BREAST CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN

Ms Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most beloved journalists. She is a multi-faceted writer
and broadcaster who ranges between federal politics, gender, current affairs, history and
cooking and is a sought-after speaker and presenter for her incisive and humorous
approach.

She is the creator and presenter of Ms Represented, and of the long-running political
interview series Kitchen Cabinet, a seventh season of which will air in 2023. She wrote and
presented the ground-breaking documentary series on life inside Australia’s Parliament
House, The House With Annabel Crabb. She also hosts ABC’s popular Australian history and
food series, Back In Time For Dinner. Annabel is a regular face on ABC TV’s election night
and Budget broadcasts and has a long history of appearances on ABC’s Insiders program,
including a stint as acting host in 2019.

She is a regular commentator across the ABC’s radio network. With friend and ABC
colleague Leigh Sales, Annabel hosts the podcast Chat 10 Looks 3, an independent podcast
in which the pair discusses books, film, culture, and cooking. Their first book together, Well Hello, was published in September 2021. Annabel won a Walkley Award for her
biographical work “Stop At Nothing: The Life And Adventures Of Malcolm Turnbull” and
has written several books including 2014 bestseller The Wife Drought.

Annabel boasts the awkward distinction of being Twitter’s most-followed Australian
journalist, with an audience of over half a million.

Leslie is the Chair of the Breast Cancer Trials Consumer Advisory Panel and has a personal history of breast cancer. Leslie also participated in the TEXT clinical trial.

Holly is a Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne. She is also a Breast Surgery Research Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

Ann is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in the United States and Vice Chair of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she also serves as Director of the Adult Survivorship Program and leads the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer.

Lesley is a clinical psychologist and consults in the Breast Service and Familial Cancer Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as well as in private practice. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Laura was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 31 and is a participant in an Australian clinical trial called the Breast MRI Evaluation Study. She is passionate about research and has six years experience in clinical research coordination.

Nicholas is the Director of Medical Oncology at the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre Westmead in Sydney and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney. He is also a Breast Cancer Trials Board Director.