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Dr

Vanessa Brunelli

PhD, RN, BN(Hons1A), DAppSci

Scientific Committee member /

Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology

Dr Vanessa Brunelli is a Research Fellow appointed by Queensland University of Technology.

Vanessa’s postdoctoral research, a national project investigating the core supportive care components of the specialist lung cancer nurse role that appear most influential on patient experience, is supported by an inaugural Lung Foundation Australia Shine a Light on Lung Cancer Early Career Research Fellowship.

Vanessa also holds the position of Nurse Researcher at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Vanessa is the Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Lung Cancer Nurses Forum (ANZ-LCNF), Co-Chair of the ANZ-LCNF Research and Education portfolios, and Visiting Scholar of the International Centre for Community Driven Research, Geneva.

Vanessa’s 20+ years as an oncology nurse drives her strong research interest in improving the disease experience for people living with lung cancer, particularly through strategic cross-sector initiatives that develop scholarly evidence to inform lung cancer nursing workforce policy and practice.

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