Thurs@3 S2E5 – In conversation with Professor David Currow, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong

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Thurs@3 S2E5 – In conversation with Professor David Currow, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong

Welcome to Thursdays at 3 our regular series of conversations with people living and working at the end of life. 

Today we meet Professor David Currow, who you might already know through his long career in cancer care and research and palliative care. 

David is currently a Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong.  

He is the former Chief Cancer Officer for New South Wales and former Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Institute of NSW. 

Before that, he was the foundation Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Australia, the Australian Government’s cancer control agency. 

David is a previous president of Palliative Care Australia and, separately, the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia. In 2015, David received the Tom Reeve National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Care. 

David co-founded the Australian National Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration - a national data set for quality improvement in palliative care. 

And this September in Sydney, David will be one of our presenters at the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (OPCC). 

Click play to get a sneak peek of his OPCC presentation - ‘The future of palliative care in the care economy’ while exploring his rich career.  

Listen to the episode on Spotify.

David is one of 215 OPCC speakers, explore the program and register now before the August 18 price rise – HERE. 

You will find advice, tools, and support ‘with matters of life and death’ at the Palliative Care Australia website where you can also make a donation to support our work. 

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