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University of Western Australia
Perth university whose medical school and National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, led by Anna Nowak, run the world's largest clinical research programme in mesothelioma.
Also called: UWANational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD)
Overview
The University of Western Australia in Perth hosts the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), a joint centre with the Institute for Respiratory Health and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, where Western Australia's history of blue asbestos mining at Wittenoom has produced one of the world's largest mesothelioma cohorts. Anna Nowak, medical oncologist and dean of medicine, led the DREAM trials of durvalumab with chemotherapy in mesothelioma and chairs the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group's mesothelioma programme.
Location
Perth, AU
Type
university
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#708 · 2 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 2 from 1 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-24.
Matched to The University of Western Australia, including child institutions. 391 works · 5,680 citations · 82% open access · 8% clinical trials · 5% reviews.
Oncology works per year
892022
1102023
742024
822025
362026
Most works
- Anna K. Nowak27 works
- Michael Millward24 works
- Tarek M. Meniawy22 works
- Chan Yoon Cheah21 works
- Elin Solomonovna Gray15 works
- Georgia K. B. Halkett15 works
- Willem Joost Lesterhuis13 works
- Haryana Mary Dhillon13 works
- Serigne Lo12 works
- Christobel Mary Saunders12 works
Most cited
- Mesothelioma (NCARD)
- Thoracic oncology trials
- Medical education
Similar pages
- TrialDREAM3R
Shares Anna K. Nowak, Mesothelioma.