Katherine Barron is the Program Manager on the collaborative Multicancer Early Detection (MCED) research program, funded by a $3M 5-year grant from the Medical Research Future Fund. Katherine is responsible for chartering the planning, management, delivery and reporting of this program, and building and maintaining relationships with key collaborators and stakeholders, including researchers, health professionals, research consumers and advocates.
Katherine has worked in public health research and policy for over 16 years across the government, university, international development, and not for profit sectors. Katherine’s expertise lies in program management, fostering collaborations, and synthesising and facilitating broad research programs. Her skillset is underpinned by a passion for progressing impact-driven, evidence-based population health research. Katherine holds a Masters degree in Public Health, and has previously held roles at Cancer Council NSW, the Department of Health, the Centre for Health Initiatives at the University of Wollongong, and a stint at the Tobacco Control Centre of the Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.