ANZUP Operational Report NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre ANZUP collaborates with the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre (NHMRC CTC) to conduct clinical trials to improve urogenital and prostate cancer treatment and patient outcomes. In February 2013 we said goodbye to Trevor France who had overseen clinical trial management for ANZUP over 12 months. We were delighted to welcome our new AOPM Xanthi Coskinas. Xanthi has been employed at the CTC for the past 10 years. In 2007 she was appointed AOPM for the Xanthi Coskinas ALTG collaborative group and now her role has broadened to include oversight of CTC clinical trial operations for ANZUP whilst maintaining her current position on ALTG. Our thanks to Jennifer Thompson and Angus McDonald for their ongoing efforts to support ANZUP trial activities.
Building our multidisciplinary membership: As at 31 March 2013, ANZUP had 530 members covering a wide range of professional disciplines. The breakdown of membership was as follows:
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In the beginning of the year we also welcomed Dr Anne Long, ANZUP’s new Research Fellow. Anne is a medical oncologist from Perth who is currently working as our ANZUP Clinical Trials fellow at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney. She has previously completed an honours Dr Anne Long degree in Psychology and is currently working on obtaining her Masters in Clinical Trials Research. She has an interest in bladder and renal cancers and is enjoying the challenge of working in clinical trials. We are grateful to Martin Stockler, co-director of Oncology at CTC and our SAC Deputy Chair for his ongoing support and commitment to ANZUP. To the operational staff at CTC Kim Russell Cooper, General Manager, Lia Sherwood, Paul Smyth, Finance Manager, Carlos Sterling, Dinh Tran and his IS team our thanks for your support and cooperation in matters relating to ANZUP and the CTC.
Number of members by State/Territory in Australia:
NT:5
QLD:60
WA:39 SA:25
In the past year ANZUP membership has grown
31%
NSW:210 ACT:14 VIC:147
Rest of the world; Canada: 4 United States: 2 United Kingdom: 1
TAS:5
New Zealand: 18
In summary Trainee 31
Consumer 21
Pathologists 8
Anaesthetist 1
Scientist 30
Clinical Epidemiology 6
Physiologist 1
Endocrinologist 3
Psycho-oncology & Supportive care 26
Radiologist 2
Health Economics 3
Nursing 49
Pharmacist 3
Allied Health 12
Radiation Oncologying 45
Nuclear Medicine 2
General Practice 1
Urologic Surgery 98
Medical Physicist 2
Biostatistics 7
Medical Oncology 120
Fellows 6
Trial coordination and management 53
ANZUP mission is to conduct high quality investigator initiated clinical trials to improve the treatment for those affected by prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancers. It is only through the ongoing commitment of our hard working Board and members, staff and volunteers, donors, Corporate Supporters and our stakeholders that we will continue to achieve our mission and objectives. To all our clinical trial participants thank you for your participation.
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