Leadership Webinar Series: Leading Change in Cancer Services: From Clinical Collaboration to Research-Driven Care

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VCCC Alliance Leadership Academy Series

21 July 2026

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Leading change in cancer services requires more than generating evidence. It requires collaboration, implementation, and a focus on improving patient care. Join A/Prof Marliese Alexander as she shares lessons from three interconnected research programs spanning real-world evidence in thoracic cancers (AURORA), precision oncology and pharmacogenomics, and cancer-associated thrombosis.

Through these examples, she will explore how clinician-led research can inform practice, influence policy, and translate innovation into routine cancer care.

 

A/Prof Marliese Alexander

Marliese Alexander
Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Quality and Research); Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Associate Professor, the University of Melbourne

A/Prof Alexander is a pharmacist-researcher dedicated to enhancing cancer care by optimising medication use, improving treatment outcomes, and reducing toxicities. With expertise in oncology pharmacy, thoracic cancers, clinical trials, and population studies, her research focuses on biomarker-driven therapies, pharmacogenomics, longitudinal registries, and biobanking.

A/Prof Alexander leads programs integrating clinical, health services, and translational studies to advance personalised medicine for supportive care and leverage real-world data to inform cancer research. She is the lead investigator for the multisite PRECISION trial on pharmacogenomic optimisation of cancer medicines and co-leads the Australasian Thoracic Cancers Longitudinal Cohort Study and Biobank (AURORA).

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Resource details

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Course type
Webinars
Duration
60 mins
Price
$0.00
Curriculum Area
Leadership and Non-Technical Skills
Speciality
Allied Health professional
Clinician
Consumer / patient / carer
Early to mid career researcher
Education & Training
Nurse
Leadership and specialist skills
Professional development

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