Survivorship Group

In 2020, COSA established its Survivorship Fellowship program for early career researchers to lead studies to help build capacity in survivorship research. Fellows receive mentorship, guidance and support from the Survivorship Executive Committee comprised of internationally renowned senior clinicians and researchers in cancer survivorship. Each project will help advance survivorship research and improve outcomes for all Australians after cancer treatment.

Survivorship Fellows

Fellowship Projects

• Patterns of Care and Health Service Costs for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors in Queensland
• Quality cancer survivorship care: a modified Delphi study to define nurse capabilities
• Utilisation of Medicare Chronic Disease Management item numbers for people with cancer in Queensland, Australia
• Priorities for multimorbidity management and research in cancer: a Delphi study of Australian cancer survivors, clinicians, and researchers
• Defining research and infrastructure priorities for cancer survivorship in Australia: a modified Delphi study
• Priority recommendations for the implementation of patient-reported outcomes in clinical cancer care: A Delphi study
• Current landscape of cancer survivorship research in Australia

The 2025 National Cancer Survivorship Conference was held in Melbourne from the 6-7 March 2025.

Collaborative Survivorship Webinars are available to all members 

Catch up on COSA Survivorship Group eNews from the last few years. The Survivorship Group eNews is only available for members, so you'll need to login to access.

Group Executive Committee
Chair: Prof Nicolas Hart, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 
Deputy Chair: A/Professor Kate Webber, Monash Health / Monash University, VIC
Dr Ashfaq Chauhan, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, NSW
Dr Darren Haywood, University of Technology Sydney, VIC-based
Dr Vanessa Johnston, Cancer Council NSW
Dr Carolyn Mazariego, University of New South Wales/SPHERE, NSW
Ms Carmel O’Kane, Wimmera Cancer Centre / Grampians Health Horsham, VIC
Dr Monica Tang, Prince of Wales Hospital NSW
Lebogang Thomy, Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD/ PhD Candidate Flinders University SA
A/Professor Anna Ugalde, Deakin University VIC
Dr Thomas Walwyn, Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS

Co-opted Executive members
Chair, PRO Working Group: Prof Bogda Koczwara AM, Australian Research Centre for Cancer Survivorship
eNews Co-editor: Dr Md Mijanur Rahman, Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CCORE), The Ingham Institute, UNSW
eNews Co-editor: Dr Carla Thamm, Flinders University SA/Metro South Hospital and Health Service QLD
Co-Chair, Financial Toxicity Working Group: Prof Megan Varlow, Cancer Institute NSW

Terms of Reference

You can view all COSA Quickfires on our YouTube channel