Professor Georgina Long AO, a 2024 Australian of the Year and leading Australian medical oncologist, is a sought-after media commentator, inspiring public speaker and passionate advocate of women working in STEM.
Through her illustrious career to date, Georgina has pushed boundaries and taken on challenges that others shy away from resulting in a significant shift in the fight against melanoma here in Australia and across the world.
Melanoma is Australia’s national cancer, and Georgina is ranked the world’s equal 1st melanoma expert in all fields and disciplines.
Thanks in part to her research and work, advanced melanoma is no longer a fatal diagnosis. For many patients, it is now a curable disease.
Georgina is Co-Medical Director of Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA), the largest melanoma research and clinical care centre in the world, and Chair of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research at MIA, The University of Sydney.
Talking Points
Keynote Topics
Georgina's presentations focus on the following areas:Keynote Topics
- Oncology & Immunotherapy
- Melanoma, Australia's cancer
- Leadership in STEM
- Breaking barriers to make a difference
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Prof Richard Scolyer AO & Prof Georgina Long AO's Address to the National Press Club
An experimental treatment against 'certain death' | Professor Richard Scolyer | Australian Story
2024 Australian of the Year: Georgina Long, Richard Scolyer | Australian of the Year | ABC Australia
Your 2024 Australians of the Year are Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO! Co-medical directors of Melanoma Institute Australia, Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO’s partnership has saved thousands of lives from melanoma. Less than a decade ago, advanced melanoma was fatal - but thanks to Georgina and Richard’s immunotherapy approach, it has become a curable disease.
