Professor Sanchia Aranda AM is regarded as one of the world’s pre-eminent experts in cancer control. With more than four decades’ experience as a clinician, researcher, educator and administrator, she has served as CEO of Cancer Council Australia, President of the Union for International Cancer Control and President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.
Professor Aranda is the inaugural Board Chair for the City Cancer Challenge Foundation and served on the Advisory Council for Cancer Australia for eight years until 2015. She also holds a part-time appointment as a Professor of Health Services Research at The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and she has been widely published in Australian and international health literature.
As Chair of the VCCC Alliance, Professor Aranda works with the Board to set the vision, strategy and direction of the organisation; with oversight of the performance and delivery of key policy priorities and ensure the ongoing financial viability of the organisation.
Professor Aranda is particularly passionate about achieving greater equity in cancer care and outcomes across Australia, especially for First Nations Australians and those who have a lower socio-economic background, live in regional or remote areas or have a cancer type with typically poor survival.
