Prof Ben Solomon

Medical Oncologist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Professor Ben Solomon (MBBS, PhD, FRACP) is a Medical Oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado he returned to Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 2006 where he practices as a Medical Oncologist with a focus on clinical and translational research in lung cancer and phase I studies of novel anti-cancer therapies. He has been involved in the clinical development of targeted therapies in lung cancer, including the phase I through to phase III clinical trials of ALK TKIs as well as trials of other targeted therapies and novel immunotherapies. He has over 250 peer-reviewed publications and has been recognised as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2019-2024). He serves as an inaugural board member of the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia. He is also a Board Member of the Cancer Council of Victoria and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).

A/Prof Tim Clay

Medical Oncologist
St John of God Subiaco and Icon Midland

Tim is a medical oncologist at St John of God Subiaco in WA. He completed oncology training through the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Group and an MD at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne. He has a subspecialty interest in the management of thoracic malignancies and is active in clinical trials and training junior medical staff in clinical research methodology.

A/Prof Victoria Bray

Medical Oncologist / Senior Staff Specialist
Liverpool Hospital

A/Prof Victoria Bray is a Medical Oncologist and Senior Staff Specialist at Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, with a major clinical and research focus in thoracic oncology. She is the Clinical Lead for thoracic and head and neck medical oncology clinical trials across SWSLHD and Network Director of Advanced Training in Medical Oncology for SWSLHD and St Vincent’s Hospital.

A/Prof Bray completed her medical degree at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She holds a PhD from the University of Sydney examining cognitive function in cancer survivors following chemotherapy.

Her thoracic oncology research spans precision medicine, liquid biopsy, biomarkers, immunotherapy and targeted therapies in lung cancer. She has been an investigator on numerous international and Australian clinical trials, including studies in EGFR-mutated, KRAS-mutated and small cell lung cancer, as well as investigator-initiated studies evaluating circulating tumour DNA and molecular profiling.

A/Prof Bray is also actively involved in medical education, research supervision and multidisciplinary thoracic cancer care, including leadership of thoracic MDT education within SWSLHD.