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Flash Grant Awards at the 5th International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2025
The Rudy A Menon Foundation along with the other GC Global Family Foundations are extremely proud to have awarded three flash grants at the GC Global Conference, held in London in September 2025. This was the first of its kind to coincide with the 10 th year of the biennial conference. From a total of eight applications submitted and presented at the conference, an expert scientific panel short listed four. The families then came together to fund three of them. Though the in
Arjun Menon
Dec 31, 20251 min read


Sibling Loss Interview by The ICR
In November 2025, for Sibling Loss Awareness Month, the ICR published an article on individuals who lost siblings to cancer. Rudy’s brother Arjun was interviewed for the piece. Below is an excerpt of the article covering Arjun's interview: “Rudy was three years older than me – and a typical big brother, with all the good natured competition and rivalry that comes with that. But he had a huge influence on me, throughout my formative years, and on who I am today. As kids we wer
Arjun Menon
Nov 13, 20253 min read


International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2025
The 5th International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri was held in London, where we marked ten years since we began with the first conference, which was held in Paris in 2015, followed by the one at the NIH in Bethesda in 2017, Barcelona in 2019, and New York in 2023 after having to miss one due to Covid. Over three days, participants engaged in scientific and passionate discussions aimed at improving outcomes for children, adolescents, young adults, and older adults affect
Arjun Menon
Aug 1, 20252 min read


International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2023
The Fourth International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri (GC) was held at the Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, USA from September...
Arjun Menon
Sep 30, 20232 min read


The Guest Show On Radio Kuwait
The Guest Show on Radio Kuwait featured Vidhu Menon who was interviewed by Chaitali B Roy. On the show Vidhu shares Rudy's story, her...
Vidhu
May 19, 20211 min read


Menon Family Green Initiative
The inspiration for this tree planting came about as we listened to a podcast on the focus of finding cures and treatments, and how it...
Vidhu
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Foundation Members' contribution to COVID-19 Relief
Based on the present climate, we as Members of the Board of the Rudy A Menon Foundation discussed what we could do to support the crisis...
VIdhu
Jun 1, 20203 min read


International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2019
The Third International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri (GC) was held in Barcelona on September 22-23, 2019 at the Saint Joan de Deu ...
Vidhu
Sep 23, 20192 min read


International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2017
The 2nd International Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri was held in Washington D.C on June 22nd and 23rd, 2017. It was held at the ...
Vidhu
Jun 23, 20171 min read


European Conference on Gliomatosis Cerebri 2016
Families of European based Foundations attended a conference held at the Hospital Sant Joan de Deu in Barcelona, where Prof Chris Jones...
Vidhu
Oct 28, 20161 min read
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