Dr. Linda Watson has been an oncology nurse in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for over 30 years. She has held a variety of nursing and inter-professional leadership roles within the Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) provincial program and is currently the Scientific Director within Alberta’s provincial cancer care program. Dr. Watson holds an adjunct professor position with the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary, but her passion for improving the patient experience has kept her committed to her full-time position as an embedded researcher within the Alberta cancer system. Committed to enhancing the person centredness of the cancer system she has worked to design, implement and study new processes, systems, and programs to enhance clinical capacity to deliver tailored, individualized care to cancer patients. These include using Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to improve patient experience and outcomes, the implementation and evaluation of a provincial cancer patient navigation program to improve access for marginalized populations, and a provincial transition post-treatment program that aims to improve the transition between the cancer program and primary care, while also striving to improve survivors’ outcomes.

Dr Allison Mo is a clinical and laboratory haematologist at Monash Health and Austin Health, Melbourne. She is currently undertaking a PhD with the Transfusion Research Unit at Monash University, investigating optimal transfusion support for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, including the impacts of transfusion on quality of life and functional outcomes. She is interested in promoting transfusion research and education, and is a member of the ALLG supportive care group, the ANZSBT education standing committee, and the ISBT lead in the Transfusion Evidence Round-Up program. She is also PI on the REDDS2 randomised pilot clinical trial investigating transfusion schedules in MDS patients.

Nicole Loft is a Haematology Nurse Practitioner and acting Clinical Practice Director for the Cancer Program at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, CALHN. With over 15 years of haematology nursing experience, her role focuses on supporting allogeneic transplant recipients including assessment and management of graft versus host disease. Nicole is passionate about nursing leadership, research, and evidence based practice. Nicole is chair of the South Australia Nurse Group for the Haematology Society of South Australia and New Zealand, and is a representative on the SA Health Cancer Drugs Committee. Nicole was honoured to be a finalist for the SA Health Young Professional of the Year award in 2022.