Data Manager Profile: Fenglian Xu

My education, training and interests have been focused on medical science and public health.  Specifically, I hold a Bachelors Degree in Medicine (Xinjiang Medical University, China), a Masters in Medicine and Women’s Health (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China) and a PhD in public health from Curtin University of Technology, WA. Currently, I am …

Applications for Surgical Data Support Funding Program @RNSH

Applications for the Data Analysis and Surgical Outcomes (DASO) Unit Data Support Funding Program are now open and will close on the 5th October 2020. This program supports excellence, innovation, and ingenuity within the Division of Surgery & Anaesthesia. With limited funding, the Data Support Program aims to deliver a dynamic and diverse range of …

Reshaping the critical role of surgeons in oncology research

In a recent paper published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, an international team of prominent surgeons examined the barriers to conducting research faced by contemporary trainees and practising surgeons. “Over the past decade … concerns have been raised about a global decline in the number of surgeons performing basic science research alongside clinical activity – so-called …