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How you can make a difference

At WEHI, we are focused on preventing and curing the diseases that we fear the most. These include incurable cancers, dementia, infectious and autoimmune diseases.

Today, we need your support to help us in a sprint and marathon. A sprint to do the absolute best for those confronted with disease right now. A marathon to solve incurable diseases once and for all.

Discover more about the 50+ disease areas where WEHI is making a difference

“Dementia is NOT a normal part of ageing. Dementia is a disease and we need to act now to stop its progression.”

Dr Sarah Holper

Four people are photographed in a lab, with one man sitting down

Above: Rachel Sumpter, Ruth Trevaskis, Jeff Trevaskis and Ben Sumpter in the brain cancer labs at WEHI

Meet 11-year-old Ben Sumpter

When you ask an eleven-year-old boy what they would like to raise money for, most might dream of new bikes, skateboards, cricket bats or video games. But for Ben Sumpter, the answer is a cure for brain cancer.

The CASS Foundation meets with past grant recipients at WEHI. L-R: Dr Phillip Pymm, David Abraham AM, Tamara Abraham, Associate Professor Tracy Putoczki, David Aitken, Dr Marcel Doerflinger.

Above: The CASS Foundation meets with past grant recipients at WEHI. L-R: Dr Phillip Pymm, David Abraham AM, Tamara Abraham, Associate Professor Tracy Putoczki, David Aitken, Dr Marcel Doerflinger.