Designing funding ecosystems for paediatric brain cancer trials 

Securing sustained funding for ambitious clinical programs requires more than strong science, it requires credible delivery architecture that aligns diverse stakeholders and funding sources. 

This work addressed a recurring problem in medical research: strong science failing to secure sustained funding because delivery structures were not yet credible.

I co-designed a funding and collaboration model that aligned government, philanthropic, and institutional investment, creating the conditions for durable clinical trial infrastructure.

This thinking was published as a peer-reviewed Perspective in the Medical Journal of Australia and helped lay the groundwork for a $14 million national paediatric brain cancer clinical trials consortium.

Further reading:

“If you build it, they will come”: the convergence of funding, research and collaboration in paediatric brain cancer clinical trials — Medical Journal of Australia (2024).