VictorianComprehensive Cancer Centre |Annual Report 2017–18 Research Development Bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines to better integrate research with clinical care. The VCCC’s research development activities Highlights of 2017–18 build on and leverage the alliance partners’ strengths in cancer biology to better meet •Bringing together the clusters of expertise in specific needs in the clinic. The focus is on precision prevention and tailored screening from across the VCCC to co-develop a cohesive set of bringing together researchers from multiple three projects disciplines to better integrate research with Australia’s first large scale linkage of primary • clinical care. care data to hospital data completed as part of the Building Analytical Capability for Data-driven Over the past year, efforts have focussed on Research Program. developing the structures and personnel to support delivery of five new programs conceived under theResearch Development has also focussed on building Strategic Research Plan (SRP). Strong engagement andcapability and testing new methods for measuring support from clinicians and researchers from acrossresearch impact. Ultimately this will contribute to the alliance has been a key factor in progress to date.informing the research strategies of the alliance and the individual partners. This will help elucidate, evaluate and communicate the value of the collective gain enabled by the alliance. 40