HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER AND THERAPY RESISTANCE
Professor Elgene Lim
Laboratory Head Connie Johnson Breast Cancer Research Lab,
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney &
Oncologist, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
RESEARCHER PROFILE (Filmed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | October 2024)
Prof Elgene Lim is a medical oncologist at St Vincent’s Hospital and Head of the Connie Johnson Breast Cancer Research Lab at the Garvan Institute. Following his PhD at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute where he identified the aberrant cells in carriers of the BRCA1 mutant gene, a hereditary breast cancer syndrome as the culprit cells giving rise to breast cancer, he furthered his research and clinical training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. He was awarded the National Breast Cancer Foundation Practitioner Fellowship in 2014 and returned from Boston to Australia. In 2017, he was awarded the inaugural National Breast Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair, and subsequently appointed the Principal Cancer Theme Lead at UNSW.
His research focus is in the area of breast cancer, specifically bringing laboratory findings into clinical studies and evaluation of novel therapies in clinical trials. His team, in partnership with patients, have established a large panel of patient derived breast cancer avatars in mice, which allow for the study of breast cancer biology and the evaluation of novel therapies.
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Professor Ramon Shaban
PROFESSOR RAMON SHABAN, CLINICAL CHAIR
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL AND INFECTION PREVENTION
WESTERN HEALTH PRECINCT, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -
Cellular interactions responsible for development, maintenance, and strength of the skeleton
Professor Sims directs the Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit at St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research and is a Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University.
She leads a team who studies the cellular interactions responsible for development, maintenance, and strength of the skeleton. She completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide, followed by postdoctoral work at the Garvan Institute in Sydney then at Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut, where she studied the role of the estrogen receptor in regulating bone structure.
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Lasers, microbiology and dental materials in clinical dental practice
Professor Laurence Walsh AO is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland, holding an adjunct title at Griffith University and a part-time position as the Chief Dental Officer at Dentroid, which is based in Canberra. In addition to these roles, he serves on several committees of the Dental Association and is the current president of the Australian Society for Laser Dentistry.
