The principal focus of the Advisory Committee is to provide strategic advice and support the activities of PC4. The Advisory Committee is chaired by Nik Zeps.
A/Prof Nik Zeps (Chair)
Qualifications: BSc (Hon), PhD
Location: St John of God Hospital Subiaco
Role: Director of Research, St John of God Subiaco Hospital; Adjunct Professor, School of Health Sciences, Curtin University; Adjunct Professor, Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University; Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Colorectal Cancer Research Unit, University of Western Australia; Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame
Research Interests: Clinical trials (oncology), molecular pathology, bioethics, genomics, health systems research
Prof Raymond Chan
Qualifications: RN, BN, MAppSc (Research), PhD, GAICD
Location: Princess Alexandra Hospital and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Role: Professor of Cancer Nursing
Research Interests: Survivorship, Symptom Management, Models of Care, Palliative Care
Dr Malcolm Clark
Qualifications: MBBS, FRACGP
Location: Victoria
Role: Inaugural Member Academy of Clinical Teachers, Melbourne Medical School. Honorary Clinical Senior Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Medical Director, IPN Medical Centres, Victoria.
Research Interests: Aged care, men’s’ health, acupuncture, minor procedures
Dr Jennifer McIntosh
Qualifications: BAppSci MPH PhD
Location: Department of General Practice, Centre for Cancer Research, Melbourne University
Role: Senior research fellow, Deputy Lead Primary Care Cancer Research Group
Research Interests: Risk prediction tools, precision medicine, cancer screening in primary care, colorectal cancer, health service research
Prof Jon Emery
Qualifications: MBBch, DPhil, FRACGP, MRCGP, MA
Location: General Practice & Primary Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne
Role: Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research University of Melbourne and Western Health; Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia; and Senior Clinical Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK
Research Interests: Cancer diagnosis, Complex interventions, Genetic medicine and Primary care trials
Prof Patsy Yates
Qualifications: PhD, MSocSci, BA, DipAppSci, RN, FRCNA
Location: Queensland University of Technology
Role: Head, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology; Director, Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, Queensland Health
Research Interests: Supportive care for people with cancer
Prof Leanne Monterosso
Qualifications: PhD, BNurs(Hons), GCert TerTeach, FRCNA
Location: University of Notre Dame, Fremantle and St John of God Hospital, Murdoch
Role: Chair of Nursing, University of Notre Dame and St John of God Hospital
Research Interests: Cancer and palliative care, cancer nursing, bereavement, translation of evidence into clinical practice
Amanda Piper
Qualifications: BSc, MHA, MPH
Location: Cancer Council Victoria
Role: Head of Cancer Strategy, Strategy and Support
Research Interests: Survivorship, Education, Models of Care, Priority Populations
A/Prof Joel Rhee
Qualifications: BSc(Med), MBBS(Hons), GradCert(ULT), PhD, FRACGP
Location: University of Wollongong
Role: Associate Professor and practicing GP
Research Interests: Advance Care Planning; aged care and end of life care in the Primary Care setting
Ms Nikki Davis Location: VIC
Role: Nikki is a member of the PC4 Community Advisory Group. Nikki is a breast cancer survivor who would like to see more people living well with their cancer. In addition to her own cancer experience, she is aware of those of many others through her work as a peer support volunteer with women experiencing breast and gynaecological cancers. Nikki works in book publishing.
Max Shub
Location: VIC
My Contribution: Max is a member of the PC4 Community Advisory Group. He is a qualified pharmacist and a cancer survivor having been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer 12 years ago. He has a desire to improve the quality of cancer research by bringing an understanding of patients’ concerns through his extensive involvement with support groups including the Prostate Cancer Support Group network, Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry Steering Committee, PoCoG SAC, NEMICS Reference Group and Cancer Trials Consumer Network.
Dr Belinda Goodwin
Qualifications: Bach. of Science (Psychology) with Honours & PhD
Location: Cancer Council Queensland
Role: Senior Research Fellow and the Manager of the Health Systems and Psycho-oncology team
Research Interests: Psycho-oncology, Health service, Quantitative
Nikki McGrath
Qualifications: Bachelor Applied Science, Health Promotion, Division 1 Registered Nurse
Location: Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria
Role: Team Leader in the Screening and Cancer Prevention Team
Research Interests: Prevention, Early detection
Prof Liz Halcomb
Qualifications: RN BN(Hons) GCertHE GCertICNurs PhD FACN
Location: University of Wollongong
Role: Inaugural Professor of Primary Health Care Nursing
Research Interests: Primary care, Practice nurse, Workforce capacity
Dr Dayna Swiatek
Qualifications: BAppSci (Hons) PhD.
Location: Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria
Role: Manager, Victorian Cancer Agency
Research Interests: Translational cancer research, health services research, consumer engagement in research
