Prof Anna Nowak (Medical Oncologist)
- Name
- Prof Anna Katherine Nowak
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of Western Australia 1991
- FRACP 1999
- Occupation
- Medical Oncologist
- Gender
- Female
- Medical Specialties
- Medical Oncology
Prof Anna Nowak is a Medical Oncologist and member of the Perth Mesothelioma Centre and National Research Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD) who has participated actively in mesothelioma research over the past 10 years, and has received international recognition in this area. She works closely with other researchers in this field at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and UWA.
Prof Nowak has been active in pre-clinical research in this disease. Her laboratory work in mesothelioma includes a PhD thesis on combination chemo-immunotherapy in a murine model; this work was awarded at local, national, and international level, winning the International Mesothelioma Interest Group New Investigator Award in 2002. She returned to UWA in 2005 to pursue laboratory work and clinical translational work in mesothelioma after a postdoctoral fellowship working in clinical trials research. She has given numerous oral presentations and published abstracts of her work at national and international meetings.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA)
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Western Australia
- Medical Conditions
- Mesothelioma
- Lung cancer
- Brain tumor
- Topics
- Cancer
Practice Locations
Perth
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Address
- B Block
Department of Medical Oncology B8
Hospital Avenue
Nedlands WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9346 3841
