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

