Steinberg, Julia
Yap, Sarsha
Goldsbury, David
Nair-Shalliker, Visalini
Banks, Emily
Canfell, Karen
O’Connell, Dianne L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (PRF #1136128, CDF #1082989)
Article History
Received: 18 March 2020
Accepted: 28 December 2020
First Online: 27 January 2021
Competing interests
: KC is co-principal investigator of an investigator-initiated trial of cervical screening in Australia (Compass; ACTRN12613001207707 and NCT02328872), which is conducted and funded by the VCS Foundation (VCS), a government-funded health promotion charity. She is also an investigator of Compass New Zealand (ACTRN12614000714684), which was conducted and funded by Diagnostic Medlab (DML), now Auckland District Health Board. The VCS Foundation received equipment and a funding contribution from Roche Molecular Systems and Ventana USA and DML received equipment and a funding contribution for Compass from Roche Molecular Systems. However, neither KC nor her institution on her behalf (Cancer Council NSW) receives direct funding from industry for this trial or any other project. The other authors declare no competing interests.