Research & Education Lead, Gynae-oncology
Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Western Health, Professorial Fellow, Department of Medicine, Western Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Director of Education and Director of Training at Western Health Oncology
A/Prof Ananda completed her medical degree at King’s College London and trained in Australia as a medical oncologist. She specialises in treating gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancers, and holds multiple clinical, research and education positions including:
- Director, Cancer Clinical Institute, Epworth Health
- Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Western Health, where she leads the gynae-oncology clinical trials program
- Multiple VCCC Alliance committee roles, past and present including sitting on the Registry Trials, VCCC Alliance Precision Oncology, and New Approaches committees
- Chair, Gynaecological Tumour Group, Cancer Trials Australia
- Professorial Fellow, Department of Medicine, Western Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne
- Director of Education and Director of Training at Western Health Oncology.
A/Prof Ananda is currently Chief Investigator on a protocol looking at circulating tumour DNA in ovarian cancer, in collaboration with WEHI. She has collaborated with ANZGOG, writing a protocol for a trial with a novel agent, a ROR-1 inhibitor in both ovarian and endometrial cancer.
