Jeremy Millar

Personal profile

Biography

Jeremy Millar trained in Medicine at Otago University, in New Zealand, with a simultaneous research degree in biochemistry studying gene regulation. He commenced specialist training in Wellington and completed this at the Peter MacCallum in Melbourne, Australia. He held a specialist appointment there before joining the radiation oncology department at the Alfred. He has looked after patients with genito-urinary cancers since that time, establishing and growing the prostate brachytherapy program there. He spent just over two years as part-time Director of the Southern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (SMICS) in Melbourne, Director radiation oncology for ten years, and is currently Research Director, Alfred Health.

His research interests are mostly around aspects of prostate cancer spanning the range from basic biology, through aspects of clinical care and comparative trials, quality of care, epidemiology and health service research in prostate cancer care. In recent years the focus has been on clinical aspects of prostate brachytherapy, and on cancer quality outcomes registries, especially in prostate cancer. He has published more than a hundred papers in peer-reviewed journals, and has been awarded millions of dollars in research grants.

Jeremy Millar has also had a long-term commitment to the cancer-control community serving in many capacities on the Cancer Council and is currently Chair Cancer Council Victoria and Deputy Chair, Cancer Council Australia. He is a member of the Council of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology, Royal Australian College of Radiation Oncology, and chairs their Quality Improvement Committee.

External positions

Deputy Chair, Cancer Council Australia

28 Aug 2019 → …

Research Director, Radiation Oncology, Alfred Health

May 2019 → …

Council Member, Faculty of Radiation Oncology, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)

2019 → …

Chair, Cancer Council Victoria

30 Nov 2018 → …

Deputy Chair, Cancer Council Victoria

17 Aug 2017 → 31 Oct 2018

Non-Executive Director, Cancer Council Australia

2015 → 28 Aug 2019

Non-Executuve Director, Cancer Council Victoria

2014 → 17 Aug 2017

Adjunct Associate Professor, RMIT University

22 May 2013 → 21 May 2016

Director, Radiation Oncology, Alfred Health

Dec 2008 → Apr 2019

Director, Southern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service

2006 → 2008

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Projects

3 Active
13 Finished

Clinician-level quality of care reports- dealing with the complex issue of outliers

Kirkman, M., Evans, S., Heathcote, P., Fisher, J., Millar, J., Mark, S., Currow, D., Frydenberg, M. & Khadra, M. H.

12/06/20 → 11/06/22

Project: Research

BroSupPort - Pilot of a patient facing prostate cancer quality of life predictor tool

Evans, S., Millar, J., Ayton, D., Tsiamis, E., Opie, J., Smith, T., Lewis, K. L., Pomery, A., McLaughlin, G. & Way, A.

31/03/20 → 30/03/23

Project: Research

Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Registry

Papa, N., McNeil, J., Millar, J. & Evans, S.

Movember Australia

1/03/14 → 30/06/21

Project: Research

Prostate cancer in regional and metropolitan areas in Victoria and South Australia: exploring the perspectives of patients, partners, men with no prostate cancer and General Practitioners

Ruseckaite, R., Evans, S., Millar, J., Mazza, D., Kirkman, M. & Fisher, J.

24/05/16 → 23/05/17

Project: Research

Movember Foundation International Prostate Cancer Health Outcomes Program

Millar, J.

Movember Australia

10/04/15 → 10/04/16

Project: Research

Research Output

Radiation oncology trainee research requirements – re-thinking our intention and approach

Ong, W. L., Koh, T. L., Udovicich, C., Hanna, G. G., Ball, D., Millar, J. & Foroudi, F., 29 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review

Stereotactic radiosurgery for managing brain metastases in Victoria, 2012–2017

Ong, W. L., Kang, T. M. J., Ratnayake, G., Wada, M., Ruben, J., Senthi, S., Milne, R. L., Millar, J. L. & Foroudi, F., 1 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : The Medical Journal of Australia. 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review

Open Access

Androgen deprivation therapy use with post-prostatectomy radiotherapy in the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry Victoria

Ong, W. L., Foroudi, F., Evans, S. M. & Millar, J., Feb 2019, In : Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 63, 1, p. 124-130 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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Are We Choosing Wisely in Radiation Oncology Practice–Findings From an Australian Population-Based Study

Ong, W. L., Foroudi, F., Milne, R. L. & Millar, J. L., 1 Aug 2019, In : International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 104, 5, p. 1012-1016 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Body size and dietary risk factors for aggressive prostate cancer: a case–control study

Pal, M., Hodge, A. M., Papa, N., MacInnis, R. J., Bassett, J. K., Bolton, D., Davis, I. D., Millar, J., English, D. R., Hopper, J. L., Severi, G., Southey, M. C., Milne, R. L. & Giles, G. G., Dec 2019, In : Cancer Causes and Control. 30, 12, p. 1301-1312 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review