The Council is our peak governing body. The Cancer Act, which established the Cancer Council in 1936, determines the composition of Council with provision for a membership of 52. It meets annually. Below are members for 2008.
(See our glossary of medical and professional acronyms for details of qualifications).
President
Mr Peter J GRIFFIN: BCom (Melb), ASIA
Vice-President
Professor Richard (Dick) M FOX, AM: BSc (Med), MBBS, FRACP, PhD
The Minister for Health
The Honourable Daniel ANDREWS
Vice-Chancellors of the Universities of Melbourne, La Trobe, Monash and Deakin
Professor Richard G LARKINS, AO: MD BS (Melb), PhD (Lond), LLD (Hons) (Melb), FRACP, FRCP (Lond), FRCPI, FAM (Malaysia), FAM (Sing), FRCP (Hons) (Tha), FACP (Hons) (USA), HonFCeylon CP Monash University
Professor Glyn C DAVIS AC: BA (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (ANU), D.Univ (Griffith), FASSA, FIPPA University of Melbourne
Professor Paul JOHNSON: MA, D.Phil., AcSS, La Trobe University
Professor Sally WALKER: LLB (Hons), LLM (Melb), Deakin University
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Mr John SO: Lord Mayor
The Secretary, Department of Human Services
Ms Fran THORN: BA (Hons) (Monash), MA (Melb), MBA (Melb), Grad Dip (Librarianship) (RMIT)
(People nominated by medical research institutes, hospitals, universities and medical specialist colleges.)
Associate Professor David ASHLEY: MBBS, PhD, FRACP Royal Children's Hospital
Mr Craig A BENNETT: MSc (Health Economics), Becon (Hons), FCHSE Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Ms Juliet T CAIRNS: BN, Master of Bioethics, The Alfred
Professor Jonathan CEBON: MBBS, FRACP, PhD Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Professor Suzanne CORY AC: PhD, FAA, FRS Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Dr Michael J DALLY: BSc, MBChB, FRANZCR Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Professor Stephen B FOX BSc (Hons), FRCPA, MBChB, DPhil, FRCPath Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Dr Christopher D HOGAN: MBBS, DRACOG, DRCOG, FRACGP Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Victoria
Associate Professor Thomas W JOBLING: FRCOG, FRANZCOG, COG, CGO, MD Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Associate Professor Bruce E LOVELAND: PhD Burnet Institute
Professor Frederick (Fred) A O MENDELSOHN AO: MD, PhD, FRACP Howard Florey Institute
Associate Professor Paul L R MITCHELL: BHB, MBChB, MD, FRACP Austin Health
Professor Michael A QUINN: MBChB (Glas), MGO (Melb), MRCP (UK), FRCOG, FRANZCOG, CGO Royal Women's Hospital
Mr Nicholas J RUTHERFORD: MBBS (Melb), B.D Sc (Melb), FRACDS (OMS) Australian Dental Association (Victorian Branch)
Professor Robert J S THOMAS: MBBS, MS, FRACS, FRCS (UK) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dr Pearly KHAW: B.App.Sci (Med. Rad.), MBBS, FRANZCR, Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch)
Dr Terence F AHERN, MBBS (Melb), Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch)
Mr David LLOYD, BA (Hons), MPA, The Baker Heart Research Institute
Associate Professor Hamish EWING, MBBS, FRACS, Northern Health
Associate Professor Raymond D SNYDER, MBBS, M.Med, FRACP, St Vincent's Health
Mr Richard R ALLEN: BCom, BA (Melb), GDipAppFin
Mr John M CLARKE
Ms Toni A LAWLER: BA, MEI (AGSE)
Ms Alice J WILLIAMS: BCom, FCPA, CFA, ISFA, FAICD
Professor Richard (Dick) M FOX, AM, BSc (Med), MBBS, FRACP, PhD Elected to the position of Vice-President
Mr Peter J GRIFFIN BCom (Melb), ASIA Elected to the position of President
Ms Joanna R COOPER, BE (Chem)
Medical and Scientific Committee
Associate Professor Andrew ROBERTS, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA, PhD
Finance Committee
Mr Peter INGHAM, BCom (Hons) (Melb), MBA (Melb)
Executive Committee
Professor Margaret HAMILTON, AO, BA, DipSocStuds (Melb), MSW (Mich)
Appeals Committee
Mr Alexander (Sandy) MURDOCH, BEcon, DDA, SIA, ASA
Representatives of the Medical and Scientific Committee
Dr Philip CAMPBELL, MBChB, MRCP (UK), FRCPath, FRACP, FRCPA
Mr Marshall (Mark) C EASTMAN, MBBS, BSc, FRACS
Professor Peter J FULLER, MBBS, BMedSc, PhD, FRACP
Professor Evan R SIMPSON, BSc, PhD
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