Georgina Long

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Georgina Venetia Long

The University of Sydney.[1]

Long is the first woman and the first Australian to be president of the world’s largest association of melanoma researchers and scientists, the US-based Society for Melanoma Research.

New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, and has presented at hundreds of international conferences.[3] Long has also been recognised as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.[4]

She became 2024 Australian of the Year alongside Co-Medical Director Professor Richard Scolyer.[5]

Early life and career

Long grew up in a family of six children, with parents working in academia and medicine. Her early life was spent living in Europe and the United States.[6]

Long has conducted many clinical trials in melanoma, including adjuvant and metastatic melanoma.[clarification needed][citation needed] Long has also researched immuno-oncology, which she says is the ‘penicillin moment’ which will be able to turn cancers into ‘treatable conditions’.[7] She has focussed on immuno-oncology in melanoma and targeted therapies.[citation needed] She also developed, and is in charge of, the treat-excise-analyse-melanoma (TEAM) program, which works on mechanisms of drug sensitivity and resistance.[8]


Scholia has a profile for Georgina V. Long (Q42947998).

Awards, honours and recognition

According to MIA's CEO Matthew Browne, 'Hardly a week goes by without a melanoma patient or their family expressing their gratitude for Professor Long’s ground-breaking research and clinical trials which have afforded them or their loved ones valuable extra time, and in many cases, a new chance at life.' 'She is a true role model for all young Australians, particularly young women, who may be working towards a career in science and medicine.'[9] Two babies have been named after the MIA and Long.[10]

  • 2024 — Australian of the Year (jointly with Richard Scolyer)
  • 2017-2023 — Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List[11]
  • 2021 — Outstanding Female Researcher Medal, inaugural winner, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[12]
  • 2020 — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to medicine, particularly to melanoma clinical and translational research, and to professional medical societies".[13]
  • 2019 — AFR 100 women of influence.[14]
  • 2018 — GSK Award for Research Excellence.[7]
  • 2018 — New South Wales Cancer Institute Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research.
  • 2018 — Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year.[15][16]
  • 2017 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[17]
  • 2016 — Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund Prize for Discovery in Medical Research.[18]
  • 2016 — Society for Melanoma Research, Young Investigator Award.[19]
  • 2015 — INSTYLE award for Women in Science and Technology.[19]
  • 2014 — Wildfire Award for the most highly-cited original peer-reviewed article published in 2011.[18]
  • 2013 — Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Academic Staff - Professor Georgina Long". The University of Sydney.
  2. ^ "Professor Georgina Long makes history as the first Australian and first woman to lead the Society for Melanoma Research". Melanoma Institute Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Queen's Birthday honour for Professor Georgina Long". Melanoma Institute Australia. 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ "100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2023". OncoDaily.
  5. ^ Dumas, Daisy (26 January 2024). "Australian of the Year 2024: pioneering melanoma researchers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer named as winners". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ "The people behind the Professors". Melanoma Institute Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2019.[dead link]
  7. ^ a b "Australian researchers revolutionising melanoma treatment receive major research award | GSK Australia". GSK. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Marching towards zero deaths from melanoma". SBS News. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Professor Georgina Long makes history as the first woman and first Australian to lead the Society for Melanoma Research". Melanoma Institute Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Babies named after those who saved their dads". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Georgina V Long - Web of Science Core Collection". Clarivate Web of Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Cancer researcher wins inaugural Outstanding Female Researcher Medal". AAHMS – Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Professor Georgina Venetia Long". Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  14. ^ "2019 Women of Influence are champions of reinvention". Australian Financial Review. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  15. ^ Han, Esther (2 November 2018). "How Georgina is driving one cancer's death rate down to zero". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Cancer NSW".
  17. ^ "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "Georgina Long - Awards & Honours". The University of Sydney.
  19. ^ a b "Academic Profiles". The University of Sydney.
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