Georgina Venetia Long AO FRACP is Co-Medical Director of Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA), and Chair of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research at MIA and Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney.[1]

Long is the first woman and the first Australian to be President of the world’s largest association of melanoma researchers and scientists, the US-based Society for Melanoma Research.[2] She has authored over 300 publications in melanoma clinical and translational research, including the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, and has presented at hundreds of international conferences.[3] Dr. Georgina Long was also recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.[4]

Early life and career

Long grew up in a family of six children, with parents working in academia and medicine, and her early life involved living in Europe and the United States.[5]

Long has conducted research on many clinical trials in melanoma, including adjuvant and metastatic melanoma. Long has also researched immuno-oncology, which she says is the ‘penicillin moment’ which will be able to turn cancer into ‘treatable conditions’.[6] She has focussed on immuno-oncology in melanoma and targeted therapies. She also developed and is in charge of the treat-excise-analyse-melanoma (TEAM) program, which works on mechanisms of drug sensitivity and resistance.[7]

Awards, honours and recognition

According to MIA's CEO Matthew Browne, 'Hardly a week goes by without a melanoma patient or their family expressing their gratitude for Professor Long’s ground-breaking research and clinical trials which have afforded them or their loved ones valuable extra time, and in many cases, a new chance at life.' 'She is a true role model for all young Australians, particularly young women, who may be working towards a career in science and medicine.'[8] Two babies have been named after the Melanoma Institute and Long.[9]

  • 2021 — Outstanding Female Researcher Medal, inaugural winner, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[10]
  • 2020 — Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List [11]
  • 2020 — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to medicine, particularly to melanoma clinical and translational research, and to professional medical societies".[12]
  • 2019 — Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List [11]
  • 2019 — AFR 100 women of influence.[13]
  • 2018 — GSK Award for Research Excellence.[6]
  • 2018 — Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List.[14]
  • 2018 — New South Wales Cancer Institute Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research.
  • 2018 — Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year.[15][16]
  • 2017 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[17]
  • 2016 — Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund Prize for Discovery in Medical Research.[18]
  • 2016 — Society for Melanoma Research, Young Investigator Award.[19]
  • 2015 — INSTYLE award for Women in Science and Technology.[19]
  • 2014 — Wildfire Award for the most highly-cited original peer-reviewed article published in 2011.[18]
  • 2013 — Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Academic Staff - Professor Georgina Long". The University of Sydney.
  2. ↑ "Professor Georgina Long makes history as the first Australian and first woman to lead the Society for Melanoma Research". Melanoma Institute Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honour for Professor Georgina Long". Melanoma Institute Australia. 8 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2023". OncoDaily.
  5. ↑ "The people behind the Professors". Melanoma Institute Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Australian researchers revolutionising melanoma treatment receive major research award | GSK Australia". au.gsk.com. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Marching towards zero deaths from melanoma". SBS News. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Professor Georgina Long makes history as the first woman and first Australian to lead the Society for Melanoma Research". Melanoma Institute Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Babies named after those who saved their dads". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Cancer researcher wins inaugural Outstanding Female Researcher Medal". AAHMS – Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers".
  12. ↑ "Professor Georgina Venetia Long". Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "2019 Women of Influence are champions of reinvention". Australian Financial Review. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Professor Georgina Long named as one of world's most highly cited researchers". Melanoma Institute Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Han, Esther (2 November 2018). "How Georgina is driving one cancer's death rate down to zero". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Cancer NSW".
  17. ↑ "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  18. 1 2 3 "Georgina Long - Awards & Honours". The University of Sydney.
  19. 1 2 "Academic Profiles". The University of Sydney.
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