MCCC Chief Investigators

$ 5 million ACRF Research Grant – ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery

ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery – CHIEF INVESTIGATORS TEAM

• MCCC Chief Investigators teamClinical Science Director: Associate Professor Geoffrey LINDEMAN BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACP – Medical Oncologist and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (Conjoint appointment Royal Melbourne Hospital and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Basic Science Director: Professor Andreas STRASSER MSc PhD – NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Joint Division Head, Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Dr Warren ALEXANDER BSc(Hons) PhD – NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Deputy, Cancer Division (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Associate Professor Matthias ERNST BSc(Hons) PhD – NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
• (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research/Parkville)
• Dr Susan FORREST BSc(Hons) PhD BBus – Director, Australian Genome Research Facility/Parkville
• Dr Peter GIBBS MBBS MD FRACP – Medical Oncologist (Conjoint appointment Royal Melbourne Hospital and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research/Parkville)
• Dr Margaret HIBBS BSc(Hons) PhD – NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research/Parkville)
• Professor Douglas HILTON PhD – NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Head
• Division of Molecular Medicine (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Dr David HUANG MBBS MRCP(UK) PhD – Haematologist and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
• (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Associate Professor Bruce MANN MBBS PhD FRACS – Surgical Oncologist (Breast and Colorectal) (Conjoint appointments Department of Surgery/University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Women’s Hospital)
• Associate Professor Andrew ROBERTS MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA – Clinical Hematologist and NHMR Practitioner Fellow (Conjoint appointment Royal Melbourne Hospital and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Dr Hamish SCOTT BSc(Hons) PhD, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
• Professor Terry SPEED BSc(Hons) PhD DipEd HonDSc –Senior Principal Research Fellow and Head, Bioinformatics Division (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) and Professor, Department of Statistics (University of California Berkeley)
• Associate Professor Steven STACKER BSc(Hons) PhD – Pfizer Senior Research Fellow (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research/Parkville)
• Dr Jane VISVADER BSc(Hons) PhD – NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

CONTRIBUTING SENIOR INVESTIGATORS

• Professor Jerry ADAMS FAA FRS PhD, Joint Head, Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
• Professor Antony BURGESS AC FAA PhD, Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
• Professor Suzanne CORY AC FAA FRS PhD, Director, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
• Professor Andrew KAYE AM MBBS MD FRACS, Director, Melbourne Comprehensive Cancer Centre; James Stewart Professor of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, and Director of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Professor Nicos NICOLA AO FAA PhD, Deputy Director, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Director, Cancer and Haematology Division