Thought Leader Series: Thinking big, how we can make a difference for patients, Professor Grant McArthur
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Professor Grant McArthur
Executive Director, VCCC Alliance
Head of the Molecular Oncology Lab, Peter Mac
Thinking big: how we can make a difference for patients
In this episode, RCA Chief Executive Richard Vines speaks to Professor Grant McArthur about:
· The challenges of personalising cancer treatment
· How the moon landing sparked a career in medicine
· Why he chose to specialise in cancer, and melanoma
· What gets him out of bed in the morning, and what drives him
· The vision of the VCCC, and how it came about
· Why he moved from a full-time research and clinical role to a leadership position
· The sensitivities around prescribing medications that are not PBS funded
· The gaps between published evidence, TGA approval and PBS listing
· Ideas on how to speed up patient access to life-extending and life-saving treatment
· The challenges and opportunities of developing combination treatments
· How we can continue to improve cancer outcomes in the next 10 years
More about Professor Grant McArthur
Grant is the Executive Director of the VCCC Alliance, a powerful partnership of 10 leading research, academic and clinical institutions, working together to fundamentally reshape the way we tackle cancer. Grant is also Head of the Molecular Oncology Lab at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and a highly cited melanoma researcher.
United States
