Please join us for The Brain Cancer Centre’s inaugural national conference.
This hybrid event can be attended in-person at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) in Parkville or viewed online.
Be the first to hear from our brain cancer experts about the exciting research projects we’re funding and are currently underway.
| 2:00pm | In person event attendees arrival and registration |
| 2:30pm | Welcome message from Carrie Bickmore |
| Overview of The Brain Cancer Centre with Professor Doug Hilton | |
| The Hon. Jaala Pulford MP, Minister for Innovation, Medical Research & the Digital Economy | |
| 2:45pm | The Brain Cancer Centre Research Laboratory: a new model of team science with Dr Jim Whittle, Dr Saskia Freytag and Dr Sarah Best |
| 3:15pm | PhD / Post Doc Presentation |
| Dr. Diane Moujalled A new approach to glioblastoma multiforme therapy: activating multiple programmed cell death pathways |
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| Dr. Heidi McAlpine Dangerous networking: brain cancer and the brain |
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| 3:50pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:10pm | Panel Discussion: Our Research Strategy Professor Kate Drummond, Professor Mark Rosenthal, Associate Professor Misty Jenkins, Dr Jim Whittle, Associate Professor Joseph Nicolazzo & Professor Peter Gibbs |
| 4:45pm | Patient story: Amy & Jason Stephenson share Lachie’s story |
Carrie Bickmore OAM
Founder and Chair, Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer
Professor Doug Hilton AO
Director, WEHI and Head, The Brain Cancer Centre
Sam McGuane
General Manager, The Brain Cancer Centre
The Hon. Jaala Pulford MP
Minister for Innovation, Medical Research & the Digital Economy
Dr Jim Whittle
Laboratory Head, The Brain Cancer Centre, Medical Oncologist Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Sarah Best
Laboratory Head, The Brain Cancer Centre
Dr Saskia Freytag
Laboratory Head, The Brain Cancer Centre
Associate Professor Misty Jenkins
Laboratory Head WEHI
Professor Mark Rosenthal
Director of Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Professor Kate Drummond
Director of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Associate Professor Joseph Nicolazzo
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate Research, Monash University
Professor Peter Gibbs
Joint Division Head, WEHI
Dr Diane Moujalled
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Heidi McAlpine
Neurosurgery Registrar, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and PhD student, University of Melbourne
Lachie Stephenson
His family share his brain cancer journey
Registration is free and includes afternoon tea for in-person attendees.
Registrations close for in-person attendees at 12pm (AEST) Thursday 5 May and for online attendees at 2pm (AEST) Friday 6 May.
For all event enquiries please contact Jodie Hemingway on events@wehi.edu.au
