Cabrini Research Annual Report 2020-21 Cabrini Foundation
Thank you from the Cabrini Foundation We would like to acknowledge and thank our donors and bequestors who support our worldclass research projects and education at Cabrini. In 2020-21 the Foundation provided $1.2 million in support of education and research. This is an outstanding contribution to progressing research and supporting the education of our staff at Cabrini and provides opportunities that would otherwise not be available.
Donors Thanks to the generosity of major donors Mrs Lee and Mr Brian Johnstone, the Auric (meaning ‘gold’) Innovation Grant has been awarded for the past three years. This grant is designed to foster a culture of innovation throughout Cabrini to improve patient and staff experience. In June 2021, the Auric Innovation Grant was awarded to Cabrini Technology Group Director of Operations, Josh Farrington, for a software platform (eCaptis) that digitally schedules, captures and reports patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). eCaptis is simple and low cost to use for the patient and clinician. This digital health-based questionnaire enables patients to provide direct feedback to their treating clinician about their health-related outcomes and patient experience.
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We thank our Lets Beat Bowel Cancer donors for their ongoing support of the Colorectal Cancer Organoid Research Program led by Professor Paul McMurrick. This approach to personalised cancer medicine will see every patient who presents with bowel cancer treated on the basis of individual characteristics of their own tumour. Twenty years ago, Dr Darren Lockie established a program of scholarships, grants and a lecture in memory of his partner Dr Peter Meese. We were delighted to host the 20th anniversary of the Peter Meese Memorial Lecture in March 2021 with Professor Sue Evans discussing “The impact of COVID-19 on cancer diagnoses”. The Peter Meese Memorial Nursing Research Grant was awarded to Dr Tali Lang and Kirsten Seletto for their study titled “Does automated home monitoring and management of patient-reported symptoms during systemic cancer treatment improve clinical outcomes?” The Penny Diamond Cabrini Nursing Scholarship for Future Leaders was established by the Just Group in memory of loyal and long-term staff member Penny Diamond. The scholarship provides an opportunity for nursing leaders to undertake further education to develop skills and gain experience to take on more senior nursing roles or implement projects to improve the way Cabrini
