Council Staff
The Cancer Control Council is supported by a dedicated secretariat. The secretariat provides operational and analytical support to help the Council carry out its key tasks and annual work plan.
Craig Tamblyn, General Manager
Craig comes to the Cancer Control Council with 22 years’ experience in the health sector. Craig began his career as a registered nurse in mental health. Over his nursing years, Craig worked at the Wellington Cancer Centre, managed the Wellington Regional Sexual Health Service and set up primary health services and PHOs for the Wellington Independent Practice Association (WIPA). Craig has a business degree in Health Service Management and a Masters in Business Administration. Before joining the secretariat, Craig was the New Zealand National Manager for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
Mary Clare Tracey, Senior Analyst
Mary Clare comes to the Council with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) undertaken at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Mary Clare undertook a Masters in Biochemistry at Lincoln University examining the growth hormone-related distribution of glucose transporters in two lines of sheep. Since 1996 she has worked as a research assistant and assistant research fellow at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is currently completing her PhD in molecular biology, having undertaken the first comprehensive examination of the distribution of HLA alleles in the New Zealand Māori population. She has widened this research to encompass ethnic disparities in leukaemia incidence in New Zealand, leukaemia incidence and bone marrow transplant rate disparities between New Zealand and Australia and a comprehensive survey of attitudes toward transplant criteria among New Zealand haematologists.
Inga comes to the Council with 15+ years’ experience in the US and New Zealand health sectors. She has worked at the National Cancer Institute (USA) in Fort Detrick, MD as well as Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research and Legacy Health System in Portland, OR.
Inga has worked in the area of cancer control in New Zealand for the last 4 years at Wakefield Hospital, the Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Ministry of Health. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biology and Chemistry, specialising in cancer virology and an applied Masters in International Affairs specialising in health communication.
Scott Trainor, Analyst
Scott comes to the Council with a degree in Political Science and Gender Studies, and is currently working towards a Masters degree in Public Policy. Scott has an interest in tobacco control and has completed some work in this area for the Council in the past. His current focus is on the Council's monitoring and evaluation work stream.
This work includes examining and refining the Council's current performance measurement framework — that the Council uses to assess progress — to ensure that the Council's reporting captures real strategic progress, and not simply activity. It also includes using this performance measurement framework to measure whether the cancer system has made a difference to the lives of cancer patients and their families. Such reporting allows identification of areas of good progress that can be emulated across the cancer control continuum, as well as areas where further effort is needed if progress is to be made.
Wayne Naylor, Senior Analyst
Wayne has been working as a Registered Nurse for the past 16 years, predominantly in cancer care. After spending five years at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London, where he completed his BSc(Hons) Degree in Adult Cancer Nursing, Wayne returned to New Zealand in 2002 to work for Capital & Coast DHB as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre. In 2004 Wayne completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing (Palliative Care).
Wayne took on a new role in 2006 as Nurse Educator–Lecturer in Oncology and Haematology. This role involved setting up and co-ordinating a Post Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing. For the past two years Wayne has also been involved with the Ministry of Health sponsored Palliative Care and Cancer Nursing Education Group.
Wayne has published two books, eight book chapters and a number of journal articles on the subjects of cancer nursing, wound management and palliative care.
