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Postgraduate Workshop: Smoking and lung cancer (Pt 1)

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TSANZ Half Day Workshops
Friday, March 21, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Riverbank 3

Speaker

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Dr Henry Marshall
Thoracic Physician
The Prince Charles Hospital

Welcome and introduction

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Biography

Henry Marshall, FRACP PhD, is a senior staff Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane and Visiting Medical Officer at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, Brisbane. His research, at the University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, aims to reduce the burden of disease caused by lung cancer by focussing on lung cancer early detection, screening and smoking cessation.
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Prof Fraser Brims
Consultant
Curtin University / Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital

The Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program – overview

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Biography

Fraser Brims is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Respiratory Health and Chairs the Western Australian Mesothelioma Registry. His main research interests include clinical and epidemiological aspects of occupational (particularly asbestos) related lung disease, mesothelioma and the detection of early lung cancer using low dose CT scans. He leads the LUCAP lead investigator for the Lung Cancer Clinical Quality Data Platform (LUCAP project).
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Dr Henry Marshall
Thoracic Physician
The Prince Charles Hospital

The health and economic benefits of smoking cessation in lung cancer screening (LCS)

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Biography

Henry Marshall, FRACP PhD, is a senior staff Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane and Visiting Medical Officer at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, Brisbane. His research, at the University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, aims to reduce the burden of disease caused by lung cancer by focussing on lung cancer early detection, screening and smoking cessation.
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Ms Janet Williams
Respiratory Nurse Consultant /Manager
Lung Health Promotion Centre / Alfred Health

Smoking cessation clinical practice in the lung cancer journey

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Biography

Ms Janet Williams has formal qualifications in nursing and education, and is active in both public and private health systems. Specialising in respiratory, smoking cessation and lung health education and promotion, as well as quality systems and clinical governance for almost twenty years Appointed manager of the Lung Health Promotion Centre at the Alfred Hospital in March 2015, Janet manages and presents with world-class health professionals a diverse programme of specialist and general lung health and education seminars and courses. The Lung Health Promotion Centre at The Alfred, unique in Australia is a leading centre for courses related to Smoking Cessation, Asthma, COPD and Spirometry, as well as patient engagement and education methods, motivational interviewing and positive psychology.
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Dr Henry Marshall
Thoracic Physician
The Prince Charles Hospital

Facilitator: Panel discussion

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography

Henry Marshall, FRACP PhD, is a senior staff Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane and Visiting Medical Officer at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, Brisbane. His research, at the University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, aims to reduce the burden of disease caused by lung cancer by focussing on lung cancer early detection, screening and smoking cessation.
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Assoc Prof Chris Barton
Associate Professor
Monash University

Stigma, smoking and lung cancer

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Biography

Chris is an academic with the Department of General Practice, Monash University in Melbourne Victoria.
Prof Christine McDonald
Director, Department Of Respiratory Medicinee
Austin Health

Facilitator: Panel discussion

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Biography

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