NSW Fellow Forum 2023
The Forum provides an opportunity to hear from esteemed researchers and build networks amongst research peers.
The focus of the day will be collaboration, networking and career development through presentations and an interactive workshop.
This event is by invitation only.
The Program
Program and Presenter |
Start |
Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Morning Tea and Networking | 11.00am | Network with your peers |
| Welcome to Country | 11:40am | Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council |
| Opening Welcome | 11:50am | Professor Tracey O’Brien, Cancer Institute NSW |
| Presentation – Professor Nikola Bowden | 12:00pm | Professor Bowden will share her experiences in building collaborations at local, state, national and international levels. She will discuss differences in undertaking research in regional and metro locations. |
| Keynote Address – Professor Paul Timpson and Professor Tri Phan | 12:25pm | Professor Timpson and Professor Phan will share their experiences and advice on partnerships and collaboration in research. |
| Lunch | 1.10pm | |
| Workshop – Dr Narelle Tunstall | 2:00pm | This workshop aims to empower attendees to articulate their research goals and identify and prioritise stakeholders who can help them on their journey. |
| Networking | 3.30pm |
Our speakers
Professor Paul Timpson, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Strategic Program Co-lead Tumour Ecosystems and Laboratory Head (Faculty) - Invasion and Metastasis, Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Conjoint/Adjunct Role(s), Conjoint Senior Lecturer, St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Australia.
Paul completed his PhD with Prof Margaret Frame at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, UK in 2002 where he assessed the interplay between Src family kinases and the actin cytoskeleton during cancer cell invasion, focusing on the role of Rho family GTPases. (Show more)
Professor Tri Phan, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Professor Tri Phan co-leads the Precision Immunology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research. He co-leads the ACRF INCITe Centre for Intravital Microscopy and heads the Intravital Microscopy and Gene Expression (IMAGE) Lab. He is clinical immunologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. His lab uses clinical genomics, single cell multi-omics, CRISPR gene editing, genetic mouse models and intravital microscopy to look into the dark spaces of cancers.
Professor Nikola Bowden, The University of Newcastle
Professor Nikola Bowden is Co-Director of the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research and the Vanessa McGuigan HMRI Fellow in Ovarian Cancer Research. She was recently appointed as the Chief Investigator of the NSW Regional Cancer Research Network, a Cancer Institute NSW Translational Cancer Research Capacity Building Grant. (Show more)
Dr Narelle Tunstall, Empirical Research Development
Narelle is passionate about supporting researchers. She is an experienced Research Manager and accredited Career Development Practitioner, with a love of great grant writing!
Narelle’s research management and grants experience extends across numerous Australian Universities.(Show more)