{"id":4737,"date":"2011-01-03T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/postgrad-lauded-for-cancer-work\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:06:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:06:39","slug":"postgrad-lauded-for-cancer-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/postgrad-lauded-for-cancer-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgrad lauded for cancer work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Curtin MBA student has been named WA Young Australian of the Year for 2011 after founding MelanomaWA to support people who live with skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, Graduate School of Business student Clinton Heal, 27, was himself diagnosed with Melanoma.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7146\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"shadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Clinton-Heal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7146  \" title=\"Clinton Heal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Clinton-Heal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clinto Heal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clinton Heal, WA Young Australian of the Year for 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past four years he has had more than 24 secondary tumours removed from his body.<\/p>\n<p>When Mr Heal was initially diagnosed he learned there was nowhere to go for help, support or information in WA.<\/p>\n<p>It took him more than two years to research the information he needed to take effective control of his life with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>He particularly noticed the lack of information available about alternative and natural cancer therapies.<\/p>\n<p>So in 2008, the Subiaco resident founded <a title=\"Link to MelanomaWA website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melanomawa.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MelanomaWA<\/a> to help others access information and support during the early stages of cancer to improve their prognosis.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the lack of support groups that help people live well with cancer, Mr Heal also established a group that brings in guest experts from a range of areas.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Heal also organised Perth\u2019s March for Melanoma.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a volunteer speaker to school students and mine site workers about safety in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>This year Mr Heal was appointed CEO of the Melanoma Cancer Support Association WA.<\/p>\n<p>His WA award qualifies him as a finalist in the <a title=\"Link to the Australian of the Year website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianoftheyear.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Australian of the Year Awards<\/a> to be announced in 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