Department of Medical Oncology, Calvary Mater Hospital, Waratah, NSW, Australia
Newcastle, Australia
I’m privileged to work as a medical oncologist and cancer researcher. I work for people with melanoma, brain, prostate, bladder and kidney cancers at the Calvary Mater Newcastle, and I’m the Associate Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the Hunter Medical Research Institute.
I am humbled when a treatment works for a patient; but very frustrated when a treatment fails. My research focuses on this complexity and heterogeneity; why are cancers different between different people; why are individual cancers cells different to each other; what does this mean for each person’s treatment? These challenging questions span projects across the research spectrum, from patient experience, through clinical trials, translational biomarkers and questions in basic science. I’m very fortunate to lead several national cancer clinical trials for the ANZUP and COGNO cancer trials groups, to chair the ANZUP Renal Cancer Subcommittee, and to contribute as a member of the Mark Hughes Scientific Advisory Committee, HNEHLD Clinical Trials Ethics Subcommittee, COGNO Scientific Advisory Committee and ANZUP Cancer Trials Scientific Advisory Committee.