• Types of cancer
• After a diagnosis
• Early detection
• Screening programs
• National Cancer Prevention Policy

Professor Lin Fritschi

Professor Lin Fritschi is a cancer epidemiologist with a particular interest in occupational causes of cancer. She heads the Epidemiology Group at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research in Perth, Western Australia. Lin has led a number of large case-control and cohort studies looking at whether cancer is associated with exposure to workplace hazards, including traditional chemical hazards, as well as newly defined issues such as sedentary work and shiftwork. Lin is interested in improving the way we assess historical exposure to workplace exposures and has developed a new web-based application (OccIDEAS) to assist in this task.

Associate Professor Tim Driscoll

Tim Driscoll is an Associate Professor in epidemiology and occupational medicine in the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and a specialist in occupational medicine and public health medicine. Tim has worked in various aspects of occupational cancer for 20 years, with a particular interest in surveillance of cancer and exposure to carcinogens, disease burden, asbestos-related cancers and appropriate investigation of concerns regarding cancer clusters.

Michael Borowick

Michael was elected as ACTU Assistant Secretary in November 2010. He oversees the work of the Communications, Campaigns, Occupational Health and Safety and Workers Compensation teams. Michael also represents the ACTU as a member of the National Workplace Relations Consultative Council, Safe Work Australia and the Defence Industry Innovation Council. Prior to his current position, Michael was an official of the Australian Workers’ Union for 20 years, where he was the Victorian Branch Assistant Secretary and a member of the AWU National Executive.

Professor Stewart is an internationally recognised expert in all aspects of environmental carcinogenesis (cancer causation), including the investigation of cancer clusters and medico-legal aspects of tobacco smoke-induced cancer. He has had extensive advisory involvement with International Agency for Research on Cancer and co-edited the World Cancer Report for the World Health Organisation. In 2008 Professor Stewart published a new approach to qualitative assessment of carcinogenic risks. A member of the Council of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and an advisor to the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, Professor Stewart has had a close association with Cancer Council Australia for more than 25 years. Currently, he is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Council’s professional journal Cancer Forum.

Geoff Fary

Geoff Fary brings an unusual combination of background and experiences to his role of Chairman of the Asbestos Management Review. Elected ACTU Assistant Secretary in 2007 and re-elected in 2009, he had responsibility for the peak council’s policy on OH&S - including asbestos. He previously worked as a labourer, shearer, administrator, Victorian Director of the Australian Trade Union Training Authority (TUTA), Chief of Staff to a federal Cabinet Minister, Human Resources Director & Company Director George Weston Foods Ltd, CEO of Industrial Relations Victoria, Employee Relations Manager for Nestlé Australia and Executive Director of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA).

Associate Professor David Dunstan PhD

Associate Professor Dunstan is an ARC Future Fellow and the Head of the Physical Activity laboratory at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. His research focuses on the role of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the prevention and management of chronic diseases. His research program has attracted considerable external funding and he has been an invited speaker at international conferences, including the American Diabetes Association. In 2007, he was awarded a prestigious young Tall Poppy Science award (Victoria) from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science which recognises the achievements of Australia’s outstanding young scientific researchers.

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