel antibody immunotherapies for neuroblastoma, including preclinical evaluation of novel combinational therapies as well as early phase clinical trials.
Sarah White

Sarah is a paediatric Occupational Therapist and is passionate about working with children and families. Sarah brings 20 years experience working in private, not for profit and government health roles specifically in childhood disability and mental health. Since her daughter Isabella was diagnosed with Stage 3 Neuroblastoma in 2011, Sarah has been actively involved in creating awareness and fundraising for Neuroblastoma research.
Isabella Mannix

Isabella has a background in Marketing and Sales, with twenty years’ experience working in a variety of senior roles within the Financial Services sector and more recently the Health sector. After her daughter Georgia was diagnosed with Stage 1 Neuroblastoma in 2012, Isabella and her family have supported various childrens’ cancer charities – including the Childrens’ Cancer Institute, the Kids Cancer Project, Redkite and Neuroblastoma Australia.
Sarah Jones

Passionate about working with children, Sarah is a mum of three with a teaching qualification, who is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Special Education. Sarah has experience in the not-for-profit sector, having worked for many years at The Starlight Children’s Foundation helping to develop in-hospital entertainment programs for seriously ill children. Sarah has been involved with fundraising for research into Neuroblastoma for over 5 years.
Our Scientific Advisory Board
Dr Louise Causer

Louise is a medical epidemiologist and lecturer currently based at The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia and has worked internationally both in clinical and research settings across a number of fields. Having trained and working in a highly academic setting for the past decade, Louise has direct experience and key insight into the research setting in Australia and internationally.
Jane Price

Jane Price holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. She is a small business owner, running her own immigration consultancy business, which she has grown in a few short years into a thriving practice with a couple of employees. Jane is lucky enough to have a “pigeon-pair” of children (aged 11 & 14) and was also privileged to know Sienna Hoffman.
Rochelle Yates

Rochelle is a mother of two, and Chairman of a global logistics company where she specialises in marketing. Rochelle's career includes vast experience in events and promotions and she has brought this skill to help coordinate numerous fundraising events and activities for Neuroblastoma Australia.
Professor Andy Pearson

Prof Andy Pearson is formerly a Cancer Research UK Professor of Paediatric Oncology, at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust. During a long and distinguished career, he helped establish and led many key groups in the paediatric oncology landscape both nationally and internationally.