Cloud 9 Luncheon - September 24, 2010
September is time to spring into the Foundation's 'Cloud 9 Luncheon' at Sheraton Mirage, Main Beach. This eagerly awaited event will be happening again on September 24 at 11.30am for a 12 noon start at a cost of $69 per person. You will be welcomed with a glass of Champagne and all beverages throughout the luncheon are included.
Guest speaker is Professor Mark von Itzstein, Executive Director, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast who will discuss‘The Discovery of New Medicines’.
Mark von Itzstein completed his PhD in organic chemistry at Griffith University in 1984, and was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to carry out research at the University of Marburg in Germany. His internationally renowned career as a carbohydrate chemist began in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Monash University in 1986. In February 2000 Mark returned to Griffith University to establish the Institute for Glycomics. This Institute has, as it’s mission, the task of discovering clinically-useful medicines through intervention of carbohydrate-related disease processes. Mark received the Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis in 2001, which is awarded to a small number of international scientists annually. Then in 2002 Mark was awarded a Federation Fellowship, Australia’s most prestigious research fellowship. He was elected to Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2003, and also received the University of Queensland Gatton Gold Medal in 2005, and the Zimmer International Scholar Award (USA) in 2007. Mark is one of the leading scientists responsible for the design and synthesis of the anti-influenza drug, Relenza®, which has been approved for the treatment of influenza worldwide. As one of the key players in the drug's development, Mark was awarded the prestigious Australia Prize for Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1996. This discovery is considered to be a significant outcome and flagship in glycotherapeutic drug development in the last century and has further consolidated the world platform of using carbohydrates as drugs and carbohydrate-recognising proteins as drug discovery targets. Mark has international standing in glycoscience and drug discovery particularly in the area of anti-infective drug discovery. In the light of the most recent pandemic influenza threat, Mark has established a research program that is investigating the discovery of next generation anti-influenza drugs. The Institute for Glycomics is located on Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus and is expanding to a staff level of approximately 150.
New seasons fashions will be paraded from the popular Main Beach boutique '27 on Tedder'.
This is a very popular luncheon so book your tickets now by phoning Beth at the Foundation office on
07 55712150 or 0419775832.
Click here for full details.
MBA Partnership Charity Golf Day
Calling all golfers. The MBA Partnership Charity Golf Day is happening on Friday October 1 at Lakelands Golf Course with registration at 11.00am and a Shotgun start at 12.00 noon.
Please click here for full details of this exciting day of golf.
Registration forms are available to download for printing now.
Places are limited so get in early to book your team.
Annual Report 2008-2009
We are happy to advise that the Annual Report for the 2008-2009 year is now available to read on line. Please click here to download the .pdf version.
The materials presented on this site are provided by the Gold Coast Hospital Foundation for information purposes only. Users should note that the electronic version of the annual report on this site is not recognised as the official or authorised version. The official copy of the annual report, as tabled in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland can be accessed from the Queensland Parliament’s tabled papers website database:
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/tabledPapers/home.asp
Gold Coast Hospital Foundation - Update
Through recent fundraising activities and donations from business's and the local community, the Foundation has been able to provide valuable funding to the Gold Coast Health Service District, which includes the Gold Coast Hospital Southport, Robina Hospital, Carrara Health Centre and Community Health centres throughout the district:
- $ 93,500 to Robina & Gold Coast Hospitals Endoscopy Equipment
- $ 45,000 to Paediatric Trust
- $ 1,500 to Neurosurgery Trust
- 200 to Cardiology and Mental Health Trusts
- $ 52,000 to Mental Health for the upgrading of Psychiatric Wards 1 and 2 at Southport
- $ 48,500 to District Staff Education & Research Grants
