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The McCusker Trustees are delighted to support the Dreamfit Foundation which involves engineering students from the University of WA designing equipment for people with disabilities.

In 2009 Trustee Professor James Edelman met with Mr Richard Potok from the Charlie Perkins Trust. The Charlie Perkins Trust was established in 2002 in memory of the late Dr Charlie Perkins AO, to assist indigenous children in the areas of health and education. The McCusker Foundation will contribute funds towards 2 new annual postgraduate shcolarships that will allow talented indigenous Australians to study at the University of Oxford for up to 3 years (http://www.perkinstrust.com.au/scholarships).

Tonya and Malcolm McCusker thoroughly enjoyed their tour over the new Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Murdoch University. Hosted by Professor John Yovich AM Vice Chancellor and President of Murdoch University, the McCuskers had the opportunity to view firsthand, this state of the art building which will be the new home of cutting edge research into infectious diseases.