Professor Christobel Saunders AO received a Health Services Research Award at the 2024 Research Australia Health & Medical Research Awards.
A woman in her late forties facing a double mastectomy for breast cancer decides to postpone the recommended breast reconstructive surgery because, as her family’s sole breadwinner, she needs to return to work quickly.
A man in his seventies with end-stage kidney disease would benefit from multiple haemodialysis sessions every week to filter toxins and waste products from his blood, but he wants fewer sessions so he can still collect his grandkids from school.
At the University of Melbourne, breast cancer specialist and surgeon Professor Christobel Saunders AO is part of a growing global movement called person-centred, value-based healthcare.
