Monday Lunch Livestream

with Professor Sanchia Aranda AM and Dr Kalinda Griffiths

6 February 2023

Marking World Cancer Day 2023

Understanding to overcome – barriers to equal cancer care in 2023.

Hosted by the Deputy Chair of the VCCC Alliance, Professor Sanchia Aranda AM, the event will kick off with a keynote 'Data Talks: systemic racism and how it affects cancer care' delivered by Dr Kalinda Griffiths, VCCC Alliance Research and Education Lead, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.

From there a panel of experts will broaden the discussion to an honest and insightful appraisal of the other complex barriers to achieving equity in cancer care - why it matters and what we need to change in order to do better for all Victorians.

Panellists include: 

• Abe Ropitini, Executive Director of Population Health, VACCHO

• Jo Cockwill, consumer, Deputy Chair, VCCC Alliance Cancer Consumer Advisory Committee

• Dr Anita Lal, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian Cancer Agency, Deakin Health Economics

• Assoc Prof Gavin Wright, Director of Surgical Oncology St Vincent’s Hospital, VCCC Alliance Research & Education Lead, Lung Cancer

• Prof Jennifer Philip, Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Melbourne