Tracey O’Brien: Opening Address at Kids Cancer Alliance Conference
Tracey O’Brien, NSW Chief Cancer Officer, posted the following on LinkedIn:
“It was wonderful to give an opening address at the Kids Cancer Alliance Conference in Sydney today. The highlight for me was hearing a rapid fire session, from 4 fantastic phD students who communicated complexity with ease and speed. They were all women… just saying, doing great science! Well done Hannah Hartley, Arjayeeta, Sayali Gore, Jacqueline Hunter and Safaa Al Haj Hussein. There were also brilliant plenaries from international expert Prof Claudia L. Kleinman from McGill University and Prof David Eisenstat The Royal Children’s Hospital. Congrats to conference convenors Dr Rebecca Poulos, Dr Holly Holliday and KCA Directors Prof David Ziegler and Prof Geraldine O’Neil. ”
Dr. Tracey O’Brien is the NSW Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW, Australia. Before her current role, Tracey was Director of the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, and Director of the Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program.
Tracey has held numerous high-profile national and international leadership positions, including Advisory Chair, Cancer Australia; V/Chair (Africa, Asia and Australasia) International Centre for Bone Marrow Transplant Research and V/President of the Australian and New Zealand Children’s Oncology Group.
In recognition of her exceptional contributions, Tracey was profiled in 2023 as one of the world’s foremost women in paediatric cancer by the International Society of Paediatric Oncology. In 2019 Tracey was named in the Australian Financial Review’s prestigious Top 10 Women of Influence, winning the Innovation category.
In addition to her medical expertise, Tracey has a Master of Law (Health) and executive MBA and serves as a conjoint Professor in Clinical Medicine (UNSW) and Honorary Professor in Science and Engineering (Macquarie University).
Dr. O’Brien remains committed to mentoring the next generation of clinician leaders and maintains an active clinical practice in cancer survivorship at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
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