Craig R Underhill Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting 2018

Craig R Underhill

Associate Professor Craig Underhill is a medical oncologist at Albury-Wodonga Regional Cancer and Wellness Centre. He is conjoint Associate Professor at the University of NSW Clinical School in Albury, and Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University. After training in Melbourne and working as a research fellow at Guys Hospital London and Ludwig Institute Melbourne, he led the development of a medical oncology service in Albury-Wodonga and established an independent not-for-profit Clinical Trials Unit (Border Medical Oncology Research Unit) which has twice been awarded NSW Premier's Award for Innovation in Cancer Clinical Trials. As the VCCC Regional Oncology Co-Lead he advocates for the increased access to clinical trials for regional Victorians and leads the Victorian Teletrials Collaboration. This program has operationalised teletrial methodology (also known as decentralized clinical trials). He is leading a research program awarded by the Australian Government for AUD$18.5million over 5 years to implement teletrials and conduct health services research via telehealth across the Regionla Trials Network – Victoria.