University of Sydney Cancer Research Symposium - Thursday 23 July 2009
The University of Sydney Cancer Research Symposium will cover basic science with translational strategies through to psychosocial research and research conducted in multidisciplinary teams. Funding opportunities from the major cancer funding bodies will be discussed, as will consumer participation in planning grant applications.
The overall theme of the meeting is:
‘Succeeding in research translation’
The program will be divided into the following sessions:
- Session I: Plenary session - Professor Colleen Nelson
- Session II: Bench to Commercialisation and Beyond
- Session III: Multidisciplinary Translational Research - Approaches and Considerations
- Session IV: Insights from the Bench
- Session V: Funding Translational Research - Granting Bodies and Consumer Participation
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Keynote speaker
PROFESSOR COLLEEN NELSON, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Professor Colleen Coyne Nelson is the founding Executive Director of the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland and Chair of Prostate Cancer Research at Queensland University of Technology. The Centre, based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, spans the spectrum of discovery of new therapeutic targets and their preclinical and clinical development. The Centre will comprise a major trans-disciplinary team within the Translational Research Institute. Prof Nelson is also Director of the Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, an initiative developed to coordinate national and international network interactions of >200 prostate cancer scientists and clinicians in Australia and Canada, facilitating access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and clinical trials to assist in the translation of a wide range of discoveries in both countries. Since arriving in Australia in 2007, Prof Nelson has been awarded >$12 million in research grants. Prior to her appointment in Australia, she was a founding scientist of The Prostate Centre in Vancouver, a National Centre of Excellence in Research and Commercialization.
Prof Nelson’s expertise is in translational prostate cancer research, specifically in identification of potential therapeutic targets, their in vitro and in vivo validation, clinical validation through molecular pathology approaches and their translation into potential clinical application. Prof Nelson has been on a number of Strategic and Scientific Advisory Boards for Biotech, NGOs, Health Organisations and for Government. Prof Nelson was the inaugural Director of the Microarray Platform for Genome Canada 2000-2009, Chair of the Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Initiative, Vice Chair Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee and International Strategic Advisor for Prostate Cancer Canada. In Australia she has joined the Advisory of the Australia New Zealand Uro-Genital Prostate Clinical Trials Group and has facilitated the activities of Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. She recently was awarded the prestigious $1.25M Queensland Smart Futures Premier’s Fellowship.
Speakers
- Professor Rob Baxter
- Professor Richard Christopherson
- A/Professor Fran Boyle
- A/Professor Ian Kerridge
- A/Professor Stan Sidhu
- Dr Anthony Ashton
- Dr Rosemary Balleine
- Dr Gerald W Both
- Dr Rob Dunne
- Dr Anthony Gill
- Dr Ilona Juraskova
- Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid
- Dr Kirsten McCaffery
Representatives from granting bodies and consumer groups
- Debbie Docherty - Cancer Institute NSW
- Dr Monica Robotin - Cancer Council NSW
- John Stubbs - Cancer Voices Australia
- Lorraine McNuff - Cure Cancer Foundation Australia
- Sue Carrick - National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Professor Ronald Trent - NHMRC
- Professor John Mills - Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
Date and time
Thursday 23 July 2009
8.50am - 5.10pm (registration opens at 8.30am)
Venue
Main Auditorium, Level 5, Kolling Building,
Royal North Shore Hospital
Cost
Registration is FREE. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea will be provided.
Registration
Registration for this event has now closed
Enquiries
Contact Merilyn Heuschkel at or on 02 9036 6307.
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Host organisation
The Cancer Research Symposium 2009 is hosted by the University of Sydney Cancer Research Network and the Kolling Institute of Medical Research.