VCCC Town Hall meetings kicked off this week at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne followed by a combined meeting at the Royal Children’s Hospital for RCH and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute staff. The objective of meetings is to provide staff, researchers, educators and administrators in the cancer workforce, as well as consumer representatives, the opportunity to provide feedback to VCCC on planning for its next strategic research plan.
VCCC Executive Director, Professor Grant McArthur and Associate Director, A/Prof Anna Boltong hosted the first of the meetings at St Vincent’s, attended by Professor Tom Kay, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Professor Jennifer Philip, Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Melbourne and Angela Nolan, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Chief Executive Officer, who commented on the pivotal role VCCC can take in building efficiencies and the alliance’s ability to foster the willingness, capacity and culture to collaborate for better outcomes.
St Vincent’s Director of Oncology and Cancer Services Associate Professor Sue-Anne McLachlan commented on the positive aspects of the meeting, saying “It is great to have the opportunity to share how things happen at St Vincent’s and how that fits into the alliance.”
Meetings will continue during August and all are welcome. Please register for catering purposes.
To provide feedback or communicate with us aside from Town Halls, or for information, please email the VCCC.
Monday 12 August
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1G Royal Parade, Seminar Room 1
Presentation 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Wednesday 14 August
Sunshine Hospital, Ground Floor meeting room 1 or
streamed to Footscray Hospital, Padua Room
Presentation 8.00am - 9.00am
Monday 19 August
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre building
Level 7 Lecture Theatres
Presentation 9.30am - 11.00am
All staff from Peter Mac, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's and Royal Melbourne Hospitals welcome.
Tuesday 20 August
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Seminar Room 5A and 5B
Presentation 3.15pm – 4.45pm
