DrWasek Faisal

A/Prof Wasek Faisal is a senior Medical Oncologist and a mid-career Clinical Researcher in the field of Medical Oncology and Tumour Immunology. He is a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians & Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and completed his tumor immunology research thesis at the University of Nottingham, UK prior to completing his advanced training in Oncology in Australia. He was the Clinical Director of Grampians Integrated Cancer Services until 2024, as well as being the current Clinical Lead and Chair of the Thoracic Tumour Stream at Grampians Health. A/Prof Faisal has been the local Principal Investigator for 30 international multicenter phase II & III Randomized Clinical Trials in lung cancer to date, investigating novel therapies including immunotherapy and drug conjugates, as well as being sub-investigator for well over 50 clinical trials in oncology. He also has research collaborations with translational research groups at Monash & Deakin University. He has been part of Chief Investigator teams that have received competitive educational and research grants in excess of 7.5 million AUD, including receiving an Inspirational Research Grant from TOGA (2024), Victorian Cancer Agency Doctoral Research grant (2021), Ballarat Health Services (BHS) Cancer Research Grant (2019) & Quality & Innovation Award for Lung Cancer Redesign Project at BHS (2018). He has held several leadership positions including being the current Co-chair of Registry-based RCT Steering Committee at RTN-Vic (MRFF ReViTalise Program), member of Strategic Program Steering Committee at VCCC 2021-‘24 and member of the Expert Advisory Committee at Lung Foundation Australia in 2022-‘24.