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Professor Ian Olver, MD, PhD, CMin, FRACP, FAChPM, MRACMA

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Higher Degree students
PhD (Michael Brown) University of Adelaide 2006-present
PhD (Hedyeh Hedayati) University of Adelaide 2004 – present
PhD (Heather Tan) University of Adelaide 2005 – present
PhD (Jodie Oliver) University of Adelaide 2005 – present
PhD (Vikki Nott) University of Adelaide 2005 – present

Current Funded Research
  2006-7    The Cancer Council SA 2006 $36,300, 2007 $36,300
Tattersall M, Jefford M, Olver IN. Enhancing cancer Patients Participation when discussing clinical trial enrollment: Evaluation of a Question Prompt List 2006 $36,300, 2007 $36,300

2006-7  Commonwealth Govt RHSET grant. $165,555
Marine F, Underhill C, Koczwara B, Jefford M, Olver I, Goldstein D. Enhancing palliation in patients with advanced cancer

Most recent publications (2007)

Eliott JA, Olver IN. Hope and hoping in the talk of dying cancer patients. Soc Sci Med 2007, 64: 138-149

Luke C, Gill G, Birrell S, Humeniuk V, Borg M, Karapetis C, Koczwara B, Olver I, Penniment M, Pittman K, Price T, Walsh D, Yeoh EK, Roder D. Treatment and survival from breast cancer: the experience of patients at South Australian teaching hospitals between 1977 and 2003. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007; 13(2): 212-220

Borg M, Yeoh E, Bochner M, butters J, van Dorn T, Farshid G Kolias J, Kotasek D, Gill G, Lim A, Olver I, Parnis F, Rush G. Feasibility study on the MammoSite in early breast cancer: Initial experience. Australis Radiol 2007, 51(1): 53-61

Brown MP, Buckley MF, Rudzki Z, Olver I. Why we will need to learn new skills to control cancer. Int Med J 2007, 37(3): 201-4.

Eliott JA, Olver IN. The implications of dying cancer patients’ talk on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do-not-resuscitation orders: A discursive analysis. Qual Health Res2007; 17; 442

Olver I, Shelukar S, Thompson KC. Nanomedicines in the treatment of emesis during chemotherapy: focus on aprepitant. Int J Nanomedicine 2007, 2(1): 13-18

Joshi R, Olver I, Keefe D, Marafioti T, Smith K. A phase I study to assess the safety and activity of topical lovastatin (FP252S) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced alopecia. Support Care Cancer 2007 May 22 [Epub ahead of print]

Olver IN, Challenges in Cancer Control in Australia. Med J Aust 2007, 186 (11): 556-557.

Olver I, Shepherd L, Selva-Nayagam S. Beyond the bush telegraph: telehealth for remote cancer control and support. Cancer Forum 2007, 31: 77-80