TACTICS
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services (TACTICS) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
TACTICS
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services (TACTICS) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
TACTICS Investigators
| Chief investigators | Institution |
|---|---|
| CIA Professor Gail Garvey | Menzies School of Health Research |
| CIB Professor Joan Cunningham | Menzies School of Health Research |
| CIC Associate Professor Lisa Whop | Menzies School of Health Research |
| CID Julia Brotherton | VCS Foundation |
| CIE Afaf Girgis | University of New South Wales |
| CIF Ian Olver | University of South Australia |
| CIG Kirsten Howard | University of Sydney |
| CIH Dr Kalinda Griffiths | University of New South Wales |
| CII Siddhartha Baxi | GenesisCare Gold Coast |
| Associate investigators | Institution |
| Ben (Allan) Smith | University of New South Wales |
| Emily Callander | Griffith University |
| Jacqueline Mein | Wuchopperen Health Service |
| Professor John Condon | Menzies School of Health Research |
| Peter Baade | Cancer Council Queensland |
| Rebecca Guy | University of New South Wales |
| Sarah Larkins | James Cook University |
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University of Newcastle - Alumni Medal for Professional Excellence
Professor Garvey has established an international collaborative research program with IARC on cancer and Indigenous people globally.
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ABC PM | Rising Indigenous cancer death rates are being overlooked
Professor Gail Garvey, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research.
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Media Release | THE 2nd WORLD INDIGENOUS CANCER CONFERENCE
Indigenous communities, consumers and health experts from around the world have come together at the opening of the second World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC) at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre in Canada.
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$440 million funding boost for vital health and medical research for all stages of life
$6 million in research funding for three Indigenous health grants in the Northern Territory. This includes $2.5 million for an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence at the Menzies School of Health Research to prevent and manage bronchiectasis, a lung disease which results in recurrent chest infections and is particularly common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Cancer survival rates in Australia are amongst the best in the world, yet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to experience disparities in cancer outcomes, with cancer being the second leading cause of death among Indigenous Australians.
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services (TACTICS) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will build an evidence base through innovative, high-quality, priority-driven, and applied health services research.
TACTICS will focus on emerging priorities in cancer-related health services research. These priorities have been identified through extensive consultations with key stakeholders, with a review of seminal documents, and the substantial research and translation foundation established through the CRE in Discovering Indigenous Strategies to improve Cancer Outcomes Via Engagement, Research Translation and Training (DISCOVER-TT) and a Cancer Council NSW Strategic Partnership (STREP CaCIndA).
The aims of the TACTICS CRE will address critical current issues to:
- increase cancer prevention and early detection through immunisation and screening;
- improve diagnosis and treatment through health service innovation; and
- provide appropriate care to enhance psychosocial wellbeing of Indigenous cancer survivors, their partners and carers across the cancer continuum.
This CRE is an Indigenous-led research program that brings together an impressive team of researchers supported by a strong and culturally sensitive governance structure, along with practitioners, consumers, and other key collaborators nationally and internationally. This collaborative approach will actively promote the translation of research knowledge into Australian public health policy and practice, and build research capacity through training the next generation of researchers in Indigenous cancer control.
Click here to visit the TACTICS CRE website.