Prof Lorraine Chantrill is a Senior Staff Specialist Medical Oncologist and Medical Co-Director for Medical Oncology across the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) and Director of Clinical Trials. Prof Chantrill treats patients with any cancers of the digestive tract as well as gynaecological and lung cancers. She has extensive experience managing Oncology Clinical Trials and is the Principal Investigator on several clinical trials in gastrointestinal cancers. She believes clinical trials are not only vital for research but offer hope to participants. Lorraine is keen to build the region’s clinical trial portfolio to give patients access to some new and emerging therapies. The Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) create and facilitate clinical trials in cancers of the digestive tract. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of AGITG in August 2016 and in May 2020 became the first female Chair of the AGITG and GI cancer institute.