This project, Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), aims to improve patient care by optimising cancer treatments—bringing the right treatment to the right person at the right time.
Under this inter-disciplinary program, clinicians will also be trained in translational research and the project will further engage with and advocate for patients living with tumours.
The project objectives include:
developing advanced patient-derived 3D tumour models (tumouroids and explants) for the purpose of screening and evaluating standard of care therapy and alternative therapeutic options identified via molecular/genomic screening
identifying specific therapeutic options for testing in clinical trials
delivering a tumour-stream-aligned research training program for early career clinicians and
developing a Cancer Research Advocates Group for patients, survivors and carers that will provide a forum for exchange of ideas, support, training and consumer perspectives, thereby advancing clinical research outcomes and capacity.
The program focuses on 11 cancer types: bladder, bowel, brain, breast, endometrial, ovarian, head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, leukaemia, lung, melanoma and prostate.
Partner organisations include Metro North Health, Metro South Health, Mater Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the Translational Research Institute.
Project investigators engage with and draw up on the expertise of partners within universities, research institutes, and hospital and health services around Queensland.
Professor Erik Thompson, Professor of Breast Cancer Research and Research Lead, QUT at Translational Research Institute, Director, CPAC Director
Professor Euan Walpole, Medical Director – Cancer Services Queensland Health, CPAC Chair Clinical Integration Committee
Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams, CPAC Research Director and Chair Operational Oversight Committee/Stream Leaders Meeting
Dr Penny Jeffery, CPAC Research Scientist
Ms Amy Templeton, CPAC higher degree by research student
Elizabeth Williams, Erik Thompson, Penny Jeffery, Laura Bray, Supervisors
Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams (Stream Leader)
Dr Tony Kenna
Dr Gary Ng
Dr Mahasha Perera
Dr Patrick Thomas
Associate Professor Yi-Chin Toh
Associate Professor Ian Vela
Mr Jack Wood
Professor Bryan Day (Stream Leader)
Dr Ulrich Baumgartner
Associate Professor Benjamin Chua
Dr Thomas Crawshaw
Professor Riccardo Dolcetti
Dr James Hudson
Professor Rajiv Khanna
Associate Professor Zarnie Lwin
Dr Roberta Mazzieri
Associate Professor Mark Pinkham
Professor Stephen Rose
Associate Professor Paul Thomas
Professor Kristofer Thurecht
Dr Laura Bray (Stream Leader)
Professor Ian Bennet
Professor Paul Clarke
Mr Julien Clegg
Dr Katharine Cuff
Mr Jordan Davern
Professor Riccardo Dolcetti
Associate Professor Pascal Duijf
Ms Maria Koch
Professor Sunil Lakhani
Dr Roberta Mazzieri
Ms Berline Murekatete
Dr Prathyusha Nakka
Professor Ken O’Byrne
Dr Cameron Snell
Dr James Stephensen
Professor Rik Thompson
Associate Professor Yi-Chin Toh
Associate Professor Vicki Whitehall (Stream Leader)
Dr Mark Bettington
Dr Catherine Bond
Dr Matthew Burge
Professor Frederic Hollande
Professor John Hooper
Dr Gregor Kijanka
Professor Barbara Leggett
Professor Rob Ramsay
Associate Professor Pamela Pollock (Stream Leader)
Professor Brian Gabrielli
Professor John Hooper
Professor Lewis Perrin
Associate Professor Kristen Radford
Prof Cameron Snell
Associate Professor Paul Leo (Stream Leader)
Dr Pascal Duijf
Dr John Pearson
Professor Sudha Rao
Professor Nicola Waddell
Associate Professor Brett Hughes (Stream Leader)
Professor Lizbeth Kenny
Dr Rahul Ladwa
Dr Zhen Yu Liu
Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera
Dr Sarju Vasani
Professor Riccardo Dolcetti (Stream Leader)
Associate Professor Tony Kenna
Professor Rajiv Khanna
Dr Gregor Kijanka
Associate Professor Kristen Radford
Professor Ingrid Winkler (Stream Leader)
Dr Laura Bray
Associate Professor Steven Lane
Professor Paula Marlton
Associate Professor Kristen Radford
Professor Derek Richard (Stream Leader)
Dr Mark Adams
Dr Emma Bolderson
Dr Didier Boucher
Dr Joshua Burgess
Dr Laura Croft
Dr Sanjay Dutta
Dr Arutha Kulasinghe
Professor Ken O'Byrne
Dr Connor O’Leary
Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera
Dr Karsten Schrobback
Dr Amila Suraweera
Professor Nikolas Haass (Stream Leader)
Prof Victoria Atkinson
Prof Andrew Barbour
Associate Professor Matthew Foote
Prof Brian Gabrielli
Dr Sonia Henriques
Dr Gregor Kijanka
Associate Professor Mark Pinkham
Associate Professor Kristen Radford
Associate Professor Helmut Schaider
Dr Aaron Smith
Prof Euan Walpole
Associate Professor Ian Vela (Stream Leader)
Associate Professor Jyotsna Batra
Associate Professor Michael Doran
Dr Jenni Gunter
Professor Colleen Nelson
Dr Mahasha Perera
Dr Matthew Roberts
Professor Pamela Russell
Dr Patrick Thomas
Professor David Waugh
Mr Jack Wood
Professor Glenda Gobe (Stream Leader)
Dr Robert Ellis
Mr Tyrone Humphries
Dr Aaron Urquhart
Professor Simon Wood
Associate Professor Fiona Simpson (Stream Leader)
Professor Ian Frazer
Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani
Dr Rahul Ladwa
Dr Katharina Noske
Professor Sandro Porceddu
Associate Professor Helmut Schaider
Professor H. Peter Soyer
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