RPH Research Foundation

Former Wesfarmers boss Trevor Eastwood has stayed out of the limelight since exiting Perth’s corporate scene, but has broken his silence to publicise his largest-ever philanthropic donation.

Medical researchers targeting reduced hospital readmissions, off-the-shelf cancer therapy, and 3D bone printing are among those to have benefitted from the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation’s latest funding round.

Helping to establish a $35 million endowment fund for the WA Museum is the latest step in Jenny Allen’s philanthropic journey.

SPECIAL REPORT: The female leaders of four major medical research foundations are using experience from their diverse backgrounds to improve medical research in the state.

Hard-border closures and a partial lockdown in WA are providing medical researchers with the opportunity to explore potentially life-saving COVID-19 treatments.

Giving increased last financial year, but the economic fallout from COVID-19 will affect the potential for generosity into the future.

A collaborative Western Australia-based research project is investigating whether treating hearing loss could reduce the risk of dementia in the elderly.

The Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation is one of WA’s largest philanthropic foundations; however, it’s not as large as it used to be, and therein lies a story.

Only nine research funding applications from the state’s universities succeeded in the national round.

More than a decade after finishing up as the state’s chief scientist, Lyn Beazley remains a passionate advocate for medical research.

Former state chief scientist and renowned neuroscientist Lyn Beazley has resigned as chair of the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation.

WA has some very prominent philanthropists, detailed in our updated list of foundations, and there is a push to expand giving across the wider community.