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Australian & New Zealand Childrens Haematology/Oncology Group

ANZCHOG Team

The ANZCHOG Office is a small team who work closely with our extensive multi-disciplinary membership and international colleagues. We are passionate about our work and are dedicated to making a difference for children experiencing cancer.

Robyn Strong

Chief Executive Officer

Robyn works closely with the ANZCHOG Board, developing and operationalising ANZCHOG's strategic plan. Robyn provides oversight to all of ANZCHOG's office activities and is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with ANZCHOG's national and international partners and supporters. She provides overarching management of ANZCHOG-sponsored trial activity.

Annette Dempsey

National Trial Manager

Annette provides high level quality oversight of ANZCHOG sponsored clinical trials. She provides ongoing trial management support throughout the clinical trial life cycle, liaising with our international sponsor partners including through early study development activities, providing logistical/study operational planning, project management and problem solving expertise.

Jasper de Boer

Grants and Partnership Manager

Jasper is responsible for researching, developing and finalising compelling and persuasive high quality grant funding applications and proposals for competitive and targeted grant opportunities that support ANZCHOG’s clinical trial/ research program. Additionally Jasper will develop and maintaining collaborative relationships and mutually beneficial partnerships with government, non-government and funding organisations.

Nicole Fairweather

Clinical Trial Monitor

As Clinical Trial Monitor Nicole is responsible for all on-site monitoring activities related to ANZCHOG sponsored trials. She ensures that they are conducted, recorded and reported in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures, good clinical practice and other applicable regulations.

Dr Kathryn Kinross

National Study Coordinator

Kathryn is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of three ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; AIM BRAIN PROject, MNP2.0, and EuroNet. She is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met. Additionally, she coordinates ANZCHOG projects such as the National Minimum Dataset project and CIRCAA.

Matthew Ivers

National Study Coordinator

Matt is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of three ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; FaR-RMS, TiNT and REGO-EWING. He is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met.

Rosie Newman

National Study Coordinator

Rosie is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of eight ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; PARC, SJ-ELiOT, COZMOS, PNOC019, CONNECT1903, CONNECT1905, CONNECT2108 and PNOC029 trials. She is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met.

Nancy Kamani

National Study Coordinator

Nancy is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of two ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; PNOC022 and SJiMB21. She is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met.

Angel Marazita

National Study Coordinator

Angel is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of five ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; LGG Avastin, MetMED, Interfant21, ReRAD and UR-Immune. She is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met.

Lucy Romanoff

National Study Coordinator

Lucy is responsible for the central coordination and conduct of three ANZCHOG-sponsored trials; RAVEN, INTER-EWING1 and rEECur. She is the central point of contact for all participating centres and will liaise closely with the international sponsors and Australian regulatory bodies to ensure all trial requirements are met.

Sharina Omerovic

Clinical Trial Start-Up Specialist

Sharina is involved in the national start-up of ANZCHOG-sponsored trials, specifically the preparation and coordination of submissions to ethics, regulatory, and other bodies. Sharina assists with the early development and planning activities, reviews feasibility analyses, and provides input into logistics and operational planning.

Alex McKellar

Clinical Trial Assistant/ Administration Officer

Alex is responsible for providing support to ANZCHOG trial sites through management of clinical trial documentation.

She is also the main point of contact for the ANZCHOG office and manages the ANZCHOG Tumour Board, relapsed screening logs and membership queries.

Kylie May

Project & Grants Officer

Kylie assists in the management of ANZCHOG’s research grants portfolio, including contract development, meeting grant deliverables and liaising closely with the Monash Research Office, Principal Investigators and National Trial Coordinators. She is also responsible for project-specific work, such as the establishment and administration of the ANZCHOG digital platform (eCommunity) for members.

Sara Field

Business & Finance Officer

Sara acts as the main point of contact for the ANZCHOG office and is coordinates the day-to-day administration of the office. She manages the ANZCHOG's disease and discipline groups and is responsible for providing financial management of ANZCHOG's portfolio. She also coordinates ANZCHOG projects such as the clinical trial registry and the FMFC Brain Cancer Clinical Trials Program. Additionally, she provides operational support for the ANZCHOG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Penny Molnar

Communications and Media Manager

Penny is responsible for the development and implementation of ANZCHOG’s communication strategy, including internal activities (newsletters, member eCommunity platform) and external communications (including media releases, website, social media platforms and content generation).

Jess Bucci

Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Jess assists in the implementation of ANZCHOG’s communication strategy, including internal activities (newsletters, member eCommunity platform) and external communications (including media releases, website, social media platforms and content generation).