Presented by: Professor Kerry S. Courneya, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada. 

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus (room TBC) and online
Time(s): 9.30 – 10.45am: Exercise as a cancer treatment: from preclinical studies to the phase 3 CHALLENGE trial
2 – 3pm: Conducting successful multinational randomised trials in exercise oncology: lessons learned and best practices 

Presenter profile:

Professor Courneya researches exercise after a cancer diagnosis including how exercise might help cancer patients prepare for treatments, tolerate and respond to treatments, recover after treatments and improve long-term cancer outcomes.

He has published more than 600 peer-reviewed scientific papers including influential randomised controlled trials in colon, breast, prostate, lymphoma and testicular cancer. He co-chairs the CHALLENGE trial which is demonstrating a cancer-related survival benefit from a structured exercise program. In 2023, Professor Courneya was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada for his scientific contributions to the field of exercise oncology.

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