Georgina Long

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Georgina Venetia Long AO FRACP is Co-Medical Director of the Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA), and Chair of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research at MIA and Royal North Shore Hospital, 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.[2] She has authored over 300 publications in melanoma clinical and translational research, including papers in the 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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