Illumina Webinar
- Webinar Speakers
Vanessa Tyrrell
Program Leader, Zero Childhood Cancer
President of the Human Genetics Society of AustralasiaVanessa Tyrrell joined Children’s Cancer Institute in 2015 to drive the development and implementation of the Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO), having worked across all aspects of diagnostic genetics for the previous 25 years.
Ness is best known for her leadership in and representation of the Australian human genetics community as genetics has grown to revolutionise healthcare globally. She has actively contributed to state and federal government and professional bodies’ advisory committees and is currently President of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA).
ZERO is Australia’s first personalised medicine program for children with high-risk or relapsed cancer. Led jointly by Children’s Cancer Institute and Kids Cancer Centre at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, the program involves collaboration between all major Australian clinical and research groups working in childhood cancer.
As well as ensuring the efficient, effective, ethical and clinically responsible delivery of all aspects of ZERO, Vanessa is working to build the Program into a sustainable national platform.
- Webinar Abstract
The Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO) is a game-changer in the care of child cancers in Australia. It is blazing a trail to embed precision medicine in mainstream healthcare, improving health outcomes for children and adults alike. The aim throughout ZERO has been to lay the foundations of a path to implementing a personalised medicine program within the Australian health system.
In this webinar, Ness will talk about precision medicine in action through the Zero Childhood Cancer Program and her goal to see that all children with cancer will have equitable access to precision medicine and lead the adoption of this model of care across multiple clinical disciplines.
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