Kate Webber

Monash Health, Victoria

Dr Kate Webber is a medical oncologist at Monash Health, where she serves as stream lead for gynaecological cancer clinical trials and holds an adjunct senior lecturer position at Monash University. She has subspecialty expertise in breast and gynaecological cancers, cancer survivorship and patient reported outcomes research.  Dr Webber’s PhD and subsequent research has encompassed studies exploring the prevalence, predictors and trajectories of physical and psychological symptoms after cancer treatment, lifestyle and behavioural interventions, and novel models of delivery of survivorship care. Dr Webber is an active member of the Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) and has served as an investigator on over 40 gynaecological cancer clinical trials. Dr Webber is also passionate about supporting translation of clinical trial evidence into practice, and as such has served as the co-chair of the Cancer Institute NSW eviQ Medical Oncology Reference Committee from 2019-2023. Dr Webber is the deputy chair of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Survivorship Group and serves on its Patient Reported Outcomes Working Group. Her research team at Monash Health is currently exploring implementation of real time patient reported outcome measures into routine cancer care. 

Dr Webber graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2002 with first class honours and completed her specialty training in medical oncology at St George and Prince of Wales Hospitals in Sydney. She was then appointed the inaugural Survivorship Research Fellow at the National Centre for Cancer Survivorship at the University of New South Wales where she completed her PhD. Prior to her appointment at Monash Health, Dr Webber 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. 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).