EVENT:
  Raine Lecture
  - Sarcoma, Genetics and Public Health
		
Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:30 - The McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre 
		
Professor David Thomas
Professor David Thomas is Head of the Kinghorn Cancer Centre and Head of
the Cancer Division of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in
Sydney. His research interests include quantitative evolutionary
genetics in cancer cell populations, mapping a cancer neochromosome at
single nucleotide resolution, and understanding the role of the immune
system in development of osteosarcoma. Professor Thomas has played a key
role in establishing several large-scale cancer cohorts, including the
International Sarcoma Kindred Study and Cancer 2015, a 10,000 strong
Framingham-style cohort of newly diagnosed cancer patients in Victoria.
In addition to leading several pivotal clinical studies, he was the
founding chair of the Australasian Sarcoma Study Group and Director of
the state-wide adolescent and young adult cancer service, ONTrac at
Peter Mac (2005-10).
		
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Starts       : Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:30
Ends         : Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:30
		
Last Updated : Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:47