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Professor Dianne O'Connell

Professor Dianne O'Connell

Professor Dianne O’Connell heads up the Health Services Research Program of the Cancer Research Division. This program conducts research studies examining current and optimum diagnostic and treatment pathways, short and long term effects of treatment options, practitioner adherence to treatment guidelines, patient use and understanding of screening options and other research on the NSW health care system.

Dianne is a chief investigator on the Aboriginal Patterns of Cancer Care Study (APOCC), the Pathways to Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer Study, the Pancreatic Cancer Patterns of Care Study, the Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR), the InterSCOPE Study, the Men’s Health Study, the Impact of Stigma and Nihilism in Patients with Lung Cancer Study, the Longer Term Survival and Concordance with the Treatment Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Study as well as numerous others.

Recent articles by Professor Dianne O'Connell

NAIDOC Week marks first anniversary of our Aboriginal cancer website

It’s NAIDOC Week, and Cancer Council NSW’s Aboriginal web resource is turning one. The website was launched last year to raise cancer awareness, offer support services and provide information for Aboriginal communities around the state. So far the interaction has been really positive. Cancer is the second most common cause of death for Aboriginal people, […]

Cancer in Aboriginal communities – closing the gap

Robert Salt

As we recognise National Close the Gap day across the country this week, Cancer Council NSW has renewed calls for an increased Aboriginal cancer workforce to help improve cancer survival in Aboriginal communities. This comes as new Cancer Council NSW research reveals that Aboriginal people are 68 per cent more likely to die from bowel […]

Our researchers centre stage at national cancer forum

The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s Annual Scientific Meeting (COSA), the nation’s premier gathering of cancer health professionals, kicked off in Hobart on 17 November. This three day event brought together leading clinicians, scientists, oncologists, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who are working in cancer care nationally and globally. Members of the research […]