The 2008 ACORD Workshop features an international faculty of leading world experts in the field of clinical trials design. The faculty includes representatives from Australia and the Asia Pacific, Europe, USA and Canada. To enhance mentoring and learning outcomes, one faculty member is available for every two or three Workshop participants.
Professor Stephen Ackland
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
Dr David Ball
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute,Melbourne, Australia
Dr Mark Buyse - supported by the European Society for Medical Oncology
Institute for Drug Development SC, Brussels, Belgium
Dr Gary Clark - supported by the American Association for Cancer Research
Array BioPharma, Boulder, USA
Professor Gail Eckhardt - supported by the American Society of Clinical Oncology
University of Colorado Health Science Centre, Denver,
USA
Professor Adrian Esterman
University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Professor Michael Findlay
Cancer Trials New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Peta Forder
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney, Australia
Associate Professor Chris Frampton
Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Services,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Associate Professor Bogda Koczwara
Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
Professor Kim Lyerly - supported by the American Association for Cancer Research
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Durham, USA
Dr Christina Ng
Consultant Medical Oncologist & Lecturer, University Malaya Medical Centre,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr Anna Nowak
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
Professor Purvish Parikh
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Professor Jun Ren
Peking University, School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China
Professor Jeff A Sloan
Mayo Clinic and Research Facility, Minnesota, USA
Professor Andrew Spencer - representing the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand
Clinical Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, The Alfred Hospital, Prahan, Australia
Associate Professor Martin Stockler
Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
Professor Christopher Sweeney
Professor of Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Adelaide, Australia
Professor Ian Tannock - supported by the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Professor Patrick Therasse - supported by the European Society for Medical Oncology
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium