
HEAD OF CENTRE
Professor Sean Grimmond is the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research founding Director and the Bertalli Chair in Cancer Medicine.
A pioneer in cancer genomics and bioinformatics, Sean previously led Australia’s International Cancer Genome Consortium efforts, and mapped out the root-causes and druggable strategies for pancreatic, neuroendocrine, ovarian, oesophageal cancer, refractory chronic myeloid leukaemia and melanoma suffers.
More recently he co-established a national plan for implementing whole genome sequencing for NHS Scotland as part of the Scottish Genomes Partnership.
Sean holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Queensland and is a Scientific Fellow in The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Sean’s previous appointments include Director of the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics and Professor of Genomics at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland.
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Department of General Practice
Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne and Western Health+61 3 8559 7044
Centre for Cancer Research
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Colorectal Cancer Epidemiology
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group
St Vincent's Hospital
Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Melbourne & St Vincent's Hospital MelbourneTumour Heterogeneity in Metastatic Cancer
Department of Clinical Pathology
Prostate Cancer Research Group
Department of Surgery
Prostate Cancer Research Group
Department of Surgery
Department of Clinical Pathology
James Stewart Chair of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School and Royal Melbourne Hospital+61 3 8344 5491
Department of Clinical Pathology
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Cancer Epigenetics Lab
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of OncologyMolecular Biomarkers and Translational Genomics Lab
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of OncologyAssociate Professor Daniel Buchanan
Department of Clinical Pathology
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Associate Professor Richard Tothill
Department of Clinical Pathology
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