Menieres Research Fund Inc.

Has the GFC taken the shirt off your back?  Quick, try one of ours…

The Fund has 100 quality pre-shrunk cotton T-shirts emblazoned with our logo donated to us.  Like T-Fords, they only come in one colour – black- and sizes are limited.  They are free, but there's a catch.

Want one? Please email us at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your pledge or proof of donation (via website or tax deductible receipt) for at least AUS$15.00 to cover postage and provide address and contact.  Please nominate the size you are after.  Not available to past donators. One per person per donation. (OK, all right, you may ask for one more if you are extra generous!) 

More than 150 people attended a fund raising evening and gala auction event hosted by the Fund and Balmain Rotary Club.  With smooth music sounds supplied by “Doctor Wasabi”, attendees were entertained by the antics of Raymond Crowe, better known as the “The Unusualist”, whilst they feasted on a mouth-watering 3 course dinner and drinks.

The night featured the Melbourne Cup theme with prizes and raffle draws and culminated in a live auction where attendees feverishly bid for holidays, jewellery, sports memorabilia and artworks. 

We are pleased to announce that over $45,000 was raised, to be carefully expended at the Fund’s Menieres Research Laboratory at the Brain and Mind Institute, Sydney, the only research facility in the world dedicated to finding a cure for Menieres.

The Fund thanks the Balmain Rotary Club members for the fantastic effort and hard work that made the event possible and to the attendees that gave their money so generously. A big thank you for all attendees and donators.  Click here for more photos...

The Fund and Rotary Club, Balmain, NSW is hosting a fund raising dinner and auction in Sydney on 3 November 2010.  We have posted a list of items to be auctioned on this website.  Everybody and their families with an interest in seeing our Fund provide resources to find a cure for Meniere's disease is asked to attend.  Please attend if you can. Download details of the event and auction items here

The Fund is pleased to announce that the 2009-2010 fund raising appeal and other income has realised A$397,557.  Many of the donations have come from private individuals and from fundraising activities.  2 donations were more than $50,000 with the majority less than $200.  All donations count. If you haven’t yet taken advantage of our website to place your tax deductible donation, the donation brochure can be downloaded here…

An application to Garnett Passe for funding of a PHD graduate has been granted to the Fund. Garnett Passe will provide salary funding for 3 years for a medical graduate to complete a PHD to into the effect of salt on the inner ear.

The Fund’s 2010 annual appeal for donations has been launched in Australia.  In conjunction with Meniere’s Australia, more than 3,000 donation brochures have been mailed to those afflicted with Meniere’s disease and health professionals and persons with an interest in this condition.  The donation brochure can be downloaded from this site by clicking here…

Hearing Research

Recommendation 19 (chapter six)

The committee recommends that the Department of Health and Ageing works with Meniere's Australia to identify opportunities for research into the prevalence of the Meniere's disease in Australia, rates of diagnosis, options for treatment and personal management, and the socio-economic impact of the disease, including on the employment and lifestyles of those affected.

Professor Bill Gibson and Dr Daniel Brown successfully apply for $50,000 research grant.

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Dr Bill Gibson and Dr Daniel Brown receive grant...

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