Print this pageThe Academic Chairs Program
The NSW Cancer Plan 2007-2010 acknowledges the importance of strengthening the workforce to provide services and support for cancer patients throughout the cancer journey. The establishment of an Academic Chair’s program is an important part of achieving this objective by supporting training, education, quality, capacity, and retention of the cancer workforce in NSW.
The role of the Academic Chairs is to contribute to the development of improved cancer care and outcomes for people with cancer in NSW through collaborative and multidisciplinary research and education. The Program has been created to help create stronger links between NSW universities and the clinical environment; generate a leading evidence base for cancer care; support cancer research; and, promote cancer care as an attractive field to work in for NSW health professionals.
Six Academic Chairs have been established:
Academic Chair in Medical Physics
Professor Peter Metcalfe, University of Wollongong, Funding period: January 2006 – December 2010
Objective: To advance education and research leading to improvement in cancer treatment and clinical outcomes using radiation technology by providing academic guidance to medical radiation physics in treatment, research and continuing education. The Chair also aims to create a strong research environment and a critical mass of researchers among medical radiation physicists.
Academic Chair in Radiation Therapy
Associate Professor Jennifer Cox, University of Sydney, Funding period: March 2006 – February 2011
Objective: To enhance the involvement of clinical radiation therapists in research, evidence-based practice and higher degree studies and to define the radiation therapy research domain.
Academic Chair in Radiation Oncology
Professor Michael Barton, University of New South Wales, Funding period: November 2007 – October 2012
Objective: To increase the academic involvement and academic profile of radiation oncology by establishing a Radiation Oncology Academic Network to link the University of New South Wales radiation oncology departments. The Network will coordinate and provide radiation oncology undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, continuing professional development and support research.
Academic Chair in Palliative Medicine
Academic Chair in Palliative Nursing
Palliative Medicine: Professor Jane Ingham, University of New South Wales/Scared Heart, Funding period: November 2008 – October 2013
Palliative Nursing: Professor Jane Phillips, University of Notre Dame/Sacred Heart, Funding period: October 2009 – September 2014
Objective: To create academic leadership through leveraging the clinical and academic networks of University of New South Wales and University of Notre Dame to improve the profile of palliative medicine. The Academic Unit aims to promote palliative care excellence by supporting and integrating education, training and research with clinical practice by conducting postgraduate training courses, providing leadership and research into the development and implementation of new models of care delivery and acting as a resource for the development of palliative medicine, nursing and allied health in hospitals.
Academic Chair in Cancer Nursing
Professor Kate White, University of Sydney, Funding period: May 2008 – April 2014
Objective: To support the ongoing development of cancer nursing practice in NSW and contribute to improved care and outcomes for people with cancer and their families through collaborative and multidisciplinary research and education. The Chair will provide leadership in cancer nursing research, education, models of service provision and how to optimise cancer nursing services in NSW.
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