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Research and Education Leads

Extending a distributed model of leadership to drive impact on patient outcomes.

Research and Education Leads

Extending a distributed model of leadership to drive impact on patient outcomes.

A foundation principle is that as an alliance of 10 leading medical research, academic and clinical institutions we are greater than the sum of our parts.

Translating this into real-world practicality requires expertise, knowledge and strategic systemised approaches of working across organisational boundaries and disciplines.

Melissa Le Mesurier

BA AICD Chair, Cancer Consumer Advisory Committee

Associate Professor Ian Collins

MB BCh BAO MSc DMedSc FRACP Regional Oncology Lead

Associate Professor Niall Corcoran

MB BCh BAO PhD FRACS AFRCS Research & Education Lead, Genito-urinary cancer

Professor Jon Emery

MBBCh MA DPhil FRACGP MRCGP Research & Education Lead, Primary Care Integration and Academic Lead

Professor Hui Gan

MBBS PhD FRACP (medical oncology) Research & Education Lead, Central Nervous System and Brain Cancers

Professor Peter Gibbs

MBBS MD FRACP Research & Education Lead, Gastro-intestinal Cancers

Associate Professor Kalinda Griffiths

BBiomedSc MPH PhD Research & Education Lead, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Associate Professor David Gyorki

MBBS MD FRACS Research & Education Lead, Melanoma and Skin Cancers

Associate Professor David Kok

BMedSci MBBS GradCertLing MEd FRANZCR Chair of Cancer Education and Training Advisory Committee; Convenor, Master of Cancer Sciences

Professor Mei Krishnasamy

RGN; BA (Hons): DipN; MSC (Cancer Nursing): PhD Research & Education Lead, Cancer Nursing

Associate Professor Jeremy Lewin

MBBS FRACP Research & Education Lead, Sarcoma

Professor Bruce Mann

MB BS, PhD FRACS Research & Education Lead, Breast Cancer

Professor Jennifer Philip

Academic Lead, Palliative Care

Professor Andrew Scott AM

MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP, FAHMS, FAANMS, FAICD, DDU Research Translation & Commercialisation Lead

Professor Joe Trapani

MBBS FRACP PhD FFSc (RCPA) FAHMS FAA Director, Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy

Associate Professor Craig Underhill

MBBS FRACP Regional Oncology Lead

Professor David Wiesenfeld

MDSc (Melb) FDSRCPS(Glasg) FRACDS(OMS) Research & Education Lead, Head and Neck Cancer

Associate Professor Gavin Wright

MBBS FRACS PhD Research & Education Lead, Lung Cancer

Dr Belinda Yeo

MD, FRACP, MBBS, BA Research & Education Lead, Breast Cancer

Associate Professor Sumitra Ananda

MD Research & Education Lead, Gynae-oncology

Dr Niveditha Rajadevan

MBBS (Hons), MPH, BA Research & Education Deputy Lead, Gynae-oncology

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