Professor Robyn Ward - Chair
Biography of Professor Robyn Ward - Chair
Professor Robyn Ward MBBS, PhD UNSW, FRACP
Professor of Medicine & Clinical Associate Dean Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW
Director of Area Cancer Services, South East Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
http://powcs.med.unsw.edu.au/
http://www.cancerresearch.unsw.edu.au
Professor Robyn Ward is the Clinical Associate Dean Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of NSW and the Director of Area Cancer Services for the South East Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service. She is a specialist medical oncologist at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney and holds a PhD in medicine. She leads the Adult cancer research program in the Lowy cancer centre which is focused on the application of recent advances in molecular biology to the clinical problem of cancer. She was awarded the Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research in 2004, and the Premiers Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher in 2007. Amongst other roles, Professor Ward serves as member of the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and in 2009 she was appointed the Chair of the Medical Services Advisory Committee.
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