# University of Western Australia

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## TL;DR

Perth university whose medical school and National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, led by Anna Nowak, run the world's largest clinical research programme in mesothelioma.

## Summary

The University of Western Australia in Perth hosts the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), a joint centre with the Institute for Respiratory Health and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, where Western Australia's history of blue asbestos mining at Wittenoom has produced one of the world's largest mesothelioma cohorts. Anna Nowak, medical oncologist and dean of medicine, led the DREAM trials of durvalumab with chemotherapy in mesothelioma and chairs the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group's mesothelioma programme.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Also known as: UWA; National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD)
- City: Perth, AU
- Type: university
- Website: https://www.uwa.edu.au

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia
- University of Western Australia: https://www.uwa.edu.au

## Connected records

- cancers: [Mesothelioma](https://onco.cc/cancers/mesothelioma/)
- people: [Anna K. Nowak](https://onco.cc/people/anna-nowak/)

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