Amy Ives is the Manager of the Medical Oncology Trials team in the Clinical Research Unit, Cancer Care Services at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital. An RN for over 25 years, she moved with her family from the US to Brisbane in 2002 and has been with the trials team since 2011. Amy obtained a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials Practice from the University of Sydney in 2015. She is a passionate advocate for clinical trials and believes trials should be embedded into patient care. In her spare time Amy enjoys reading, watching ice hockey, and eating far too much chocolate.