Professor Elio Riboli

Elio Riboli is Head of the Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He received his medical degree from the State University of Milan, an MPH from the Postgraduate School of Hygiene and Public Health, Milan, and Master of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1989 he initiated the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study - the largest ever study on diet (and other behaviours) and cancer risk, which eventually included 500,000 study subjects in 26 centres in 10 European countries. Elio has contributed to the development of major international cancer research activities based on the integration of epidemiology and laboratory research. Over the past decade he has coordinated research into the role of nutrition, lifestyle, environment, genetics and metabolic and hormonal factors in the etiology of cancer and chronic disease. He has co-authored over 310 peer-reviewed publications and over 100 book chapters and books. He serves on editorial boards of major journals on nutrition, cancer and epidemiology and has participated as chair, member or advisor to various international committees and panels including the World Cancer Research Fund.

Professor Jim Cassidy

Jim Cassidy is Director of Cancer Research UK's Clinical Trials Unit, Head of the Scottish Cancer Research Network, Head of Glasgow University's Cancer Division and runs 8 Cancer Research UK-funded programs. In addition to traditional medical training, Jim holds a Masters degree in Pharmacology and an MD in drug delivery systems. The clinical part of this fellowship was mainly involved in conduct of phase 1 clincial trials and gave Jim an enduring interest in the process of drug discovery and early clinical evaluation. In 1992, Jim took up a Senior Lecturer position in Oncology at Glasgow University, by which stage he had a major interest in gastrointestinal cancer. In 1994 he moved to Aberdeen University as the first Professor of Oncology and in the next 8 years established an academic laboratory with International reputation in molecular pharmacology, a drug development program and academic training program - all of which still exist. Jim has published 5 books, over 190 peer-reviewed papers and currently holds more than £15 million worth of research grants.

Professor Phyllis Butow

Phyllis Butow is Professor, and National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, University of Sydney. She directs the Medical Psychology Research Unit, a very active research group, and chairs the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Trials Group. Phyllis has worked for over 20 years in the area of Psycho-Oncology and has developed an international reputation in this and the area of health communication. She and her team run a Masters of Health Psychology at the University of Sydney. Phyllis has over 180 publications in peer reviewed journals, and her work has been translated into health communication modules for Oncology professionals, guidelines and practice.

Professor Don Iverson

Don Iverson is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, and Director of the Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, NSW. Since January 2008 he has also been Interim Vice-President of the Division of Population Health of the Alberta Cancer Board, Canada. He has held senior positions in government agencies, non-government health organizations, business and academia and served on a number of national and international governing/advisory committees. Don is a Canadian citizen holding permanent Australian residency. He holds an MSc and PhD from the University of Oregon and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2007. Don has published on a variety of health-related topics. His research interests include clinical, patient and delivery issues related to primary care medicine, cancer prevention and control issues, and health-related behaviour change strategies.

Professor Bruce Armstrong

Bruce Armstrong is Professor of Public Health and a Medical Foundation Fellow at The University of Sydney. He was formerly Director of Research at the Sydney Cancer Centre; Head of the School of Public Health at The University of Sydney; Director of Research and Registers at Cancer Council NSW; Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Deputy Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and Director General of Health in Western Australia. He holds degrees in Biochemistry and Medicine from UWA and a PhD from the University of Oxford, where he worked with world-renowned cancer epidemiologist, Sir Richard Doll. Bruce is known nationally and internationally as an authority on the causes and prevention of skin cancer and melanoma and has made important contributions to knowledge on the causes and control of other cancers, high blood pressure and heart disease. His present major research interests are in the genetic and environmental epidemiology of cancer and the quality and performance of cancer services.

Professor Ian Olver

Ian Olver is CEO of the Cancer Council Australia, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney and an Honorary Associate, Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has an MD from the University of Melbourne on the methodology of antiemetic studies, a PhD from Monash University, exploring life and death issues, and a Certificate of Ministry from the Adelaide College of Divinity. He trained in medical oncology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and then completed a Fellowship program in oncology at the University of Maryland Cancer Centre, US. He worked for 6 years at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute where he jointly developed the oncology clinic at Bendigo Base Hospital. He then moved to Adelaide becoming the Clinical Director, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre where he established the first oncology clinic in Alice Springs and developed a telemedicine link for multidisciplinary cancer care between Adelaide and Darwin. Ian has published over 170 articles in journals, 16 book chapters and 2 books and currently serves on a number of national and international committees.