$ 5 million ACRF Research Grant - ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery at MCCC

CHIEF INVESTIGATORS
• Clinical 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)

• Dr Andrew ROBERTS MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA – Clinical Hematologist and NHMRC
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

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