Prof Marion Saville AM

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Prof Marion Saville AM

Executive Director and Public Officer, Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer; Chair, National Cervical Screening Program

Professor Marion Saville AM is a New Zealand medical graduate who trained in Anatomic Pathology at Northwestern University in Chicago. She went on to complete a fellowship in Cytopathology at East Carolina University and a research fellowship at Georgetown University, focussing on HPV. She has held the position of Executive Director of the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer since 2000. Prof Saville has served on cervical screening advisory committees in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario. She currently chairs the working group to review Australia’s Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities in the National Cervical Screening Program. Marion is interested in how culturally safe screening can meet the needs of disadvantaged groups who have poorer cancer outcomes, in Australia and New Zealand. Prof Saville has also focused on research and implementation projects demonstrating that it is possible to deliver high quality, acceptable cervical screening in a range of resource poor settings, collaborating with investigators in Malaysia, leading to the establishment of the ROSE Foundation. On behalf of the C4 Centre for Research Excellence, Prof Saville is jointly leading a major new initiative on cervical cancer elimination in the Western Pacific supported by a landmark $8.1 million investment from the Minderoo Foundation. This investment will join forces with the Asia Development Bank, industry biotechnology partner Cepheid, and the Frazer Family Foundation, with in-kind contributions from the governments of PNG and Vanuatu, to provide almost $30 million for the program in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Prof Saville was appointed as a member (AM) of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2020 for her significant service to women’s health through cervical screening initiatives.

Dispelling myths about HPV self-collection in cervical screening | When to suspect & how to investigate for ovarian cancer

Today's special podcast features two episodes on HPV self-collection in cervical screening + when to suspect and how to investigate for ovarian cancer. See the valuable resources recommended by our experts for your clinical practice.

Dispelling myths about HPV self-collection in cervical screening | When to suspect & how to investigate for ovarian cancer

Today's special podcast features two episodes on HPV self-collection in cervical screening + when to suspect and how to investigate for ovarian cancer. See the valuable resources recommended by our experts for your clinical practice.

By Prof Marion Saville AM, Dr Geraldine Goss