Lukas’s story

Teamwork, tenacity and a dad’s unconditional love. This is Lukas’s story.

Global mission to save little Willow

Willow, who has neuroblastoma, is the first child at the RCH to be signed up to an international trial testing a new treatment. Click here to read her story.

Champions for Children: Meet Stacie Wang

Dr Stacie Wang is a paediatric oncologist at the Children’s Cancer Centre in The Royal Children’s Hospital. The Good Friday Appeal proudly supports her CAR-T cell therapy research. To recognise her work in the lead up to the appeal, we spoke to Stacie about what it’s like to work with children dealing with cancer.

Champions for Children: Meet Elyse Passmore

Dr Elyse Passmore is a biomedical engineer working in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The Good Friday Appeal proudly supports her research into artificial intelligence (AI). To recognise her work in the lead up to the appeal, we spoke to Elyse about how AI is making waves in the world of healthcare.

Ayla on road to health after nine-hour brain surgery

It took nine months of riding a merry-go-round of recurrent sickness and visits to doctors before the sinister ­secret growing at the back of Ayla’s brain was ­finally revealed. Click here to read her story.

Aliyana is a blooming marvel

Almost a year after being diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Aliyana hopes to start ticking things off her ever-growing “after cancer to-do list”. Click here to read her story.

Champions for Children: Meet Valerie Sung

Associate Professor Valerie Sung has worked at the RCH as a junior doctor since 2001, and as a general paediatrician since 2010. She has a passion for caring for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Her research on childhood hearing loss is proudly supported by the Good Friday Appeal.