About Us

Everyone’s brain tumour experience is different and we designed Brain Tumours Online to support everyone regardless of where you live or how your brain tumour is affecting you. This digital platform was designed to provide access to information, people and resources to help make life easier for anyone affected by a brain tumour in Australia.

 

 


Meet our team

Brain Tumours Online has been created by a passionate team of healthcare professionals, researchers, digital platform developers, and people with lived experience of brain tumours all working together across different organisations to provide better access to information, people and resources for anyone affected by brain tumours in Australia.

Kate Drummond

Prof Kate Drummond AM

Neurosurgeon

James Richard Whittle

Dr James Whittle

Medical Oncologist

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Prof Mei Krishnasamy

Cancer Nurse

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Prof Wendy Chapman

Informaticist

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Dr Verena Schadewaldt

Nurse Researcher

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Mr Rana Dhillon

Neurosurgeon

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Dr Sarah Bray

Research Project Manager

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Prof Mark Rosenthal

Medical Oncologist

Our partners

The team that developed Brain Tumours Online included researchers and health care professionals from the University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, and the University Hospital Geelong / Barwon Health, along with digital platform developers, DEPT, and people with lived experience of brain tumours.

Royal Melbourne

Royal Melbourne

Peter Mac

Peter Mac

The University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne

DEPT

DEPT

Barwon Health

Barwon Health

St Vincent’s Hospital

St Vincent’s Hospital

This project (Responding to need: technology-enhanced brain cancer survivorship) received grant funding from the Australian Government through the Medical Research Future Fund 2020 Brain Cancer Survivorship Grant Program (2021-2024)

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