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Nurses Symposium: Research

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Nurses
Monday, October 19, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
503/504

Speaker

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Dr Georgia Stewart
Fellow
Health New Zealand Waitemata

Clinical trials 101: The who, what, why, and how

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Biography

Auckland trained haematologist currently working as the Clinical Research Fellow at Waitemata DHB. My interests include the treatment of AML in patients not fit for intensive chemotherapy and medical education of our future doctors.
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Prof Robert Weinkove
Clinical Director
Malaghan Institute Of Medical Research

Enable-2 CAR T cell trial – CAR T toxicity recognition and management

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Rob Weinkove is Clinical Director at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, a Haematologist at Health New Zealand, and Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland. After studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and Kings College London, he trained in clinical haematology in London and in Hannover, and undertook a PhD in immunology at the University of Otago. Prof Weinkove leads a clinical and translational chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell programme at the Malaghan Institute. He is also an active member of the Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group, contributing to co-operative group and clinical trials in the fields of B-cell malignancies and prevention of infection in the immunocompromised.
Fiona O'Malley
Clinical Nurse Specialist Haematology Research
Health New Zealand Waitemata

Chairperson

Biography

Fi O'Malley currently works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist /Team Lead in Haematology Research at North Shore Hospital, Auckland. She has over 16 years' experience working in Haematology. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Auckland University.
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Miss Kylie Grevell
Haematology Clnical Nurse Consultant
Cairns Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

Kylie Grevell is an experienced Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Consultant with more than 16 years of expertise in haematology and oncology at Cairns Hospital, QLD. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing, a Bachelor of Nursing, and has commenced a Master of Nurse Practitioner.
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