Plenary Speakers

Associate Professor Jane Oliaro

In the Oliaro laboratory, researchers investigate the regulation of cytotoxic lymphocytes – the immune cells that are responsible for the recognition and killing of cancer cells. Our research focuses on investigating immune cell interactions with cancer cells, with a particular focus on immune synapse formation.

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Professor Bernhard Riedel

Bernhard is the Director of the Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, with an honorary academic appointment at the University of Melbourne.

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Thomas A. Aloia, MD, MHCM, FACS

Chief Value & Quality Officer, Department of Value & Quality, Division of Chief Medical Executive, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

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André La Gerche

Andre is a cardiologist specialising in cardiac imaging, a Future Leadership Fellow of the National Heart Foundation and a NHMRC Career Development Fellow.

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Professor Rob Newton

Professor Robert Newton, PhD, AEP, CSCS*D, FESSA, FNSCA is Associate Dean, Medical and Exercise Sciences and Research Professor, Exercise Medicine Research Institute at Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia.

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Associate Professor Prue Cormie

Associate Professor Prue Cormie is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist whose research and clinical work focuses on the role of exercise in the management of cancer.

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Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD

Professor (term-tenured), Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

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Professor Ian Frazer

Professor Ian Frazer is a clinician scientist, trained as a clinical immunologist in Scotland. As a professor at the University of Queensland, he leads a research group working at TRI in Brisbane, Australia on the immunobiology of epithelial cancers.

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Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD

Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, Division of Surgery

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Andre Ilbawi, MD

André Ilbawi, M.D. is a fellow in complex surgical oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. He graduated magna cum laude then AOA from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his training in General Surgery at the University of Washington and is a final year fellow at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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Professor David Jaffray

David A. Jaffray is a Canadian medical physicist and Senior Scientist in the Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging. He is also a professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology. He is the inventor, together with John Wong and Jeffrey Siewerdsen, of on-line volumetric kv-imaging guidance system for radiation therapy.

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Professor Uday Popat

Uday Popat graduated from the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College in Bombay, India. He completed the residency and fellowship programs at institutions in the United Kingdom, India and the United States including Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Katy Rezvani, MD

Professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Director of Translational Research, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation – Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

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Edward L Trimble, MD, MPH

Edward Trimble was appointed the first director of NCI’s new Center for Global Health (CGH) in September, 2011. The NCI CGH is responsible for NCI’s research relevant to global health and global cancer research, developing a strategic plan for research and implementation relevant to global cancer control, and strengthening collaboration with external stakeholders.

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