Keynote speakers
Dr Michael Harhay
Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Clinical Trials Innovation, University of Pennslyvannia
Dr Marylyn Ritchie
Chief AI Officer, and Director AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr Kim Sutherland
Executive Director, Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health
Professor Adam Jaffe
John Beveridge Professor and co-head of Paediatrics and Child Health at UNSW, Sydney
Speakers
Professor Hilda Pickett
Head of the Telomere Length Regulation Unit at Children’s Medical Institute (CMRI), and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney
Professor Robyn Jamieson
Director, Eye Genetics Research Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute
Professor Tracy Bryan
Head of the Cell Biology Unit at Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Dr Teresa Anderson
Chief Executive Single Digital Patient Record Implementation Authority
Professor Wendy Gold
Head of School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, and group leader of the Molecular Neurobiology Research group at Kids Research, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead.
Professor Mark Cowley
Deputy Director, Enabling Platforms & Collaboration and Group Leader, Children’s Cancer Institute
A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero
Group Leader Stem Cell Medicine and Head of the Stem Cell & Organoid Facility, Children’s Medical Research Institute
Professor Tom Snelling
Director of the Health and Clinical Analytics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Professor Louis Chesler
Professor of Childhood Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Executive Director, Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia Co-Director, The Minderoo Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, Australia
Professor Maria Kavallaris AM
Professor and Head of Translational Cancer Nanomedicine NHMRC Investigator Children's Cancer Institute
Professor Matt Dunn OAM
Chair in Medical Sciences and Professor of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Research at the University of Newcastle
Dr Rebecca Poulos
Group Leader (Multi-Omics and Childhood Cancer) and Senior Research Fellow in ProCan at Children’s Medical Research Institute, and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.
Emma Maly
Full-time mother and carer; and Board Member, ADCY5.org Foundation, Scientific Advisory Board
Professor Maria Kavallaris AM
Professor and Head of Translational Cancer Nanomedicine NHMRC Investigator Children's Cancer Institute
Panellists
Professor Sue Woolfenden
Director of Community Paediatrics, Sydney Local Health District, Professor of Community Paediatrics, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Co-chair Sydney Institute Women, Children and their Families
Professor Natasha Nassar
Chair in Translational Childhood Medicine, Financial Markets Foundation for Children, The University of Sydney
Professor Raghu Lingam
Professor in Paediatric Population and Health Services Research UNSW Sydney, Honorary Professor of Population Child Health at Kings College London and the Black Dog Institute (NSW), Consultant Community Paediatrician Sydney Children’s Hospital Network.
Professor Ian Street
Director, THerapeutic INnovations for Kids (THINK), Children’s Cancer Institute
Emeritus Professor Leslie White AM
Director, Children’s Cancer Institute.; Member, Children’s Cancer Institute Scientific Advisory Committee and the Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre Subcommittee; Chair, Marketing and Fundraising Subcommittee
A/Prof Antoine de Weck
Group Leader Computational Drug Discovery Biology Group, Children’s Cancer Institute
Dr Kate Hetherington
Post-doctoral Research Fellow/Clinical Psychologist School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. Team Leader Ethics and Genetics, Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick
Emeritus Professor Richard Henry AM
Sir Lorimer Dods Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Director, Children's Medical Research Institute, Head, Cancer Research Unit, Children’s Medical Research Institute
Facilitators
Ms Kathryn Greiner AO
Chair Luminesce Alliance Chair – Pennington Institute Chair – Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing Chair – Lifestart Co-op Ltd Director – Paul Ramsay Foundation Board Director – Relationships Australia (NSW)
Professor Michelle Haber AM
Head of the Experimental Therapeutics Group, Children's Cancer Institute
A/Prof Grant Logan
Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney Medical School Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Dr Michelle Lorentzos
Paediatric Neurologist, Clinical Trials Medical Lead, Head of Neurogenetics Service
Mrs Emma Maly
Parent Advocate
Dr Emily Mould
Children’s Cancer Institute
Dr Gabor Tax
Research Officer in the Translational Drug Testing and Pharmacogenomics Children's Cancer Institute, Conjoint Lecturer in the School of Medicine, UNSW.
Prof Claire Wakefield
Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick
Dr Shafagh Waters
Scientia Senior Lecturer at UNSW Sydney, Honorary Senior Scientist Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick
Anne O’Neill
Director, Enterprise, International Partnerships and Clinical Trials, NSW Health
Dr Katarina Ostojic
Research Fellow, The University of Sydney & Adjunct Associate Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Dr (Elizabeth) Emma Palmer
Clinical Geneticist, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network Randwick, Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health Randwick Clinical Campus Discipline of Paediatrics
Dr Julia Warning
A/Director, Advanced Therapeutics Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Ministry of Health
Alunya Wilkinson
Parent Research Advisor
