CRCBID’s Radiopharmaceuticals Research Stream Leader, Professor Rod Hicks, from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and Dr Ron Weiner, from ANSTO, recently spoke at a forum held in conjunction with Science meets Parliament in Canberra.

Professor Rod Hicks, CRCBID's Radiopharmaceuticals research stream leader

Organised by the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Sciences (FASTS), which is marking its 25^th anniversary of science advocacy in Australia this year, Science meets Parliament provides an opportunity for the science community to gain a greater understanding of the political process in Australia, and how important it is to be able to communicate about science in a clear and concise fashion.

Dr Ron Weiner, from ANSTO

Images courtesy Lorna Sim/FASTS

Professor Hicks and Dr Weiner, along with Professor Dale Bailey from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital, presented on the latest innovative health solutions using nuclear technologies and highlighted some of the unrealised potential for applying these in the Australian health system.