2022 WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network Cancer Fellowships Recipients

The ninth round of the WACPCN Cancer Fellowships resulted in 13 applications being received from across the WA health system’s cancer sector.

Following a review by the selection panel, chaired by the Department of Health’s Cancer Network’s Medical Advisor and comprised of WA cancer clinicians, researchers, a consumer representative and the Department of Health fellowships were awarded to 4 fellows who will share in a total of $0.85 million.

The successful applicants, their supervisors and their project titles are provided below.

Fellow	Hospital	Project title	Supervisor(s)
Dr Kim Kennedy	FSH	Closing the Gap for Indigenous Head and Neck Cancer Outcome	Dr Daren Gibson
Dr Nicola O’Neil	GSWA	Genetics Training	A/Prof Nicholas Pachter
Dr Ngie Chang Law	FSH	Shifting the Curve-Translating Contemporary Trials for Improved Bladder Cancer Survival	Dr Andrew Redfern
Dr Zi Yun Ng	RPH	Genomic Instability in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms	Prof Wendy Erber Dr Agnes Yong