Monday Lunch Livestream

with A/Prof Nicole Rankin

1 August 2022

Join Associate Professor Nicole Rankin to learn how implementation science frameworks can be used to support generating evidence in the preimplementation stages of lung cancer screening for the Australian setting.

Lung cancer screening (LCS) using low-dose computed tomography of the chest is clinically effective. If implemented successfully, LCS will directly impact on mortality, potentially saving many thousands of lives globally. However, there are complex and challenging issues for the implementation of a potential LCS program in Australia. Many factors need to be considered to achieve the best possible outcomes for LCS participants and to make a potential program cost-effective.

In this presentation, Associate Professor Nicole Rankin will introduce how implementation science frameworks can be used to support generating evidence in the preimplementation stages of LCS for the Australian setting. She will also draw on international examples of how implementation and behavioural science principles have been applied in establishing and rolling out LCS programs.

Associate Professor Nicole Rankin

University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Nicole Rankin (BA Hons MSc PhD) is an implementation scientist and Head, Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. A/Prof Rankin's research focuses on 'research translation' including how interventions can be rapidly adopted into clinical practice, particularly in lung cancer.

A/Prof Rankin is a Chief Investigator on over $16M worth of research grants, including two grants as CIA on lung cancer screening. She has published 75 manuscripts in highly relevant health services research journals. A/Prof Rankin was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2020 to explore strategies that enable people from disadvantaged communities to screen for lung cancer.