Our people

Professor Helen Rizos leads the Precision Cancer Therapy research team and is Principle Investigator of the Macquarie University Cancer Biobank in the Macquarie School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Helen graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hon… View full profile

Professor Howard Gurney is the Director of Clinical Trials and Head of the Cancer Program for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University and Senior Staff Specialist in Medical Oncology at Westmead Hospital.    Dr Gurney has a firm background in clinical research and has su… View full profile

Dr Shklovskaya studied medicine in Russia, graduating with distinction before completing her PhD in the area of haematopoietic stem cell research in Russia and Switzerland. She undertook postdoctoral training in experimental haematology at the Research Department (ZLF) of Basel University Hospital i… View full profile

Co-Medical Director Melanoma Institute Australia. Professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research –Melanoma Institute Australia |University of Sydney | Royal North Shore Hospital… View full profile

Jenny Lee is a medical oncologist who is part of the Precision Cancer Therapy Laboratory as the clinical lead. Her research interests include melanoma and lung cancer, especially in understanding the mechanisms behind immunotherapy response and resistance, and biomarker discovery.… View full profile

Yuling completed her PhD degree at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. After graduation, she took up a postdoctoral position at Purdue University, working in the Bindely Bioscience Center on the project of Nanobiotechnology. After working at Purdue Univ… View full profile

Professor Di Ieva received his Medical Degree in 2002 and specialisation in Neurosurgery in 2007 in Italy. He was a consultant neurosurgeon in Milan from 2007 to 2009, mainly involved in the treatment of brain and pituitary tumours, working closely with ENT and craniomaxillofacial surgeons, oncologi… View full profile

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Lang Walker Family Foundation Professor and Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Sydney | Director of Head and Neck Cancer Research Chris O’Brien Lifehouse |Director of Translational Research Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Academic Surgery… View full profile

Clinical Director of the Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Lead Pathologist of Head and Neck Oncology and Thyroid Multidisciplinary Team, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse… View full profile