Kate Webber
A/Prof Kate Webber, BSc (Med) MBBS (Hons1) FRACP PhD, is a medical oncologist at Monash Health, where she serves as gynaecological cancer stream lead and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Monash University. She has subspecialty expertise in breast and gynaecological cancers, cancer survivorship, and patient-reported outcomes research. A/Prof Webber’s PhD and subsequent research included studies on the prevalence, predictors, and trajectories of physical and psychological symptoms following cancer treatment, lifestyle and behavioural interventions and novel models of delivery of survivorship care. A/Prof Webber is an active member of ANZGOG and has served as an investigator on over 40 gynaecological cancer clinical trials. She served as the co-chair of the Cancer Institute NSW eviQ Medical Oncology Reference Committee from 2019 to 2023. A/Prof Webber is the deputy chair of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Survivorship Group. She leads a research team at Monash Health, investigating how to incorporate real-time patient-reported outcome measures into standard cancer treatment.
A/Prof Webber graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2002 and completed her specialty training in medical oncology at St George and Prince of Wales’ Hospitals in Sydney. She was the inaugural Survivorship Research Fellow at the National Centre for Cancer Survivorship at the University of New South Wales, where she completed her PhD. A/Prof Webber has held staff specialist appointments in medical oncology at Prince of Wales Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney, as well as an honorary appointment at Sydney Children’s Hospital, and a conjoint lecturer position at UNSW. At Prince of Wales Hospital, she also served as Clinical Superintendent for Medicine and co-Director of Advanced Physician Training, as well as convenor of the UNSW Human Research Ethics Advisory Panel (Biomedical). To find out more see Dr Kate Webber's Monash profile.
Research areas:
- Gynaecological Malignancies
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Survivorship
- Breast Cancer
Professional Associations:
- Australia and New Zealand Gynecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG)
- International Gynecological Cancer Society
- eviQ
- Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA)
- Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA)
- European Society For Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)