Familiar face leads staff fundraising program

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The face of UQ's Staff Giving Program, co-creator of the world's first cervical cancer vaccine and former Australian of the Year Professor Ian Frazer

Professor Ian Frazer, renowned clinical immunologist, researcher and Head of the Diamantina Institute, is continuing his extraordinary commitment to support staff philanthropy at The University of Queensland.

For a third consecutive year, Professor Frazer has personally pledged $100,000 to match staff gifts to UQ. His matching pledge has encouraged a growing community of staff donors, with staff gifts totalling more than $780,000 since 2009 when the matching initiative first began.

The Staff Giving Program encourages staff to support University projects and programs and to play an important role in the University’s endeavours.

Professor Frazer’s philanthropic commitment has supported more than 50 different UQ programs including student scholarships, medical research and initiatives in arts, commerce and community.

Professor Frazer was Australian of the Year and Queenslander of the Year in 2006 for creating four vaccines to prevent and treat cervical cancer – a disease which affects half a million women each year. He was awarded the 2005 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, the 2008 Balzan Prize for Preventative Medicine and the 2009 Honda Prize.

In July, he will take up a new role as Chief Executive of the new $345 million Translational Research Institute, which was secured with significant support from the Atlantic Philanthropies, the State and Federal Governments, QUT and UQ.

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