2026 WA Cancer Fellowships recipients

The 2026 Cancer Fellowships resulted in 4 applications being awarded.

A total of $1,646,433.84 has been awarded to support the research and training of WA medical practitioners in cancer care. Recipients were selected from a highly competitive field of applicants and are set to commence their Fellowships in 2026 in the WA health system.

The successful applicants, their supervisors and their project titles are provided below.

Fellow	Hospital	Project title	Supervisor(s)
Dr Claudia Leslie	Fiona Stanley Hospital	Patterns of care for Western Australians with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers – understanding the present to optimise the future	Dr David Ransom
Dr Li-Lin Neo	Fiona Stanley Hospital	The Undiscovered Country: Prevention Potential for Links Between Mammographic Density and DNA Mutation in the Normal Breast	Assoc. Prof. Andrew Redfern
Dr Thomas Quartermaine	Royal Perth Hospital	ImmunoFlow FISH in the early detection of leukemic transformation of myeloproliferative neoplasms	Dr Hun Chuah
Dr Shankari Wijayakhanthan	Fiona Stanley Hospital	Colorectal cancer disparities among Aboriginal Australians	Dr Thomas Ferguson