NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Dr Hao-Wen Sim, MBBS(Hons) BMedSci MBiostat FRACP GStat, is the Clinical Lead of the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO) at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Dr Sim contributes his expertise and leadership in neuro-oncology, trial methodology and biostatistics. He received his medical degree with Honours from The University of Melbourne, being awarded the James Stewart Bequest for Surgery and inducted to the Margaret Whyte Honour Board. He completed his Master of Biostatistics from The University of Sydney, being awarded the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia Star Graduate Award, Judy Simpson Biostatistics Scholarship, Les Irwig General Epidemiology Award and Australasian Epidemiological Association Top Student Prize. He also completed neuro-oncology fellowship at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada. He is a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a graduate biostatistician of the Statistical Society of Australia. He works as lead clinician treating brain cancer patients at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, Australia.
Dr Sim’s research focus is the design and operationalisation of investigator-initiated brain cancer trials. As a mid-career clinical researcher in Australia, he has secured over $5.7 million in peer-reviewed funding, multiple awards (including ASCO Merit Award, NOYCIA Award, CAHON Young Investigator Award), and authored 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts (including Journal of Clinical Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research) and a book chapter.