Cancer Institute NSW Board
There are currently eleven members of the Cancer Institute NSW Board.
Professor David Currow BMed MPH FRACP
Chief Cancer Officer and CEO
Professor Currow is Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer
Institute NSW. Prior to this he was the foundation Chief Executive
Officer of Cancer Australia, the Australian Government's national
cancer control agency. Professor Currow initially trained as a
physician in internal medicine with sub-speciality training in
palliative medicine and he completed a Master of Public Health
exploring changes in the reported incidence of cancer unknown
primary in New South Wales over a 25 year time period.
Former roles include foundation Director of the Nepean Cancer Care
Centre, Sydney and Area Director of Palliative Services Wentworth
Area Health Service, Sydney. Since 2000 he has held the Chair of
Palliative and Supportive Services at Flinders University. He has
published widely in palliative care journals and the general
medical literature. He is a former president of the Clinical
Oncological Society of Australia and a former president of
Palliative Care Australia, the peak body for palliative care in the
country.
The Hon Morris Iemma BEc LLB
Chairperson of the Board of the Cancer Institute
NSW
Mr Iemma served as a Member of Parliament in the NSW Legislative
Assembly for 17 years 3 months from May 1991 until September 2008.
He held a number of Ministerial portfolios including Premier,
Treasurer, Minister for Health, Minister for Sport and Recreation,
Minister for Public Works and Services, Minister for State
Development and Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship. He
has a BEc degree from the University of Sydney and an LLB from the
University of Technology Sydney.
Professor Robyn Ward MBBS PhD FRACP
Professor Ward is Professor of Medicine at Prince of Wales
Hospital Sydney and Senior Staff Specialist in Medical Oncology and
Family Cancer Services at St Vincent's Hospital. She has been
active in cancer research in Australia since 1991 and over that
time has established and maintained an independent and highly
successful biomedical and translational research group based at St.
Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. Robyn has achieved a significant record
of scholarship, research and academic leadership in translational
and clinical cancer research. Her work has been continuously funded
by peer reviewed grants, and has also attracted considerable
commercial funding. She has authored 110 papers published in
international peer reviewed research journals. Robyn also serves on
a range of substantive committees at both the federal and state
levels, including the Commonwealth government's Pharmaceutical
Benefits Advisory Committee (2000-present) and the Research
Advisory Committees of the Cancer Institute NSW and the Cancer
Council NSW.
Mr Keith Cox NP OAM
Mr Cox is a nurse practitioner in the oncology chemotherapy unit
at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA). He was authorised
as a nurse practitioner in 2005 and prior to this he acted in a
clinical nurse consultant role. Mr Cox has travelled to Nepal and
Papua New Guinea to help set up oncology units and to train local
nurses. He is also a member of the Cancer Nursing Society of
Australia and Chair of their Winter Congress Committee. Mr Cox is
an honorary consultant at the University of Sydney and has tutored
in chemotherapy at The Australian College of Nursing. He also works
in other community areas including CanTeen, St Vincent de Paul and
volunteering through his local parish. He was awarded an OAM in
2007 for his services to nursing and community volunteer work.
Dr Patrick Cregan MBBS, FRACS
Nepean Hospital Specialist Cancer Surgeon
Dr Cregan is a specialist surgeon with a major interest in
breast, endocrine & endoscopic surgery based at Nepean
Hospital. He has a particular interest in surgical robotics, having
performed Australia's first and the world's sixth Telesurgical
procedure.
Other interests include research interest in mathematical
modelling of cancer, patient communication and the application of
advanced technologies.
Dr Cregan has served on a number of committees/boards including
the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Wentworth Area Health
Service, NSW Health Clinical Council and the Australasian Medical
Simulation Society. Dr Cregan is currently the Chairman of the
Board of a private Medical Technology and Research Company,
Medicvision.
Professor Peter Gunning BSc(Hons), PhD
Professor Gunning is the Head of the Oncology Research Unit in
the Department of Pharmacology at the University of New South
Wales. His research is focussed on the development of new
therapeutic strategies for the treatment of childhood cancer. These
strategies target the skeleton of the cancer cell and build on the
principles of cell architecture that Professor Gunning's group has
discovered over the last 20 years.
Professor Gunning has published over 100 primary research
articles and has recently edited the first book devoted to his
field of research. Previous appointments have included leadership
roles as Chair of the Division of Research at The Children's
Hospital at Westmead, Chair of the Westmead Research Hub Executive
and the Founding Chair of Bio-Link, a company established by
the NSW Government to support commercialisation of biomedical
intellectual property.
Dr Paul Moy BA (Hons-Ec), Dip Ed, PhD(Ec)
Global Head of Infrastructure and Global Chief Investment
Officer, UBS Global Asset Management
Dr Moy is Global Head of Infrastructure, UBS Global Asset
Management, based in London and has 21 years of investment industry
experience. He is responsible for managing the business that
originates and manages direct investments in infrastructure. In
addition, he is Global Chief Investment Officer, responsible for
the global investment activities of the business. Paul brings
extensive principal investment, investment banking and advisory
experience in the infrastructure sector, specifically relating to
electricity generation, transmission and distribution, gas, water,
toll roads, ports, rail, telecommunications and waste
management.
Paul has extensive experience of public policy issues associated
with infrastructure reform in Australia and, as Deputy Secretary of
the NSW Treasury, was responsible for infrastructure reforms and
privatisation. He was also a member of the National Competition
Council and a Chairman or member of a number of public inquiries
into infrastructure reform in Australia.
Dr Tony Hobbs MBBS DRANZCOG Dip.Child Health Dip.Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene FACRRM GAICD
Dr Hobbs is a Rural GP obstetrician based in Cootamundra, NSW.
He chaired the external Reference Group developing Australia's
first National Primary Health Care Strategy. He is the immediate
past chair of the Australian General Practice Network and the
current chair of the Riverina Division of General Practice and
Primary Health. Dr Hobbs has a strong interest in Primary Health
Care reform and has been involved in developing an innovative
integrated Primary Health Care Centre in Cootamundra.
Mr John Stubbs BA Dip Acct
Mr Stubbs is the Executive Officer of Cancer Voices Australia
and Manager of the NSW Bone Marrow Transplant Network. Mr Stubbs is
a survivor of Leukaemia and an active representative of cancer
consumers. He has served on the ANZ Clinical Trials Advisory
Committee, the Radiation Oncology Jurisdictional Implementation
Group (ROJIG) and the Therapeutic Goods Committee under the
Department of Health and Ageing and the Australian Leukaemia
Lymphoma Group Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committee. He has
also served on the Complementary Therapies Committee of the Cancer
Institute NSW.
Ms Lucy Turnbull LLB MBA
Ms Turnbull was Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney from 2003 to
2004 and Deputy Lord Mayor from 1999 to 2003. She served as an
Administrator of Tweed Shire Council until the Council elections in
September 2008. She currently chairs a number of companies, both
private and public, including WebCentral Group Limited, and Pengana
Holdings Limited. Lucy is a former chair of the NSW Government's
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and also served on
the NSW Government's Information Industry Business Advisory Board.
She has served as a Director of the Sydney Cancer Foundation and as
president of the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation. She is
currently a Board member of the Waterloo Redfern Authority.
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