The principal focus of the Advisory Committee is to provide strategic advice and support the activities of PC4. The Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof Nik Zeps.
If you wish to discuss joining the Advisory Committee, please contact Janelle Jones on Janelle.jones@unimelb.edu.au.
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 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 Liz Halcomb
Qualifications:Â RN BN(Hons) GCertHE GCertICNurs PhD FACN
Location:Â University of Wollongong
Role:Â Inaugural Professor of Primary Health Care Nursing
Research Interests: Primary care, Practice nurse, Workforce capacity
A/Prof Carolyn Ee
Qualifications: MBBS, FRACGP, PhD
Location: NSW
Role: GP, Jacka Foundation Principal Research Fellow (NICM Health Research Institute) & Associate Professor (Cancer Survivorship and Primary Care (Flinders University), Author, Health and Wellbeing advocate
Research Interests:Â Chronic disease management, co-creation and evaluation models of cancer survivorship care, health equity, qualitative research, multi-centre clinical trials, evidence synthesis and clinical practice guideline development and translation.
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
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Dr Janelle Jones
Qualifications: BSc Honours, PhD
Location:Â University of Melbourne
Role: National Manager of PC4
Research Interests: Primary care trials
Makala CastelliÂ
Qualifications:Â BBus, GradDipArts
Location:Â QLD
Role: Community representative
Research Interests: Consumer and patient involvement in researchÂ
A/Prof Eleonora Feletto
Qualifications: BBus/Arts, PhDÂ
Location:Â University of Sydney, Daffodil Centre
Role: Senior Research fellow Cancer Council NSW; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health University of Sydney; Gastrointestinal Cancers Policy and Evaluation Research Lead
Research Interests: GI cancer
Barbara WatersÂ
Qualifications:Â H.M.S.-Ed., MPH
Location:Â Department of Health QLD
Role: Cancer Screening Unit/Branch Strategy Policy and Planning, Senior Public Health Officer
Research Interests:Â Quality Improvement for Cancer Screening in Primary Care, Clinical Information SystemÂ
Dr Sibel Saya
Qualifications: MEpi, PhD
Location:Â University of Melbourne
Role: Research fellow at University of Melbourne
Research Interests:Â Genomics
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Dr Carolina Sandler
Qualifications: BSc, PhD
Location:Â University of NSW
Role:Â Research fellow and Senior Lecturer
Research Interests: Cancer Survivorship