Parkville Familial Cancer Centre and Genomic Medicine Research Seminar – GERA

From Familial Risk to Personalised Cancer Risk Prediction: Translating Genetic Epidemiology into Practice

GUEST SPEAKER:
Professor Antonis Antoniou
Professor of Cancer Risk Prediction
University of Cambridge, UK

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER
10:00am-11:00am
Lecture Theatre B, Level 7
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
305 Grattan Street, Melbourne

Professor Antonious’ visit is funded by the NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence in Genetic Epidemiology (GERA) and in Breast Screening (MyBRISK), and Monash University.

No registration required. Further information lynettew@unimelb.edu.au

Antonis Antoniou is Professor of Cancer Risk Prediction in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cancer Data Driven Detection (CD3) programme. He studied Actuarial Science at the London School of Economics, followed by an MPhil in Mathematical Statistics and a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology at Cambridge. His research focuses on developing and applying statistical modelling techniques to address clinical questions, coordinating large-scale national and international studies to characterise cancer, susceptibility genes, and creating multimodal cancer risk prediction tools to support personalised cancer prevention and early detection in clinical practice. He leads other national and international research programmes including CanRisk and CIMBA consortium. In addition to his research, he has taught and led postgraduate courses in epidemiology and population health sciences.