Out now in Nature Medicine! Our ZERO Childhood Cancer team has shown that children with high risk cancers have better outcomes with precision-guided treatment. Thank you to our patients and families. Prof David Ziegler Childrens Cancer Institute Sydney Children's Hospitals Network UNSW Medicine & Health

Submissions to the review of the Statement on Consumer and Community Involvement in Health and Medical Research close on 16 June 2024. Don’t miss out! Share your views here: ow.ly/elKT50RGzcZ

Congrats to our Col Reynolds Fellow and Better Challenge ambassador, @Davemiz_EP, named the 2023 Accredited Exercise Physiologist of the Year by ESSA! 👏 Check out the link to read more: 2023 Accredited Exercise Physiologist of the Year: David Mizrahi (brnw.ch/21wKQI7)

Check out some great work across the SPHERE Cancer network incl our recent paper on bullying experiences among survivors of childhood cancer with Clarissa Schilstra, PhD Sarah Ellis Claire Wakefield PhD 🎗️ full paper at journals.lww.com/jporp/fulltext…

The Tow Research Awards have opened for 2024! Visit our revamped website and submit your application. Did we mention it's the 50th Anniversary of the awards, more info to come on the celebrations. tow.org.au Applications close 31 August 2024. Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct

Excited to share my 🚨 final PhD paper🚨 exploring prevalence/course of clinically significant social anxiety symptoms in AYAs w/cancer! Is social anxiety 🔗survivors' poor social outcomes? #AYACSM Joanna Fardell Ursula Sansom-Daly, PhD A/Prof Antoinette Anazodo OAM MD PHD liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.108…

In 561 #CanSurv ~35% reported limitations in ability to work. 3 symptom clusters: pain, emotional, & cognitive symptoms. Survivors experiencing symptom clusters 14–17% more likely to report work ability limitations. linkedin.com/posts/haryana-… #CRCI #CognitiveImpairment Joanna Fardell

A delight to have Dr Simon Pini from University of Leeds guest lecture at our Randwick research seminar today! Some fab examples of participatory research (incl. participatory analysis!) here within the INSCHOOL project 👏🏻 Thanks for coming all the way down to Sydney🇦🇺 to visit us!

Clare Parker presenting data from ASSET HRQoL parent’s of children with ALL PROMs at #ANZCHOG 2024 -psych distress generally decreases until just before treatment end when it increases again. Great work Clare & team! Marion Mateos Clarissa Schilstra, PhD Claire Wakefield PhD 🎗️

Whirlwind plenary covering photon v proton cognitive outcomes among children w brain tumors at #ANZCHOG🙏 Lisa Kahalley

Amazing talk by Richard Cohn tracking the progress made towards delivering curative care that supports quality of life during survival #ANZCHOGASM2024 ANZCHOG 🎗️ Claire Wakefield PhD 🎗️ Ursula Sansom-Daly, PhD

📢 Have you or a loved one been diagnosed w/ cancer before their 19th bday? We want to hear what unanswered questions you have about child & adolescent cancer. Take 15-mins out of your day to tell us & be a part of driving future research in this field! qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_38…

🖥️Honored to lead this JCO Oncology Practice Policy & Practice paper on behalf of the ASCO #PalliativeCare Guideline Expert Panel➡️Our reflections & recs for integrating #HealthEquity into future guidelines ... a first step🔗: ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120… FYI: OncoAlert Robin Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO ASCO PallOnc Community of Practice

Thrilled to host the Behavioural Sciences Unit’s Research Forum - Partnering for Impact 💪🏻 Moving words by lived experience partners Adry Awan + Sally Karandrews💫 fab to have 20+ collaborating orgs join us! The Kids' Cancer Project Ronald McDonald House Charities Canteen Australia Claire Wakefield PhD 🎗️ Luminesce Alliance Kids Cancer Alliance

Even snuck an opportunity for an impromptu pic of this brilliant team! 🤩 So proud of how the BSU has grown, but especially how our research has evolved to be more driven by the voices of young people + families — measuring and targeting what truly matters to them 💪🏻 #AYACSM

Are you a medical or allied health professional who works with children/adolescents with cancer in a hospital-based setting in Aus or NZ? Researchers at UNSW are investigating how PROMs are used in clinical practice. Complete the survey here: unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_en…

Please consider participating in this study run by the fab Clarissa Schilstra, PhD and retweet if you know anyone who would be interested in participating 🙏 Michala Short Claire Wakefield PhD 🎗️ A/Prof Antoinette Anazodo OAM MD PHD Christina Signorelli, PhD

Calling AU & NZ hospital-based nurses, doctors and allied health professionals looking after kids & young people with #Cancer Q: Do you use patient-reported outcome measures as part of your patients' care? Let us know in this short survey! Link 👇🏼 #PROM #ChildhoodCancer 🏨🧸🚀