
Dr Melvin Chin
BSc(Med), MB BS, MHM, CHM, AFCHSM, FRACP
Melvin Chin is a clinical academic medical oncologist 鈥 he cares for patients with lung, melanoma, gastrointestinal and other cancers and he teaches 国民彩票 medical students in the Oncology and Palliative Care term. He was the Head of Department-Medical Oncology at the Prince of Wales Hospital from 2015-2018 overseeing the move of clinical services into the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre and collaboration with the Scientia Clinical Research. He is the chair of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee. He has contributed to numerous clinical trials and health services research studies and continues to nurture聽new research collaborations.聽
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聽-聽Sharing follow-up care for patients with colorectal cancer
聽- Co-investigator-聽Co-designing patient engagement strategies to enhance safety in cancer services for culturally and linguistically diverse patients
- Chief Investigator H - Enhancing safety and care quality for culturally and linguistically diverse cancer consumers: A consumer engagement approach.
- - Basic Physician Trainee Mentoring & Support Award, 2018
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- Co-investigator
- Investigator on the phase I BRF112680 study-聽the first-in-human trial of dabrafenib. The first patients were enrolled at the GSK Medicines Research Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital. Principal investigator of the 聽rollover study. Principal investigator of ERAS-254-01 (Naporafenib).
- Sub-investigator in clinical trials that have included ipilimumab (CA184095), osimertinib (AURA, AURA3), brigatinib (ALTA) durvalumab (ARCTIC) and AGEN1884聽at the Prince of Wales and St George Hospitals and Scientia Clinical Research.
- Co-investigator on the Cancer Shared Care project. The project looks at using an electronic care plan in a shared care model to support GPs and hospital cancer specialists looking after patients who have completed cancer treatment.
- Co-investigator on the project:聽
- Supervisor: Independent Learning Project (国民彩票 Medicine).
- Recent completed studies include:
- real world survival outcomes of new therapeutics in lung cancer
- a qualitative study of cancer patients and clinicians on using telemedicine in the context of Covid-19
- an audit of prisoners with cancer in NSW
- a comparison of聽data quality between聽cancer clinical and research databases
- the use of compassionate access drugs to treat cancer聽
- the use of Theoretical Domains Framework聽Implementation to at risk of Lynch Syndrome
- mapping to a literary model of fictional heroic journeys
- using qualitative data examined from to inform the design of聽a sustainable model of GP follow up for patients completing cancer treatments