on John F. Germ President, Rotary International Governor Craig Winter PHS & Clare PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Well fellows what a great night of Rotary fellowship last Thursday evening with the Rotary Club of Mackay North and of course to top the night off, Mackay West won the Bowls. I noced aſter checking the score card, I could understand why they wanted to bring the Drug Tesng Commiee in as John Palmer and his team won 22-1, well done boys. Looks like some of your pracce has paid off John. ( Good being rered isn't it. ) Remember fellows the 7th June will be mixed night and the guest Speaker will be Della Whearty from the TV series MKR. Hopefully her Dad Gerry Muscat who was a member of our club some me ago will also join her for the evening. I'm quite looking forward to hearing her story as I'm sure there are things going on behind the kitchens that you would not normally hear about. I'm also hoping a number of the ladies can join us on the night. Fellows Director George has put his hand up to do another lunch me cook up on the 8th June and will be looking for a couple of helpers , if you are available please have a chat with George. You never know George, Della might be able to come and give you a bit of assis- tance. Sunday 4th June is on it way Fellows and we will be look- ing for numbers to help at the Marina Run once again and will require as many hands as possible to run this event and of course it is for a worthy course " The Lu. Foundaon " - this is a large fundraiser for this group so please get you name down to help. Thanks. President Col Meng Issue 20 Wednesday, May 31 2017 Colin Meng President, Mackay West Rotary Grace “We break the bread of brotherhood We thank thee Lord for all things good May we, more blessed than we deserve Live less for self and more to serve”
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John F. Germ President,
Rotary International
Governor Craig Winter PHS & Clare
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Well fellows what a great night of Rotary fellowship last Thursday evening with the Rotary Club of Mackay North and of course to top the night off, Mackay West won the Bowls. I noticed after checking the score card, I could understand why they wanted to bring the Drug Testing Committee in as John Palmer and his team won 22-1, well done boys. Looks like some of your practice has paid off John. ( Good being retired isn't it. ) Remember fellows the 7th June will be mixed night and the guest Speaker will be Della Whearty from the TV series MKR. Hopefully her Dad Gerry Muscat who was a member of our club some time ago will also join her for the evening. I'm quite looking forward to hearing her story as I'm sure there are things going on behind the kitchens that you would not normally hear about. I'm also hoping a number of the ladies can join us on the night. Fellows Director George has put his hand up to do another lunch time cook up on the 8th June and will be looking for a couple of helpers , if you are available please have a chat with George. You never know George, Della might be able to come and give you a bit of assis-tance. Sunday 4th June is on it way Fellows and we will be look-ing for numbers to help at the Marina Run once again and will require as many hands as possible to run this event and of course it is for a worthy course " The Lu. Foundation " - this is a large fundraiser for this group so please get you name down to help. Thanks. President Col Meng
Issue 20 Wednesday, May 31 2017
Colin Meng President, Mackay West
Rotary Grace
“We break the bread of brotherhood
We thank thee Lord for all things good
May we, more blessed than we deserve
Live less for self and more to serve”
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Scholarship recipients Maria Di Biase and Jeremy Lum
explaining their research on Schizophrenia.
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Improving Patient Outcomes for One of the
Deadliest Cancers
While we have seen some decline in the mortality rates for other cancers over the years, the patient outcome for pancreatic cancer has seen very little improvement and has earned a spot as one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Norbaini Razak from Curtin University is one person who has stepped in to try and make a difference to these outcomes this year, after being awarded a Funding Part-ner PhD Scholarship from Australian Rotary Health.
More specifically, Norbaini’s research project will focus on pancreatic cancer and how it can affect immune cell function – particularly neutrophils and platelets. It will also investigate how immune cells could potentially provide a source of biomarkers for the disease.
“In 2017 I hope to provide insight on the signalling involves in pancreatic cancer-induced neutrophil extracellular traps (NET) release, and also determine the role of pancreatic cancer exosomes in NET release,” Norbaini said.
“The 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is at a low 7 per cent, making it amongst the deadliest cancers in Australia. It is imperative that we start to see pro-gress on pancreatic cancer research to help improve these rates and the overall pa-tient outcome.”
Norbain’s desire to pursue a PhD in pancreatic cancer research became clear after
she completed a small research project for her honours year, which investigated the
interactions between platelets, neutrophils and pancreatic cancer cells.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is often associated with veterans of war; however, the disorder can affect anyone who has been exposed to one or multiple traumatic events.
According to Dr Sam Harvey from the University of New South Wales and the Black Dog Institute, about 10 per cent of current emergency service workers have PTSD, and this does not account for those now retired.
“The cumulative exposure from attending multiple incidents across many years can cause mental health problems for a sizeable proportion of emergency workers,” Dr Harvey said.
Rotary District 9675 has managed the Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards (RESCA) for a couple of years now, and through their relationship with NSW Emergency Service Agencies, it was recognised PTSD in Emergency Service workers is a problem that needs to be addressed.
RESCA is an initiative of the Rotary Districts and Clubs of New
South Wales that acknowledges and celebrates selfless community
service of Emergency Service Personnel and this year, funds raised
through the event will go towards an Australian Rotary Health PhD
Research Scholarship to focus on this area.
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Funding Partner Spotlight: Kerry Anderson
During her husband’s year as District Governor for Rotary District 9650, Kerry Anderson took on the challenge to raise money for an Australian Rotary Health Funding Partner PhD Scholarship.
Kerry and some members of her family suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex, a rare genetic condition that causes the skin to be very fragile and blister easily. Because the condition was so close to home, Kerry decided she wanted to add to the body of knowledge through funding research.
To achieve her goal Kerry spoke at every Rotary Club in District 9650 whenever her
husband Rob made an official visit, and received donations of various amounts from
the Clubs and the District Australian Rotary Health committee. In addition to this,
Kerry ran fun fines, auctions, and raffles at the District Conference.
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