Establishment of the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Queensland
In 2009, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) funded two national prostate cancer research centres: The Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Queensland (APCRC-Q) based in Brisbane and the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre@Epworth based in Melbourne.
In 2013, additional funding from the Australian Government Department of Health was provided to APCRC-Q and APCRC@Epworth and a third centre, the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - New South Wales, was established in Sydney.
APCRC-Q is a joint initiative between the Queensland University of Technology, and the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The Centre is co-located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Translational Research Institute.
The DOHA funding established APCRC-Q as an integrated, transdisciplinary, comprehensive prostate cancer research centre to support a range of relevant translational activities for the development of prostate cancer therapeutics and biomarkers for genetic predisposition, early detection, differentiation of indolent versus aggressive disease and prognosis, and therapeutic response indicators to inform treatment options and planning. This included a strong focus on research capacity building and developing collaborative networks locally, nationally and internationally.
Investigators
Researchers
| Anja Rockstroh | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Brian Tse | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Carolina Soekmadji | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Chenwei Wang | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Gregor Tevz | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Jiyuan An | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| John Lai | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Lidija Jovanovic | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Maggie Fung | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Martin Sadowski | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Raja Vasireddy | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Stephen McPherson | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Varinder Jeet | APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Allison Eckert | Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource, APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Trina Yeadon | Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource, APCRC-Q, IHBI, QUT, TRI |
| Irina Oleinikova | APCRC-Q, Princess Alexandra Hospital |
| Linda Crook | APCRC-Q, Princess Alexandra Hospital |
Duration
Funding
| Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing | $7 500 000 |
| Australian Government Department of Health | $6 200 000 |
| Australian Government Department of Health | $1 500 000 |
