Our steering committee is made up of a group of dedicated people including senior clinicians/medical oncologists, haematologists, cancer researchers and bioinformaticians. It includes the Directors of the Oncology Department of several Monash affiliate hospitals, who collectively help steer the direction of the precision oncology program to achieve the program’s goals.
Project Team
Steering Committee
Professor Mark Shackleton (Chair) Professor and Director of Oncology, Alfred Health and Monash University |
Professor Melissa Southey Chair of Precision Medicine, Monash School of Clinical Sciences; MPCCC Research Director |
Dr Ross Jennens Medical Oncologist, Epworth Healthcare |
Dr Tu Nguyen-Dumont Cancer Geneticist and Bioinformatician Monash University |
Associate Professor Zee Wan Wong Director of Oncology, Peninsula Health |
Professor Ian Davis Head, Eastern Clinical School, Monash University |
Dr Cameron McLaren General Oncologist, St. John of God Health Care |
Professor Catriona McLean Head of Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Health |
Dr Vivek Rathi Head of Genetics and Molecular Pathology Unit, Monash Health Pathology |
Dr Nick Wong Monash Bioinformatics Platform, Monash University |
Professor Andrew Wei Head of Human Molecular Pathology, Alfred Health |
Professor Andrew Perkins Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University; Haematologist, Alfred Health |
Professor Jake Shortt Clinical Haematologist, Monash Health |
Professor Ron Firestein Head Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute Medical Research |
Ms Vivien Vasic Manager MHTP Technology Platforms, the Hudson Institute of Medical Research |
Dr Mahesh Iddawela Medical Oncologist, Alfred Health and Latrobe Regional Health Leader of the Gippsland Cancer Survivorship Program Cancer genomics research (prostate), Monash University |
Non-voting members
Ms Anna Kilgour Chief Operating Officer, MPCCC |