PRESENTATIONS
2024
COSA's 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 13 - 15 November 2024
Peter Baade. Understanding how the impact of cancer varies by geographic location: Insights from the new Australian Cancer Atlas 2.0.
Cassandra Vujovich-Dunn & Mi Hye Jeon. The impact of socioeconomic factors on incidence, mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases in First Nations people with cancer: a systematic review (Poster).
Ken Carter & Thomas Fontes Andrade. Exploring the impact of radiation therapy education sessions on the support, information needs and concerns of First Nations peoples with cancer.
Tsegaw Amare Baykeda. Quantifying the diagnosis and survival of early-onset bowel cancer among First Nations peoples in Queensland, Australia.
Tsegaw Amare Baykeda. Factors associated with bowel cancer screening participation of First Nations Australians accessing home health care services in New South Wales, Australia (Poster).
Sewunet Admasu Belachew. Utilisation of endocrine therapy for cancer in Indigenous peoples worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Poster).
Habtamu Mellie Bizuayehu. Endocrine treatment uptake and time to treatment commencement among women with breast cancer: A Queensland population-based study (Poster).
Alice Bergin. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females and survival from breast cancer.
Gail Garvey. Advocacy, leadership and influence: achieving equity in cancer for First Nations Australians (Plenary).
Gail Garvey. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ views and perceptions of pathways to pain management and early palliative care for people with pancreatic cancer.
Gail Garvey. Piloting First Nations Cancer Navigators in Queensland hospitals.
Shafkat Jahan. End-of-Life Healthcare Service Utilisation and Costs for First Nations People with Cancer: A Data linkage Study from Queensland Australia (Poster).
Shafkat Jahan. Exploring the costs of healthcare utilisation for pancreatic cancer diagnoses in Queensland, Australia.
Mi Hye Jeon. Assessment and stratification of cardiovascular disease risk in people diagnosed with breast cancer: A scoping review (Poster).
Mettassa Zaro & Amy Brown. “Helping my mob” – embedding a First Nations research coordinator to improve First Nations engagement and recruitment.
Nisreen Aouira. Co-Designing an Intervention to Enhance First Nations Australians’ Participation in Bowel Screening. Nyina Budja Health Equity Conference, Sunshine Coast, 30-31 May 2024
World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Naarm (Melbourne), 18-20 March 2024
Kate Anderson. Fear of cancer recurrence among First Nations Australian breast cancer survivors.
Kate Anderson & Khwanruethai Ngampromwongse. Development of key principles and best practice approaches to co-design with First Nations peoples.
Tsegaw Amare Baykeda. Factors associated with bowel cancer screening participation of First Nations Australians accessing home health care services in New South Wales, Australia.
Sewunet Admasu Belachew. Utilisation of endocrine therapy for cancer among Indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Habtamu Bizuayehu. Global overview of Lung Cancer Screening in Indigenous Peoples: Insights from current evidence.
Meredith Burgess. What makes a good lung cancer screening resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples? Learnings from countries with established lung cancer screening programs.
Tamara Butler. Cervical screening preferences among older First Nations Australians accessing Aboriginal Home Health Services.
Tamara Butler. Gynaecological cancer resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: a resource audit.
Joan Cunningham. Supporting cancer clinicians and researchers to provide culturally inclusive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an e-learning resource.
Abbey Diaz. Co-design of culturally responsive consumer information resources in cardio-oncology for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Alana Gall. Harnessing First Nations traditional medicines to provide culturally safe Palliative Care to First Nations peoples.
Gail Garvey. Bowel Screening Preferences of First Nations Australians.
Gail Garvey. Building platforms for national advocacy, leadership and influence (Plenary).
Nicole Hewlett. Implementation of the What Matters 2Adults (WM2A) wellbeing measure for First Nations Australians into cancer services.
Khwanruethai Ngampromwongse. Improving the cultural safety of cancer screening for LGBTQISB+ First Nations peoples.
Rahkee Raghunandan. Understanding the Bowel Cancer Screening Preferences of First Nations Australians.
Lara Stoll. Communication skills training for Radiation Therapists to improve First Nation Australian cancer outcomes.
Lara Stoll. Developing a Radiation Therapy Talking Book for First Nations cancer patients.
Lisa Whop. Same-day HPV testing and colposcopic assessment for Indigenous women in remote communities: The PREVENT Project.
Lisa Whop. Leveraging community foundaons for visibility and power (Plenary).
Lisa Whop & Louise Mitchell. ‘Screen Your Way’ – a review of self-collection strategies to increase cervical screening participation among Indigenous women and people with a cervix.
Lisa Whop & Claire Vadjic. Generating trusted evidence to guide the elimination of cervical cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Claire Zammit. Development of a clinical service protocol for non-general practioner staff to offer self-collection cervical screening in an Aboriginal community-controlled health setting: an iterative implementation study.
Claire Zammit & Desiree Leha. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners and their role in cervical screening and self-collection in Australia: An Indigenist research approach.
2023
Lara Stoll. Developing a radiation therapy talking book for Indigenous cancer patients. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 1 November 2023
MD Mijanur Rahman. Utilisation of Medicare Chronic Disease Management item numbers for cancer survivors in Queensland, Australia. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 1 November 2023
Carla Thamm. Patterns of Care and Health Service Costs for Adolescent and Young Adults Cancer Survivors in Queensland. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 1 November 2023
Nienke Zomerdijk. Communication skills training for radiation therapists to improve First Nations cancer outcomes. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 1 November 2023
Mi Hye Jeon. Incidence and risk assessment of cardiovascular disease after breast cancer in Australia. Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network & Heart Foundation Research Showcase, Brisbane, 10 October 2023
Khwanruethai Ngampromwongse. Yarning About Cultural Safety project, Yapug Enabling Pathways. University of Newcastle Guest Lecture (online), 8 September 2023
Kate Anderson. Fear of cancer recurrence among First Nations Australian breast cancer survivors. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Kate Anderson. Development of key principles and best practice approaches to co-design with First Nations peoples applicable to the cancer context in Australia. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Gail Garvey. Implementation of the What Matters 2Adults (WM2A) wellbeing measure into cancer services in New South Wales. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Rachael Jaenke. The Supporting Our Carers Study: Developing a measure to assess the supportive care needs of caregivers of Indigenous Australians with cancer. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Lara Stoll. Communication skills training for radiation therapists to improve Indigenous Australian cancer outcomes. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Lara Stoll. Developing a radiation therapy talking book for Indigenous cancer patients. 24th International Psycho-oncology World Congress, Milan, 1-3 September 2023
Nicole Hewlett. How do we measure and consider culture in practice to support the wellbeing of First Nations patients experiencing cancer? Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Health Symposium, Brisbane, 24 August 2023
Khwanruethai Ngampromwongse. The Intersections of Racism and Wellbeing. 3rd Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Cairns, 15 June 2023
Tamara Butler. Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) among Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women diagnosed with breast cancer. BCNA Think Tank
2022
Lisa Whop. Opportunities for innovation in school-based vaccination: lessons from Yarning About HPV Vaccination. Preventing Cervical Cancer Conference, Melbourne, 16 November 2022
Shafkat Jahan. Estimating End of Life Care Costs to Different Funders for Breast Cancer Patient in Queensland Australia: A Data Linkage Study. Australasian International Breast Congress, Brisbane, 13 October 2022
2021
Bena Brown. Collaboration and Communication in Cancer Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. First Nations Languages and Health Care Symposium, Darwin, 13 May 2021.
Monica Green. Towards systematic monitoring of the care experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. Cancer Support Treatment and Research Unit, Community Based Health Services, Commissioning and System Improvement, Department of Health, Victoria, 11 May 2021.
Monica Green. Towards systematic monitoring of the care experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. Menzies School of Health Research Tuesday Seminar, 11 May 2021.
Gail Garvey. Psychosocial cancer care for Indigenous people. Koopmans Lecture Series for the University of Calgary, 13 May 2021.
Abbey Diaz and Lisa Whop. What matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with and beyond cancer. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) Survivorship 2021 Annual Conference, April 2021.
Lisa Whop and Tamara Butler. The global effort to eliminate cervical cancer: What does the data tell us about inequities within Australia? Australasian Epidemiology Association Symposium, 15 April 2021
Abbey Diaz. The collection and reporting of race and ethnicity data in Australian data collections: the impact of health equity. Organised and chaired online symposium on behalf of the Australasian Epidemiological Association and Menzies School of Health Research, 15 April 2021.
Menzies School of Health Research and and the Clinical Oncology Society for Australia (COSA). Cancer Survivorship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Roundtable. Co-facilitated by Prof Gail Garvey (Menzies) and Prof Jacinta Elston (Monash University), 17 March 2021.
2020
Gail Garvey. Optimal Care Pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. Gippsland Regional Integrated Cancer Service Virtual Annual Forum, 19 November 2020.
Bena Brown. Implementation of PROMs: Achieving system efficiencies. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting Brisbane, 11 November 2020.
Jenny Brands and Brian Arley. ‘Results and findings from the National Indigenous Bowel Screening Pilot’, with an emphasis on barriers and enablers for colonoscopy. Overcoming the barriers and challenges faced by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Aboriginal communities, part of a webinar series for industry stakeholders involved in the NSW model of Direct Access Colonoscopy, Cancer Institute of New South Wales, 24 September 2020.
Gail Garvey. Psycho-Social needs and care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. Monday Lunch Live Stream Webinar for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, 3 August 2020.
Tamara Butler. Using Indigenous Research Methodologies for Innovation and Impact. Panel: Indigenous peoples and HPV: Moving the agenda forward. International Papillomavirus Virtual Conference (IPVC) 2020, 20-24 July 2020.
Lisa Whop. Introduction: Challenges for Cervical Cancer, HPV, and Indigenous Peoples and Data and Monitoring. Panel: Indigenous peoples and HPV: Moving the agenda forward. International Papillomavirus Virtual Conference (IPVC) 2020, 20-24 July 2020.
Gail Garvey. Optimal Care Pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Cancer: Bowel cancer. Presented with Dr Timothy Senior. Webinar for Cancer Australia and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), 24 June 2020.
Tamara Butler. What Matters. Pre-recorded lecture for online course; University of Sydney, Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion, May 2020.
2019
Tamara Butler. HPV and related disease in Australia – is the end in sight? Australian Association for Adolescent Health Conference, Melbourne, 27-29 November 2019.
Tamara Butler. Identifying the supportive care needs of carers of Indigenous peoples with cancer in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: A systematic review. International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress, Banff Canada, 23-26 September 2019.
Abbey Diaz. The unmet supportive care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer in the Northern Territory of Australia. International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress, Banff Canada, 23-26 September 2019.
Gail Garvey. Indigenous Research Methodologies and Approaches in Psychosocial Oncology. International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress, Banff Canada, 23-26 September 2019.
Gail Garvey. Psychosocial aspects of delivering cancer care to Indigenous people. International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress, Banff Canada, 23-26 September 2019.
Kate Anderson. Advancing Cancer Screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Strategies from a National Survey of Stakeholders. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Christina Bernades. Prevalence of unmet supportive care needs among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer across Australia. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Tamara Butler. Screening Matters: Perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who participate in cervical screening. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Joan Cunningham. Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services (TACTICS) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Abbey Diaz. A global survey of the collection and reporting of Indigenous status information in cancer registries. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Abbey Diaz. Client and Service Level Factors associated with Cervical Screening for Women in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Centres in Australia. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Gail Garvey. Implementing the Supportive Care Needs Assessment Tool for Indigenous People (SCNAT-IP) into routine cancer care. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Gail Garvey. Australia’s National Indigenous Bowel Screening Pilot: Lessons from implementation. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Monica Green. Towards systematic monitoring of the care experiences of Indigenous Australians with cancer. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Beverley Marcusson. Indigenous Australians’ Experience of Cancer Care in the Northern Territory. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Beverley Marcusson. My Personal Story: Stolen Generations of Australia. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Adam Masa & Helena Martinez-Bredeck. Identifying the supportive care needs of carers of Indigenous peoples with cancer in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: A systematic review. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Lisa Whop. Attitudes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who do not participate in cervical cancer screening: Semi-structured interview study. World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary Canada, 17-19 September 2019.
Joan Cunningham. Research and engagement with Indigenous cancer patients: Case study - Measuring the experiences of care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC), Melbourne, 25 July 2019.
Tamara Butler. Identifying the supportive care needs of carers of Indigenous people with cancer in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: A systematic review. The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Darwin, 18-20 June 2019.
Lisa Whop. Screening Matters: the experiences and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who participate or never/rarely participate in cervical screening. The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Darwin, 18-20 June 2019.
Gail Garvey. Improving cancer outcomes and experiences of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities. 4th Victorian Integrated Cancer Services Conference (VICS 2019), Melbourne, 9-10 May 2019.
Gail Garvey. Cancer and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: a snapshot. Queensland Health Cancer Forum, Brisbane, 29 April 2019.
Monica Green. Towards systematic monitoring of the experiences of care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer . Patient Experience Symposium, Sydney, 29-30 April 2019.