Georgina Long
Georgina Long | |
|---|---|
| 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 Year 2024 |
Georgina Venetia Long is an Australian medical oncologist, clinical trialist and translational researcher, and works in drug therapy development. She was the joint recipient of the National Australia Day Council's 2024 Australian of the Year Award.[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 at Santa Sabina College in 1988.[4]
Long began studying a combined degree of science and law at the University 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 the Scripps Research Institute in California as a Fulbright Fellow, before returning to Australia to undertake her medical degree, graduating with an MBBS in 2001.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Long is a medical oncologist specialising in melanoma. 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 the Melanoma Institute Australia with pathologist Richard Scolyer. Together they have been part of a team pioneering the use of immunotherapy treatment for melanoma, which Long then adapted for brain cancer when 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 the Australian Academy of Science.[12]
Awards and honours
[edit]- University Medal in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney, 1993[13]
- New South Wales Cancer Institute Awards Outstanding 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 the Order 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. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Being good as a role model does not depend on gender". ESMO Daily Reporter. European Society for Medical Oncology. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "The people behind the Professors". Melanoma Institute Australia. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours" (PDF). Encompass: The Magazine of Santa Sabina College. November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Georgina Long". Franklin Women. 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b Johnson, Alex (13 May 2024). "Great Minds". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Gore, Charlotte (25 January 2024). "Melanoma researchers Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named joint 2024 Australians of the Year". ABC News. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Sharma, Yashee; Branco, Jorge (25 January 2024). "Australians of the Year Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer call for tanning and melanoma overhaul". 9 news. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Australian of the Year Georgina Long among new Academy Fellows". Lab+Life Scientist. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Professor Georgina Long AO". Melanoma Institute Australia.
- ^ a b "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. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Swannell, Cate (8 June 2020). "Happy Birthday Honours list". Medical Journal of Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "2021 Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research announced". Lab+Life Scientist. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Professor Georgina Long AO receives Medal for Outstanding Female Researcher for ground-breaking melanoma research". Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) (Press release). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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- 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
- Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians