- FOUNDED 2015
Overview
The Exercise and Cancer Group is committed to progressing a national approach to the implementation of exercise in cancer care. The vision of the Group is enhanced supportive care practice and policy leading to improved outcomes for patients through affordable, accessible and effective exercise medicine. The overarching aim of the COSA Exercise and Cancer Group is to have exercise incorporated as a standard component of care for people with cancer.
The Group’s primary objectives are to:
- Promote and progress a national approach to the implementation of evidence-based exercise in cancer care
- Foster and facilitate effective research, education and advocacy of the role of exercise in cancer care
- Engage stakeholders and collaborate with partners to improve the quality of, and access to, exercise in cancer care
- Provide a multidisciplinary forum for discussion and exchange of knowledge and experiences related to exercise in cancer care
Group information
[Chair] Prof Tina Skinner, University of New South Wales
[Deputy Chair] A/Prof Kellie Toohey, University of Canberra
Dr Diana Adams, Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre
Prof Kim Alexander, QUT and Queensland Health
Dr Lara Edbrooke, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
A/Prof Steve Fraser, Deakin University
Dr David Mizrahi, Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney
Prof Robert Newton, Edith Cowan University
Mrs Elizabeth Pinkham, Queensland Health
Dr Lina Pugliano, Cancer Fit Australia
Read the AGM Minutes from 13 November 2024
Read the AGM Minutes from 1 November 2023
Read the AGM Minutes from 02 November 2022
Read the AGM Minutes from 06 December 2021
Read the AGM Minutes from 24 November 2020
Read the Exercise and Cancer Group Terms of Reference
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