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Sydney Cancer Conference 2021
September 9-10, 2021 - Bridging research and practice
The University of Sydney is proud to host the seventh Sydney Cancer Conference, a national forum showcasing existing and emerging strengths in cancer research across Australia.
SCC2021 was hosted in partnership with four Cancer Institute of NSW Translational Cancer Research Centres: Sydney Catalyst, The Kids Cancer Alliance, Sydney-West Translational Cancer Research Centre and Sydney Vital.
Abstracts for the meeting have been published in the September Edition, Supplement 5 of Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology – click here to view.
Program
- Click here to view the program and abstracts booklet (PDF 6.84Mb) which contains the daily program schedule, speaker bios and speaker abstracts.
- Click here for the daily program schedule at a glance (PDF 305KB)
Plenary speakers:
- Professor Ethan Basch - Professor of Medicine, Division of Haematology and Oncology; and Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA (and affiliated with University of Birmingham)
- Professor Fran Baum - Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor; and Director, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
- Professor Richard Scolyer - Conjoint Professor, The University of Sydney; Co-Medical Director Melanoma Institute Australia and Senior Staff Specialist at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & NSW Health Pathology
- The Hon. Bronwyn (Bronnie) Taylor MLC - Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women, Parliament of NSW
- Professor David Thomas - Head, Genomic Cancer Medicine, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Director, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; and CEO Omico Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre
- Professor Theresa Whiteside - Professor of Pathology, Immunology and Otolaryngology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
- Dr Anupriya Agarwal - NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney
- Dr Ali Azimi - Post-doctoral Research Associate, Westmead Clinical School, Department of Dermatology
- A/Prof Emily Blyth - Senior Staff Specialist Haematologist, Clinical Lead, Immune Effector Cell Therapies, Westmead Hospital; NSW Cancer Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, Westmead Institute for Medical Research
- Prof Patrick Brennan - Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine Health, The University of Sydney and CEO, DetectED-X
- Prof Alex Broom - Professor of Sociology, Director Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
- Prof Phyllis Butow - PoCoG & CeMPED, School of Psychology; SoURCe, Institute of Surgery, The University of Sydney
- Prof Karen Canfell - Director, The Daffodil Centre; Professor & NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
- Dr David Chan - Medical Oncologist, Bill Walsh Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research
- A/Prof Angela Chou - Kolling Institute of Medical Research
- Prof Jonathan Clark- Director of Head and Neck Research, Lang Walker Family Foundation Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Reconstructive Surgery, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
- Dr Emily Colvin - Bill Walsh Translational Cancer Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research and The University of Sydney
- A/Prof Mark Cowley - Associate Professor, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW Medicine; Luminesce Alliance Childhood Cancer Computational Biology Program Co-Leader; ACRF Childhood Cancer Liquid Biopsy Program Co-Leader; Children's Cancer Institute
- A/Prof Matt Dun - Associate Professor, The University of Newcastle (UON) Faculty of Health & Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)
- Prof Anna DeFazio - Sydney West Chair of Translational Cancer Research, The University of Sydney; Director, Centre for Cancer Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research; Interim Chair, Cancer Research Network
- Prof Jacob George - Robert W Storr Chair of Hepatic Medicine, Sydney Medical School; Director, Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research; Head, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Westmead Hospital and Sydney West Local Health District - Obesity-related Liver Disease and Cancer Group
- Dr Kavitha Gowrishankar - Westmead Institute for Medical Research
- Professor Annette Haworth - Professor of Medical Physics, Director Institute of Medical Physics, Faculty of Science, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
- Prof Vanessa Hayes - Petre Chair of Prostate Cancer Research, University of Sydney; Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Honorary Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa; Conjoint Professor of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney; Scientific Director, Southern African Prostate Cancer Study (SAPCS); Scientific Director, iDZOMO - Prostate Cancer Initiative for Africa
- Dr Tracy King - Clinical Research Fellow, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, The University of Sydney
- A/Prof Kelvin Kong - Honorary Professor (MQ), Conjoint Associate Professor (UNSW), Conjoint Associate Professor (UoN), HMRI, Menzies School of Health Research, Paediatric & Adult Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeon, Cochlear Implant Surgeon, John Hunter Hospital, John Hunter Children's Hospital., Hunter ENT
- Ms Kathryn Leaney - Member of the Executive Committee of Cancer Voices NSW and Manager of the Consumer Involvement in Research Program
- Mr Tony Maxwell – Member of Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) Support and Advocacy Committee; Cancer Voices NSW; Member of Cancer Council NSW Consumer Review Research Grants Panel
- Mr Murray McLachlan - Deputy Chair, Cancer Voices NSW
- A/Prof Nick Pavlakis - Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney; Board Chair, The Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA); Clinical Services Director, Genesis Care St Leonards, Frenchs Forest; Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Medical Oncology; Royal North Shore Hospital
- Prof Chris Pyke - Chair, Foundation for Breast Cancer Care
- Dr Tristan Rawling - Discipline Leader, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
- Prof Roger Reddel - Sir Lorimer Dods Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney; Director, Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI); Head, Cancer Research Unit, CMRI; Director of CellBank Australia and Co-Director of ProCan®
- A/Prof Lynnette Riley - Associate Professor, Sydney School of Education & Social Work, Program Director - Indigenous Studies & Aboriginal Education, FASS - Coordinator Indigenous Studies Major (ISM), The University of Sydney
- Dr Geeta Sandhu - eviQ Project Pharmacist, Cancer Institute NSW
- Prof Patrick Schlegel - Professor and Head of Cellular Cancer Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences / Medical Sciences Administration, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
- Dr Ines Silva - Oncologist and Research Scientist at the Melanoma Institute Australia, Westmead & Blacktown Hospitals, and the University of Sydney
- Dr Emma Webster - Senior Lecturer Rural Research, School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
- A/Prof Lisa Whop - National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, The Australian National University
- Dr Jasmine Yee - Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-Based Decision-Making, Academic Fellow, Discipline of Exercise and Sport Sciences, The University of Sydney
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