In this special VCCC Alliance Nurse-Led Research event, Marian Lieschke will provide an overview of the nursing implications of clinical trials in the delivery of cancer care and highlight the critical role that nurses play in both the conduct and outcomes of clinical trials.
Marian Lieschke, RN is the Manager of the Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit. She trained as an Oncology Nurse at the Royal Marsden and after moving to Australia worked extensively as a Clinical Oncology Research Nurse, becoming the Manager of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Oncology Clinical Trials Unit in 2004. She was appointed to her current position in 2016, bringing the trial units of RMH, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Women’s Hospitals together as a single unit to serve the precinct, a unit which now employs nearly 100 staff.
Marian has held positions in the Victorian Association of Research Nurses and the Cancer Council of Victoria Clinical Trials Professionals Group and currently chairs the VCCC committee on Building Workforce Capacity. Marian is passionate about clinical trials as an alternate clinical pathway for patients, education for clinical trial staff and for improving the clinical trial industry by increasing conversation with global pharmaceutical companies.
