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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IN FULL: Prof Richard Scolyer AO & Prof Georgina Long AO's Address to the National Press Club
Melanoma Institute Australia Co-Medical Directors, Professor Richard Scolyer AO and Professor Georgina Long AO, are global leaders in the fight against melanoma, Australia’s national cancer. Devastatingly, Richard recently received an incurable brain cancer diagnosis. Together, in a world first, they began applying their melanoma expertise to try to save Richard’s life and accelerate brain cancer research. Early results are in. The world is watching in earnest.An experimental treatment against 'certain death' | Professor Richard Scolyer | Australian Story
It is risky and untested treatment. It could shorten his life or make it a whole lot worse. But it’s a risk Professor Richard Scolyer is willing to take, desperate to try and save his own life. As the world’s top melanoma pathologist, Richard is an expert in diagnosing skin cancers, and helped revolutionise immunotherapy treatment for advanced melanoma patients, removing the death sentence so many once faced. But now the acclaimed doctor is facing his own mortality. Richard had a choice, prepare for the worst or put his hand up to be patient zero as his colleagues design a high stakes experiment to fight his brain tumour, using the very treatment they have pioneered for melanoma.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.
