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Nurses Free Communications: Leukaemia and lymphoma

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Nurses
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Speaker

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Mr Peter Haywood
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Wellington Hospital

Nurse-led implementation and service evaluation of 30-minute intravenous rituximab infusions in a haematology unit

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Biography

Peter is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in haematology at Wellington hospital, mainly working with lymphoma patients.
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Ms Emily Knights
Lymphoma Care Nurse
Lymphoma Australia

Developing a nurse-led e-learning program to support safe delivery of bispecific antibodies in lymphoma care

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Emily Knights is a haematology nurse with over ten years’ experience specialising in lymphoma clinical trials. She trained and worked as an inpatient and outpatient nurse at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, where she completed a Graduate Certificate in Cancer and Haematology Nursing. She later worked as a research nurse with the Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, coordinating early-phase lymphoma and CAR-T therapy trials. Emily went on to manage lymphoma clinical trials at Barwon Health’s Cancer Services Trials Unit in Geelong , including trials investigating bispecific antibodies, and has supported regional Victorian patients and their families through every stage of clinical trial participation. She now works with Lymphoma Australia, where she is passionate about bridging research and patient care to improve access to emerging lymphoma treatments. She delivered an oral presentation in Lugano, Switzerland in June 2025 at the ICML's Inaugural Nursing Symposium on her nursing experience with bispecific antibodies.
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Mrs Gemma White
Nurse Practitioner - Acute Leukaemia & Myelodysplasia
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

A review of current Australian practices of antifungal prophylaxis therapeutic drug monitoring for adults with acute myeloid leukaemia

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Gemma is a nurse practitioner with over 20 years’ haematology experience across Australia and the UK. She completed her Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) in 2021 and is the acute leukaemia and myelodysplasia NP at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, specialising in advanced patient‑centred care and complex symptom management.
Mrs Georgie Kirk
Haematology CNS
Southern Blood and Cancer

Chairperson

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Miss Ashleigh Guy
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Christchurch Hospital

Chairperson

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