2024 WA Cancer Fellowships recipients

The 2024 Cancer Fellowships resulted in 10 applications being received from across the WA health system’s cancer sector.

Following a review by the selection panel, chaired by the Director of Nursing Cancer Network WA and comprised of WA cancer clinicians, researchers, a consumer representative and the Department of Health fellowships were awarded to 6 fellows who will share in a total of $0.98 million.

The successful applicants, their supervisors and their project titles are provided below.

Fellow	Hospital	Project title	Supervisor(s)
Dr Hsing Hwa Lee	FSH	The Role of FAPI-46 PET Imaging in Predicting Prognosis and Response to Immunotherapy in Metastatic Cancers	Dr Zeyad Al-Ogaili, Dr Bella Nguyen and Dr Lydia Warburton
Dr Katie Lewis	Pathwest/FSH	Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) Supervision Certification – Module Four in Cytogenetics	Dr. Matthew Wright
Dr Ek Leone Oh	FSH	Evaluating the role of statins in breast cancer management	A/Prof Andrew Redfern
Dr Tia Ozarczuk	RPH	Can Molecular Testing in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Identify Patients at Risk of Recurrence Post Resection?	Dr. Christopher Stanley and Dr. Jeanie Long
Dr Rose Radic	RPH	Women’s Imaging Fellowship	A/ Prof Liz Wylie and Dr. Laura Fender
Dr Ashley Tan	SCGH	Radionuclide Theranostics Fellow	Dr. Terry Hung