Leadership Team
The Leadership Team is responsible for the day‑to‑day delivery of the Western Australian Comprehensive Kids Cancer Centre’s vision and strategy.
Led by the Clinical Director, Scientific Director and General Manager, the Leadership Team brings together expertise from the cancer research labs at The Kids and the Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology.
In addition, the team includes Theme Leaders who are responsible for translating the Centre’s overarching strategy into action across their focus areas.
The Leadership Team reports to the Steering Committee and works closely with clinical teams, researchers and the Centre’s Support Team to ensure the Centre meets its milestones and deliverables.
Members include:
Clinical Director – Professor Nick Gottardo
Scientific Director – Professor Joost Lesterhuis
General Manager – Emma Stone
Clinical Operations Lead – Will Burdett-Derby
Theme Leads
Clinical trials – Dr Santosh Valvi and Liz Darch
Genetic and cellular analysis – Professor Rishi Kotecha
Improving First Nations outcomes – Dr Jess Buck
Survivorship – Professor Nick Gottardo (interim)
Treatment combinations – Associate Professor Raelene Endersby
Therapies for surgery – Professor Joost Lesterhuis (interim)
The WA Comprehensive Kids Cancer Centre envisions a future where all kids with cancer survive and thrive, through a collaboration integrating the clinical excellence delivered at Perth Children's Hospital and the research expertise of The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia.
The Centre, made possible thanks to support from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation and Perth Children's Hospital Foundation, is supercharging childhood cancer research and care.