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Overview
The COSA Cancer Pharmacists Group (CPG) is committed to promoting and further developing the role of the pharmacist in cancer services and is the only national multidisciplinary forum for pharmacists working in cancer services in Australia.
A major goal of the CPG is to facilitate training, education and research within both pharmacy and cancer services while ensuring that pharmacists have input into key national policy documents and clinical guidelines.
CPG membership comprises pharmacists practising in a variety of settings including medical oncology, haematology, palliative care and chemotherapy preparation services in both public and private settings.
For information on our 2025 CPG events, see the Group Activities
Expressions of Interest to attend BOPA 2025, its 28th Annual Conference in Belfast, 3-5 October 2025
Please submit an EOI to [email protected] outlining how attending BOPA 2025 would be relevant to your practice and how you would share your learnings. Maximum 400 words.
The two successful applicants* must organise their own travel to, and accommodation in Belfast, as only the BOPA 2025 Conference registration is complimentary. EOIs close Sunday 6 July 2025.
* To be eligible for this opportunity, applicants must hold a COSA membership through to 30 June 2026
More information about BOPA 2025 can be found here https://www.bopa.org.uk/latest-conference-2025/
Group information
[Chair] A/Prof Marissa Ryan, Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
[Deputy Chair] Ms Kimberley-Ann Kerr, Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA
Dr Marliese Alexander, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Ms Jenny Casanova, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
Mr Paul Firman, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD
Mr Chi Hao La, Monash Health, VIC
Mr Neil Lam, ICON Cancer Care Wesley, QLD
Ms Zainab Reslan, Concord Hospital, NSW
Ms Gail Rowan, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Ms Kate Wright, NSW Health, NSW
Cancer Pharmacists Group Terms of Reference – Council approved 22 March 2024
Read the AGM Minutes from the 4 December 2024
Read the AGM Minutes from the 13 December 2023
Read the AGM Minutes from the 14 December 2022
Read the AGM Minutes from the 15 November 2021
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