LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA AND GENOMICS
Professor Dipti Talaulikar
Senior Consultant in Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist,
Canberra Health Services, Australia &
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Canberra, Australia | November 2025
Professor Dipti Talaulikar is a clinical and laboratory haematologist with expertise in genomics, working at Canberra Health Services, and Professor at ANU. She has a clinical and research interest in lymphoma, myeloma and genomics, and has authored close to 100 peer reviewed papers, including several clinical guidelines that have had a significant impact on clinical practice.
Professor Talaulikar is an inclusive and innovative educator, having been involved with teaching medical students since the inception of the ANU Medical School, and has won 5 awards including the Vice Chancellor awards for teaching and education.
Her conviction, that knowledge has to be linked with community work, has led her to develop The Link program at ANU, with a focus on sharing knowledge across boundaries. She is passionate about gender equity and has developed the Link and Grow Mentoring Program for diverse women in health and medicine.
She is the President branch of ASMOF (Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation) and the chair of the Gender Equity Group in Federal ASMOF.
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