Dr Catherine Adams is a Senior Clinical Psychologist who has specialised in Psycho-Oncology for the last 18 years. She works clinically in both the public and private sectors, with the majority of her practice being exclusively [...]
Rachel Bamber is a Survivors Teaching Students Presenter and an ovarian cancer survivor. Why are you interested in volunteering for ANZGOG? For me to be here, two other women didn’t make it. Those women need survivors [...]
May 21, 2020 #NationalVolunteerWeek It is National Volunteers Week and the 2020 theme is “Changing communities – Changing lives”. ANZGOG is asking you to join us in honouring and sincerely thanking all our volunteers who support [...]
To celebrate #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay and ANZGOG’s 20th year anniversary, we’d like to share with you an ‘ANZGOG Flashback’. These photos were kindly supplied by ANZGOG Member Dr Christopher Steer. (left to right) Dr Christopher [...]
In lieu of International Clinical Trials Day and ANZGOG's 20th year anniversary, we spoke to two of our longstanding members and asked them about the importance of clinical trials, and how they've seen ANZGOG progress as [...]
ANZGOG Member, Dr Tharani Sivakumaran, comments on the findings of a recent publication of an ovarian cancer study that looks into the impact of chemotherapy dose reductions and dose delays on progression-free survival (PFS) in women [...]
Survivors Teaching Students Regional Coordinators share their key messages for people on World Ovarian Cancer Day. Gill Stannard (Digital & Allied Health Regional Coordinator): “Your symptoms are really important. Even at a time where [...]
ANZGOG Member, Dr Catherine Shannon, comments on a recent publication of an international ovarian cancer study that she collaborated on. Dr Shannon is Senior Medical Oncologist at Mater Cancer Care Centre, a member of Mater Research's [...]
Meet ANZGOG Member, Dr Nikki Burdett. Nikki is an Investigator on EmQuest, a survey study that aims to identify factors which predict for health-related quality of life deficits and increased symptom burden in women who have [...]
"The most striking observation was the genetic diversity" ANZGOG Member, Dr Kylie Gorringe, comments on a recent publication of an ovarian cancer study that she collaborated on. Dr Gorringe is a Group Leader in the Cancer [...]
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Virtually every advance in cancer survival has been made on the back of clinical trials.
As the peak, national gynaecological cancer clinical trials organisation for Australia and New Zealand, ANZGOG‘s purpose is to improve outcomes and quality of life for women with gynaecological cancer by conducting research.
We conduct and promote clinical trials and undertake multidisciplinary research into the causes, prevention and treatments of gynaecological cancers.
Research Community Volunteers will have the opportunity to contribute to ANZGOG research at every stage of the development process.
Community volunteers will lend their voices to research discussions sharing their personal perspective and representing the broader views of people with lived experience of gynaecological cancer.
Opportunities range from sharing your lived experience as a participant on a research grant working party or a Trial Management Committee, through to Research Advisor and Expert roles requiring additional levels of education and expertise in research analysis.
Gynaecological cancer research is critically needed but critically underfunded. WomenCan is the fundraising arm of ANZGOG, supporting ANZGOG by funding our programs to improve life for women with gynaecological cancer.
WomenCan’s mission is to engage the community to fund pioneering discoveries that will enable women with a gynaecological cancer to live better and live longer.
WomenCan believes the power of the collective, united in a common purpose, can make a real difference in the lives of women with gynaecological cancers.
ANZGOG’s Survivors Teaching Students (STS) Program is a ground-breaking volunteer program that brings gynaecological cancer survivors and caregivers into the classrooms of health professional students to teach them about women’s experiences with the diseases.
Survivors and caregivers are in a unique position to help students understand the ‘lived experience’ of a gynaecological cancer, including the psychosocial impact, and the importance of timely diagnosis, good health communication and compassionate care.
By joining STS and sharing your story, you will have the opportunity to impact the future care of women diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer, with participating students reporting not only increased understanding of gynaecological cancers but also a deeper understanding of the patient experience to take forward into their practice.
Since the program began at ANZGOG in 2017, our volunteers have shared their stories with more than 11,000 students across Australia and New Zealand.
