Investigators Prof. Karen Canfell March 18, 2025 / May 12, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Professor Karen Canfell is a cancer epidemiologist whose work has impacted cancer policy and implementation of cancer control strategies nationally and internationally. She is a Professor of Public Health and NHMRC Leadership Fellow at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Previously, she served as the inaugural Director of The Daffodil Centre, a joint […] Read more »
Investigators A/Prof. Alison Pearce March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Alison is a health economist interested in the various costs of cancer. Her research aims to use health services research and health economics to improve cancer care by providing relevant, reliable information for decision making. Leading the Health Economics Stream at the Daffodil Centre and based at the University of Sydney School of Public Health, […] Read more »
Investigators Prof. Dorothy Keefe March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Professor Dorothy Keefe (MBBS, MSc, MA, MD, FRACP, FRCP(Lon)) is the CEO of Cancer Australia, Australia’s national cancer agency. Prior to this she was a medical oncologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), and Professor of Cancer Medicine at the University of Adelaide. Her long-term research interest has been Supportive Care in Cancer, with a […] Read more »
Investigators Prof. Daniel MacArthur March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Professor Daniel MacArthur is the Director of the Centre for Population Genomics, established to solve the critical scientific, regulatory, and technical problems currently limiting the development of genomic medicine in Australia, and execute large-scale projects that will establish Australia’s leadership in this field. Daniel previously served as Co-Director of the Medical and Population Genetics Program […] Read more »
Investigators A/Prof. Michael Caruana March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Associate Professor Michael Caruana has over ten years’ experience designing and implementing modelling projects across different research fields and is the team lead of the Mathematical Modelling stream at the Daffodil Centre. His research interests include the development of mathematical models that effectively simulate and describe complex health systems, efficient model calibration methods, stochastic analysis […] Read more »
Investigators Dr. Gemma Bilkey March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Dr Gemma Bilkey is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators, with Masters in both Public Health, and Health Management. Currently working as the Deputy Director of Medical Services, and Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, Gemma is passionate about the delivery of equitable […] Read more »
Investigators Dr. Martin McNamara March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Dr McNamara is CEO of Sax Institute and Chief Investigator for the 45 and Up study. Read more »
Investigators Prof. Nick Martin March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Professor Nick Martin graduated with honours in Genetics from the University of Adelaide in 1972 and obtained his PhD in genetics at the University of Birmingham. In 1978 he returned to a Research Fellowship at the Australian National University where he founded the Australian Twin Registry. After 3 years in the US, he returned in […] Read more »
Investigators Prof. Louisa Collins March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Professor Louisa Collins is a health economist and conducts applied research on the economics of cancer. Louisa has expertise in health economic evaluations, decision-analytic modelling and health technology assessment. She holds a PhD and MPH in Public Health, and a Bachelor of Economics. She is the Research Lead of Cancer Prevention and Survivorship at the […] Read more »
Investigators A/Prof. Carolyn Nickson March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by epcanrisk2345 Carolyn Nickson is an epidemiologist specialising in finding ways to improve breast cancer control. She leads the Breast Cancer Policy and Evaluation stream. Key areas of her research include policy and modelling evaluations related to breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment, and epidemiological studies focussed on risk assessment and risk-adjusted interventions . A/Prof Nickson works closely […] Read more »
