Georgina Long
Georgina Long AO FRACP FAHMS AAHMS AAS | |
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Born | 15 November 1970 Sydney,Australia |
Education | University of Sydney |
Occupation | Medical oncologist |
Employer(s) | Melanoma Institute Australia University of Sydney Royal North Shore Hospital Mater hospital |
Spouse |
Greg O'Dea (m.2000) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Australian of the Year2024 |
Georgina Venetia LongAOFRACPFAHMSis an Australian medicaloncologist,clinical trialist and translational researcher, and works in drug therapy development. She was the joint recipient of theNational Australia Day Council's 2024Australian of the YearAward.[1]
Long was the first woman and first Australian to be named president of the US-based Society for Melanoma Research.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Long had five siblings and grew up in Sydney's Inner West in the state of New South Wales, Australia. She also lived in Europe and America as a child.[3]She completed high school atSanta Sabina Collegein 1988.[4]
Long began studying a combined degree of science and law at theUniversity of Sydney,but gave up law and graduated with a double major in pure maths and chemistry in 1993, before completing a PhD in organic chemistry, also at Sydney University, in 1996.[5][6]She was a postdoctoral researcher at theScripps Research Institutein California as aFulbright Fellow,before returning to Australia to undertake her medical degree, graduating with anMBBSin 2001.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Long is a medicaloncologistspecialising inmelanoma.She has led numerous clinical trials,[7]focusing on targeted therapies and immuno-oncology in melanoma. She is the chief investigator on research into the molecular biology of melanoma.[8]
Long is co-director of theMelanoma Institute Australiawith pathologistRichard Scolyer.Together they have been part of a team pioneering the use ofimmunotherapytreatment for melanoma, which Long then adapted forbrain cancerwhen Scolyer was diagnosed with it in June 2023.[9][10]He was the first brain cancer patient in the world to have pre-surgery combination immunotherapy.[11]
In June 2024, Long was elected a Fellow of theAustralian Academy of Science.[12]
Awards and honours
[edit]- University Medalin Organic Chemistry,University of Sydney,1993[13]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute AwardsOutstanding Cancer Research Fellow of the Year, 2013[14]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute Awards The Wildfire Highly Cited Publication Award, 2014[14]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute Awards Excellence in Translational Cancer Research Award, 2017[15]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute Awards Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year, 2018[16]
- Officer of theOrder of Australia,2020[17]
- Ramaciotti Medal for Biomedical Research, 2021[18]
- Medal for Outstanding Female Researcher,Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences,2021[19][20]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute Awards The Wildfire Highly Cited Publication Award, 2021[21]
- Novartis Oncology Cancer Achievement Award, Medical Oncology Group of Australia, 2023[22]
- Australian of the Year,2024[23]
Selected publications
[edit]- Long, Georgina V; Menzies, Alexander M; Nagrial, Adnan M; et al. (2011)."Prognostic and Clinicopathologic Associations of Oncogenic BRAF in Metastatic Melanoma".Journal of Clinical Oncology.29(10): 1239–1246.
- Robert, Caroline; Long, Georgina V; Brady, Benjamin; Dutriaux, Caroline; et al. (2015)."Nivolumab in previously untreated melanoma without BRAF mutation".New England Journal of Medicine.372(4): 320–330.
- Robert, Caroline; Schachter, Jacob; Long, Georgina V; et al. (2015)."Pembrolizumab versus Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma".The New England Journal of Medicine.372(26): 2521–2532.
- Gershenwald, Jeffrey E; Scolyer, Richard A; Hess, Kenneth R; Sondak, Vernon K; Long, Georgina V; et al. (2017)."Melanoma staging: evidence‐based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual".CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.67(6): 472–492.
- Long, Georgina V; Atkinson, Victoria; Lo, Serigne; et al. (2018)."Combination nivolumab and ipilimumab or nivolumab alone in melanoma brain metastases: a multicentre randomised phase 2 study".The Lancet.19(5): 672–681.
- Long, Georgina V (2020)."Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes".Nature.578(7793): 82–93.
- Carlino, Matteo S; Larkin, James; Long, Georgina V (2021)."Immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma".The Lancet.398(10304): 1002–1014.
References
[edit]- ^"Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO | Australian of the Year".Australian of the Year Awards.Retrieved12 July2024.
- ^"Being good as a role model does not depend on gender".ESMO Daily Reporter.European Society for Medical Oncology.16 October 2023.Retrieved22 July2024.
- ^"The people behind the Professors".Melanoma Institute Australia.29 March 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2019.Retrieved11 September2019.
- ^"Queen's Birthday Honours"(PDF).Encompass: The Magazine of Santa Sabina College.November 2020. p. 7.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^ab"Georgina Long".Franklin Women.2022.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^abJohnson, Alex (13 May 2024)."Great Minds".The University of Sydney.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"Professor Georgina Long".Australian Academy of Science.
- ^"Prof Georgina Long".St Vincent's Private Hospitals.
- ^Thomson, Angus (3 June 2024)."Hayley's melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different".Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^Gore, Charlotte (25 January 2024)."Melanoma researchers Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named joint 2024 Australians of the Year".ABC News.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^Sharma, Yashee; Branco, Jorge (25 January 2024)."Australians of the Year Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer call for tanning and melanoma overhaul".9 news.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"Australian of the Year Georgina Long among new Academy Fellows".Lab+Life Scientist.25 June 2024.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"Professor Georgina Long AO".Melanoma Institute Australia.
- ^ab"Previous Cancer Research winners".Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
- ^"2017 Research Awards".Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
- ^"Changing the future of melanoma".Cancer Institute of New South Wales.6 November 2018.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^Swannell, Cate (8 June 2020)."Happy Birthday Honours list".Medical Journal of Australia.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"2021 Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research announced".Lab+Life Scientist.2 December 2021.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"Professor Georgina Long AO receives Medal for Outstanding Female Researcher for ground-breaking melanoma research".Neuroscience Research Australia(NeuRA)(Press release). 24 May 2022.Retrieved10 August2024.
- ^"eet Outstanding Female Researcher Medal winner Professor Georgina Long".Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
- ^"Winner of the Wildfire Highly Cited Publication".Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
- ^"2023 Cancer Achievement Award Recipient Announced"(PDF).
- ^"Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named Australian of the Year".Sydney Connect.Sydney Local Health District. 26 January 2024.Retrieved10 August2024.
- Living people
- Australian women scientists
- Australian women academics
- Academic staff of the University of Sydney
- Australian oncologists
- Women oncologists
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- Australian of the Year Award winners