Dr Boon H Chua is Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, and Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Director of Cancer and Haematology Services at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia. With exclusive clinical and academic subspecialisation in breast cancer, she leads an expanding programme of competitive grant-funded, academic oncology research in collaboration with cooperative clinical trials groups worldwide.
She has been actively involved in the Breast International Group (BIG) as Chief Investigator of BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01 DCIS and ANZ 1601/BIG 16-02 EXPERT randomised trials. Dr Chua is voting representative of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) to the General Assembly, and has been an elected member of the BIG Executive Board since 2017.
Dr Chua holds leadership positions in a diverse range of national and international research and professional organisations. She is current Chair of the TROG Breast Group, Scientific Advisory Committee Executive of Breast Cancer Trials (BCT) Australia and New Zealand, and Scientific Committee member of international congresses.