COSA COMMITTEES
COSA PAST PRESIDENTS
| Mr WB Fleming AM (deceased) | 11/1973−11/1976 |
| Professor L Atkinson (deceased) | 11/1976−11/1979 |
| Dr RP Melville (deceased) | 11/1979−11/1981 |
| Professor MHN Tattersall AO (deceased) | 11/1981−11/1983 |
| Professor GJ Clunie (deceased) | 11/1983−11/1985 |
| Dr JVM Coppleson (deceased) | 11/1985−11/1987 |
| Professor JA Levi | 01/1988−12/1989 |
| Professor RM Fox AM | 01/1990−12/1991 |
| Professor WH McCarthy AM | 01/1992−12/1993 |
| Professor AS Coates AM | 01/1994−12/1995 |
| Professor RJS Thomas OAM | 01/1996−12/1997 |
| Professor H Ekert AM | 01/1998−12/1999 |
| Professor J Zalcberg OAM | 01/2000−12/2001 |
| Adjunct Professor L Kenny AO | 01/2002−12/2003 |
| Prof S Ackland | 01/2004−12/2005 |
| Professor D Currow | 01/2006−07/2006 |
| Professor D Goldstein | 07/2006−12/2008 |
| Professor B Mann | 01/2009−12/2010 |
| Professor B Koczwara AM | 01/2011−11/2012 |
| Professor SV Porceddu | 11/2012−12/2014 |
| Professor M Krishnasamy | 11/2014−11/2016 |
| Professor P Butow AM | 11/2016−11/2018 |
| Professor N Pavlakis | 11/2018−11/2020 |
| Professor F Boyle AM | 11/2020−11/2022 |
| A/Professor D Forstner | 11/2022−11/2024 |
COSA BOARD
A/Professor Dion Forstner—President
Professor Sabe Sabesan—President Elect
Ms Sandie Angus
Professor Judy Bauer
Professor Tanya Buchanan (resigned March 2024)
Clinical A/Professor Merran Findlay
Mr Peter Hooker
Dr Malinda Itchins
Professor Michael Jefford
Professor Tim Price
A/Professor Christopher Steer
COSA COUNCIL
A/Professor Dion Forstner—President
Professor Sabe Sabesan—President Elect
Professor Meera Agar—Geriatric Oncology
A/Professor Arun Azad—Urologic Oncology
Ms Kathy Bell—Consumer Representative
Dr David Chan—Neuroendocrine Tumours
Dr Connie Diakos—Gastrointestinal Cancer
Dr Susan Fraser—Breast Cancer
Professor Gail Garvey—First Nations Representative
A/Prof Nicolas Hart—Cancer Survivorship
Dr Ashley Hopkins—Epidemiology
Dr Malinda Itchins—Lung Cancer
Dr Damien Kee—Melanoma and Skin Cancer
Dr Laura Kirsten—Psycho-Oncology
Dr Eng-Siew Koh—Neuro-Oncology
Dr Judith Lacey—Integrative Oncology (resigned August 2024)
Dr Wei-Sen Lam—Regional and Rural
Ms Jenelle Loeliger—Nutrition
Ms Geraldine McDonald—Integrative Oncology (commenced August 2024)
Professor Linda Mileshkin—Gynaecological Cancer
Dr David Mizrahi—Exercise and Cancer
Dr Wayne Nicholls—Adolescent and Young Adult
Dr Sophie Nightingale—Surgical Oncology
Professor Jane Phillips—Palliative Care
Ms Marissa Ryan—Cancer Pharmacists (Co-Chair)
Dr Geeta Sandhu—Cancer Pharmacists (Co-Chair)
Professor Clare Scott AM—Rare Cancers
Professor Bernard Stewart AM—Cancer Prevention
Mr Adam Stoneley—Clinical Trials and Research Professionals
Mr Simon Troth—Cancer Genetics (resigned June 2024)
Dr Paul Viray—Advanced Trainee Representative
Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates AM—Cancer Care Coordination
Professor Desmond Yip—Global Oncology
Ms Leonie Young—Consumer Representative
Professor Nik Zeps—Cancer Biology
Ms Marie Malica—Chief Executive Officer
AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS
Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group—Professor Tim Price
Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group—Professor Judith Trotman
Australia & New Zealand Sarcoma Association—Professor Angela Hong
Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group—Dr Nick Gottardo
Australia New Zealand Gynaecology Oncology Group—Professor Clare Scott AM
Australia and New Zealand Head & Neck Cancer Society—Dr Tsien Fua (resigned July 2024)
Australia and New Zealand Head & Neck Cancer Society—Clinical A/Professor Merran Findlay (commenced August 2024)
Australia and New Zealand Urogenital & Prostate Cancer Trials Group—Professor Ian Davis
Australian Physiotherapy Association—Ms Germaine Tan
Breast Cancer Trials—Professor Sunil Lakhani
Cancer Nurses Society of Australia—A/Professor Deborah Kirk (resigned June 2024)
Cancer Nurses Society of Australia—Gemma McErlean (commenced September 2024)
Cancer Symptom Trials Group—Dr Rayan Saleh Moussa
Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology—Dr Eng-Siew Koh
Faculty of Radiation Oncology—Dr Gerard Adams
Human Genetics Society of Australasia—Mr Simon Troth (resigned June 2024)
Medical Oncology Group of Australia—A/Professor Melissa Eastgate
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials—Professor Mark Shackleton
Oncology Social Work Australia New Zealand—Ms Kim Hobbs (resigned February 2024)
Oncology Social Work Australia New Zealand—Ms Fiona Wiseman (commenced February 2024)
Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group—Dr Joanne Shaw
Royal College of Pathologists Australasia—Dr Kenneth Lee
Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia—Professor Michael Millward (resigned February 2024)
Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia—Dr Malinda Itchins (commenced February 2024)
TROG Cancer Research—Dr Puma Sundaresan
2024 COSA ASM PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Dr Seah Hill—Co-Convenor
Mr Michael Powell—Co-Convenor
Mrs Miranda Chan
Dr Abbey Diaz
Dr Harry Gasper
Ms Maree Grier
Ms Melissa Lawrie
Professor Matthew Links
Dr Penny Mackenzie
Mrs Courtney Oar
Dr Heidi Peverill
Dr Melanie Plinsinga
Ms Elise Treleaven
Dr James Williams
Ms Leonie Young
Ms Fran Doughton—COSA Operations Manager
Ms Marie Malica—COSA Chief Executive Officer
COSA STAFF
Ms Marie Malica—Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Rhonda DeSouza
Ms Maryanne Doherty
Ms Fran Doughton
Dr Hayley Griffin
Ms Gillian Mackay
Miss Kara Matthews
Ms Susan Woodland
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: ASN EVENTS
Mr Chad Murphy—Director of Sponsorship
Ms Hannah Pickford—Director of Major Projects
Mr Mike Pickford—Executive Chairman
Miss Jordyn Trolove—Senior Project Manager
Ms Danielle White—Project Manager
Miss Adelle Xue—Project Officer
