Debbie Watson

Congrats to my former PhD students Chloe and Amal on their recent publications on graft-versus-host disease in Clinical Science and Clinical & Translational Immunology. Lovely to celebrate this achievement and acknowledge all your hard work 🧫🧬🔬

Wish all the money spent today on a horse race went to the homeless, to people with mental health issues, to people with cancer and other debilitating illnesses, to support people with disabilities and their carers and to fund medical research. Just saying 😳

Walk4Brain Cancer complete. We did it. 6.6km. Thanks to my awesome friend Janine for walking with me and to all my friends for their support. Hope awareness and funding can help support brain cancer research. In loving memory of my partner Kim ❤️ my.walk4braincancer.com.au/walk4braincanc…

In loving memory of my partner Kim I will be walking for brain cancer to support finding a cure and promoting awareness my.walk4braincancer.com.au/walk4braincanc…

National Science week. Female group leader/ senior lecturer unfunded and no job. Despite winning national awards this year and with 20 years experience. Working casually as a demonstrator. We need more funding to support female leaders who have had career disruption! 👩🏼‍🔬🧬🧫

Congrats to my PhD students Dr Chloe Sligar and Dr Amal Elhage who graduated today at the University of Wollongong. Amazing students and so proud I got to be your supervisor 👩‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓

Thinking of you Kim ❤️

Proud and grateful to receive the Josette Eris Memorial Award at the national transplant meeting @TSANZ_txsoc in Canberra supporting emerging female leaders in Transplantation. Lovely to catch up with colleagues and my mentor Prof Stephen Alexander.

@ProfRAScolyer Thank you for your update and for sharing the reality of brain cancer and treatment. My late partner had GBM and your posts about scanxiety, your scans and these latest pics show the reality to me. Our dog was also a comfort. Sending strength and love to you and your family x

It’s been a little while since I last posted — as you can imagine, things go up and down with how I’m feeling during treatment. This week, it feels like the fog has lifted a bit, and I’ve been able to enjoy some really special moments with family and friends. I’m especially excited about this Saturday, when I’ll be completing my 250th Parkrun (at the Greenway course in Haberfield, Sydney). This was a milestone I set for myself at the start of my diagnosis — and honestly, one I wasn’t sure I’d reach. So it’s with a huge amount of gratitude to my family, friends, and medical team that I’ll be celebrating this achievement. Thanks to everyone who’s been cheering me on. @parkrunAU

Today is World Blood Cancer Day. Neil Pennock a long time collaborator and founder of the TLR Foundation is an advocate for promoting awareness about the donor stem cell registry. All you need to do is a cheek swab to join the registry. Check details tlr.org.au

Lovely to catch up with my consumer Neil Pennock co-founder of the TLR Foundation. Neil is a huge advocate for stem cell donation. You could save the life of someone with blood cancer. Donating is easier than you think. Go to the website tlr.org.au

One year ago today we said goodbye to you Kim ❤️ Your are loved by many and we all miss you so much 🥰 I am grateful for the time we shared. You adored me, you made me laugh and we had lots of fun times together amidst the challenges of your brain cancer. I love you. You know ❤️

🚨 Excited to share our latest protocol utilising bioluminescent leukaemia cells to establish a humanised mouse model of graft-versus-leukemia immunity; allowing for real-time in vivo tracking of leukaemia burden 🧬🐭 #LeukemiaResearch #GVHD link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

Thinking of you my beloved Kim. One year without you by my side. I will be forever grateful for the time we got to spend with each other. You showed great strength to get on with life despite your brain cancer. I love you. You know ❤️🥰💕

@ProfRAScolyer Thank you for sharing your journey. I wanted to send love and thoughts to your wife and family who are on this journey with you. My partner had GBM and I know the anxiety and stress of waiting for the scan results and for the surgery to be completed and hoping for the best x

Thankyou to everyone for your kind thoughts and well wishes. I have undergone what is a complex surgery and am incredibly grateful to my medical team at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse for their exceptional care and support, particularly A/Prof Brindha Shivalingam. I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to my family & friends for their unconditional love and unwavering support throughout this journey.  Now I am focused on my recovery and will share more updates when I am able. Thankyou in advance for your patience and understanding. @COBLH @SydneyLHD @Sydney_Uni @Dr_Brindha

🤝 It’s #GvHDDay! We would like to join others globally in raising awareness of #GvHD. The GvHD Hub is an open-access online resource, dedicated to providing balanced, credible, and up-to-date medical education in GvHD. Visit our website to learn more: loom.ly/9p6CvFA

In loving memory of my partner Kim on World Cancer Day. Kim died last year from brain cancer (glioblastoma). Thank you to the oncologists, nurses, surgeons, palliative care team and volunteers for caring for him. Hope this day highlights the need for more funding for brain cancer

Enjoyed our end of year lab Christmas celebration at Amigos Mexican. Lovely to catch up with lab members 😎🎄🧑🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬

@chellebalez @AusNeuroSoc @MolHorizons Congrats Rachelle. Hope you are enjoying your new Bub. Enjoy the conference

Bummed I can’t attend #ANS2024 (always a great time!), as I gave birth to my daughter a month ago, but very grateful of @AusNeuroSoc support of #ECRs & parents in that I can present remotely 🥳 Join us for Symposium 4 (1:30 pm Mon) for omics insights into neurodegen @MolHorizons

Lovely to catch up with former students and colleagues at the national ASI conference in Sydney #ASI2024SYD Dr Min Hu, Prof Steve Alexander and my first PhD student Dr Nick Geraghty. Lovely to see you all 👩🏻‍🔬👨‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬