Vanessa Price is a Senior Program Manager at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. Vanessa is experienced in managing complex multi-stakeholder programs in Australian and international settings. Vanessa focuses on building strong collaborative relationships and supporting the leadership of in-country partners to improve program outcomes.
Guided by the leadership of in-country partners and in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Sydney, the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer, and Family Planning Australia, Vanessa jointly leads the Eliminate Cervical Cancer across the Western Pacific (ECCWP), the Elimination Partnership in the Indo-Pacific for Cervical Cancer (EPICC), and the Advancing Cervical Cancer in the Pacific (AdvanCE) programs. These world-first initiatives bring together landmark philanthropic, industry, government, and development partner investments worth more than AUD 50 million to advance cervical cancer elimination in 12 Asia-Pacific countries (PNG, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Malaysia, and Timor-Leste).