As a member of Cancer Symptom Trials (CST), you will have access to professional and research networks in the field of cancer symptom management, concept development workshops, and other CST support to develop study ideas and concepts.
CST membership
Benefits
Annual Research Forum
You will be invited to the CST annual scientific meeting and other cancer-focused workshops. Past events have supported new study ideas, provided networking opportunities, and forged new collaborations.
Research support
You will have access to high-quality support and advice from the IMPACCT Trials Coordination Centre (ITCC), which provides a range of clinical trial-related services and research support, including data management, grant writing, and protocol writing.
Regular updates
You will receive our quarterly newsletter to keep you up to date with CST activities including opportunities to be involved in CST clinical trials and clinical trial development. We also send a mid-monthly circular that includes events and activities of interest to members.
COSA membership benefits
As a member of CST, you are entitled to a discounted membership to the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA). Other benefits include access to education programs and networks, updates via ‘Cancer in the News’, and discounted registration for the COSA Annual Scientific Meeting.
Current members
We appreciate your support in building a diverse membership community that shares skills and knowledge that contribute to new ideas in cancer symptom management.
We encourage you to promote CST membership to colleagues, associates, consumer advocates, and other potential new members. Click on the link below to access a CST membership presentation that you can use in your local forums.
CST membership presentation (PPT, 3,223KB)
New applicants
Membership applications are welcome from health professionals and researchers who have an interest in cancer symptoms and supportive care clinical trials. CST membership is free and open to health professionals and researchers from Australia and New Zealand who are interested in cancer symptom management. Membership does not need to be renewed annually. Associate membership is available to international researchers, consumers, and industry representatives.
Confidentiality
Maintaining our members’ confidentiality around their research is important to us. Because we share ideas and information about research currently underway, we require all members to sign a confidentiality agreement.
The agreement is one of mutual obligation between CST and you that allows both parties to share ideas freely both at events and through other communications. When you become a CST member, we will send you a confidentiality agreement to sign and return.
Apply
Before you apply, please check the criteria for each membership level below. To apply for individual membership, click on the APPLY FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP link at the end of this page and complete the membership application, which will require a proposer and a seconder who are current CST members to nominate you. If you need assistance in identifying CST members who can nominate you, please contact us by e-mail to CST@uts.edu.au.
Membership levels
Full membership
This membership level is for Australian and New Zealander researchers, health professionals, and other experts (e.g. bioethicists, health lawyers) who are active or have an interest in cancer symptom and supportive care clinical trials. Full members can nominate for positions on the Management Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory Committee.
Associate membership
Associate membership is open to:
- international health professionals and researchers not from Australia or New Zealand who are active or have an interest in cancer symptom and supportive care clinical trials
- consumer advocates and members of the community who have an interest in cancer symptom management and clinical trials
- industry representatives who have an interest in cancer symptom management and clinical trials
Organisational membership
A nominee may apply for membership for an organisation. We welcome organisational membership applications from healthcare and healthcare research organisations as well as consumer-based groups interested in cancer symptom and supportive care clinical trials.
Please click the buttons below to apply for individual or organisational membership.