About Us Supporting people in hospitals across South Australia through vital health and medical research and improved patient care.
Financial Information THRF adopts extremely high transparency standards when reporting our financials.
Australian Breast Cancer Research Supports research into the detection, management and treatment of breast cancer.
Australian Prostate Cancer Funds vital medical research into the detection and treatment of prostate cancer, as well as preventing the metastatic spread of the disease.
Australian Heart Research We are passionate and determined to improve heart health and beat heart disease through advances in knowledge and research.
Kidney, Transplant & Diabetes Research Australia Our aim is to reduce and ultimately eliminate the high incidence of chronic kidney disease and diabetes in Australia and around the world.
The Repat Foundation – The Road Home Supports health and wellbeing research for veterans, emergency service personnel and their families.
Centre for Creative Health Driving collaboration, innovation and research to develop best-practice arts, design and health programs.
Volunteers We are so grateful to those who donate their time and skills to support life-changing medical research. Find out more…
Sep 18 Newman’s Own Foundation Grant for Under Our Roof THRF Ambassador Jenni, nominated as one of six influential bloggers in Australia by Newman’s Own Foundation, is directing US$100,000 grant to THRF and our Under Our Roof Project. read more
Sep 18 New Partnership with The Jodi Lee Foundation to Beat Bowel Cancer We’re so thrilled to announce our new five year partnership with The Jodi Lee Foundation to help raise vital national awareness around bowel cancer. read more
Sep 04 New Hope for Metastatic Breast Cancer Thanks to the incredible generosity of one of our very special donors, Dr Margaret Elcombe, our researchers have been awarded the Elcombe Pre-Clinical Project Grant to pursue a promising new treatment avenue for breast cancer that has spread which if successful would be far less toxic than current treatments. read more
Sep 04 A Father’s Fierce Determination to Beat Eczema At the young age of four months, Robert Kenrick’s daughter Martha was diagnosed with eczema. For Robert, this meant rubbing his daughter’s back for almost an hour at night to help her get to sleep because her skin was so itchy. It meant seeing her fall behind in school as she wasn’t getting the amount of sleep a young child needs. read more
Sep 04 Potential Game Changer for Hand Osteoarthritis With the support of The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF), rheumatologist Associate Professor Catherine Hill and her team at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital are kick-starting a pilot study for a new life-changing treatment for osteoarthritis in the hand. read more
Sep 04 High-Tech Imaging to Enhance Prostate Cancer Diagnosis A dedicated and passionate Professor Doug Brooks from the University of South Australia’s School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences is making inroads in prostate cancer research, which has the potential to improve the way men are managed when diagnosed with prostate cancer. read more
Sep 04 Developing Vaccines Against Viruses to Save Lives Supported by The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF), Dr Ashish Shrestha’s research aims to develop a universal Hepatitis C virus vaccine and a DNA vaccine to provide effective protection against the Zika virus, currently there are no developed vaccines against either virus. read more
Aug 23 Australian Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Right now, researchers are developing new, more accurate screening tests for prostate cancer. read more
Aug 17 Adelaide’s Own Global Collaboration to Fight Cancer Leading cutting-edge research into inflammation in a variety of cancers, Professor Vinay Tergaonkar from Singapore’s Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*Star) joined the Centre for Cancer Biology (CCB) in 2016, a unique new research laboratory collaboration. read more
Aug 14 A Life-Changing Procedure Gives Chelsea her life Back Chelsea Holloway had been living the majority of her life in and out of hospital suffering severe stomach pain, diagnosed with pancreatitis when she was just 10-years-old. read more