Join leading experts, innovators, and change-makers for a one-day event designed to accelerate the translation of cancer prevention and early detection research into real-world impact.
Through dynamic keynotes, interactive panels, and case studies, we’ll explore how to:
Sessions include:
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and help shape the future of cancer prevention and early detection.
A/Prof Kara Britt
Lab Head, Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention Lab, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
A/Prof Britt leads the Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention Lab within the Cancer Evolution and Metastasis Program. She obtained her PhD from Monash University working on female reproductive endocrinology and undertook a CJ Martin fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research (UK) under the mentorship of Alan Ashworth and Matthew Smalley. Her work has helped define why women in today’s society have an increased incidence of breast cancer. Her lab has been instrumental in developing pre-clinical models for prevention-based research.
A/Prof Britt has held Early and Mid-Career Victorian Cancer Agency Fellowships and a National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) Early Career fellowship. Her work has been supported by NHMRC, Equity Trustees, NBCF, and the Basser Centre (USA). She also co-chairs the VCCC Accelerating Novel Therapies Program which aims to increase the number of new drugs translating through to the patients that need it most.
A/ Prof Laura Forrest
Senior Research Fellow and Associate Genetic Counsellor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Sandy Minck
Queensland Health
Prof Karin Thursky
Associate Director of Health Services Research and Implementation Science/Infectious Diseases Physician, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Prof Julia Brotherton
Professorial Fellow, Cancer Prevention Policy, The University of Melbourne
A/ Prof Carolyn Nickson
Epidemiologist, Sydney School of Population Health, University of Sydney and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
A/ Prof Nicole Rankin
Head, Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
A/ Prof Davis McCarthy
Head, Bioinformatics & Cellular Genomics, St Vincent's Institute
This symposium was made possible with a grant from Tour De Cure.
