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Georgina Long

Georgina Long
AO FRACP FAHMS
Born (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, Australia
EducationUniversity of Sydney
OccupationMedical oncologist
Employer(s)Melanoma Institute Australia
University of Sydney
Royal North Shore Hospital
Mater hospital
Spouse
Greg O'Dea
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(m. 2000)​
Children3
AwardsAustralian of the Year 2024

Georgina Venetia Long AO (born 15 November 1970[citation needed]) is an Australian oncologist, clinical trialist and translational researcher, and works in drug therapy development. Long was the first woman and first Australian to be named president of the US-based Society for Melanoma Research.[1]

She was the joint recipient of the National Australia Day Council's 2024 Australian of the Year Award.[2]

Early life and education

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Long had five siblings and grew up in Sydney's inner west. 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

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Long is a medical oncologist specialising in melanoma. She has led numerous clinical trials,[7][8] focusing on targeted therapies and immuno-oncology in melanoma.[9] She is the chief investigator on research into the molecular biology of melanoma.[10]

Long is Director of the Melanoma Institute Australia. Together with pathologist Richard Scolyer, 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.[11][12] He was the first brain cancer patient in the world to have pre-surgery combination immunotherapy.[13][14]

In June 2024, Long was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[15]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO | Australian of the Year". Australian of the Year Awards. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The people behind the Professors". Melanoma Institute Australia. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours" (PDF). Encompass: The Magazine of Santa Sabina College. November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Georgina Long". Franklin Women. 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Johnson, Alex (13 May 2024). "Great Minds". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Professor Georgina Long". Australian Academy of Science.
  8. ^ Blank, Christian U.; Lucas, Minke W.; Scolyer, Richard A.; van de Wiel, Bart A.; Menzies, Alexander M.; Lopez-Yurda, Marta; Hoeijmakers, Lotte L.; Saw, Robyn P. M.; Lijnsvelt, Judith M.; Maher, Nigel G.; Pulleman, Saskia M.; Gonzalez, Maria; Torres Acosta, Alejandro; van Houdt, Winan J.; Lo, Serigne N. (7 November 2024). "Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Resectable Stage III Melanoma". The New England Journal of Medicine. 391 (18): 1696–1708. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2402604. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 38828984.
  9. ^ Ertl, Carolin; Ruf, Theresa; Mentzer, Dirk; Kong, Mingzi; Kramer, Rafaela; Bergwelt-Baildon, Michael von; Subklewe, Marion; Tomsitz, Dirk; Ascierto, Paolo A.; Dummer, Reinhard; Gogas, Helen; Lebbé, Celeste; Long, Georgina V.; McArthur, Grant; Neilan, Tomas G. (March 2024). "The side effect registry immuno-oncology (SERIO) - A tool for systematic analysis of immunotherapy-induced side effects". European Journal of Cancer. 199 113505. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113505. ISSN 1879-0852. PMID 38262306.
  10. ^ "Prof Georgina Long". St Vincent's Private Hospitals.
  11. ^ Thomson, Angus (3 June 2024). "Hayley's melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Long, Georgina V.; Shklovskaya, Elena; Satgunaseelan, Laveniya; Mao, Yizhe; da Silva, Inês Pires; Perry, Kristen A.; Diefenbach, Russell J.; Gide, Tuba N.; Shivalingam, Brindha; Buckland, Michael E.; Gonzalez, Maria; Caixeiro, Nicole; Vergara, Ismael A.; Bai, Xinyu; Rawson, Robert V. (May 2025). "Neoadjuvant triplet immune checkpoint blockade in newly diagnosed glioblastoma". Nature Medicine. 31 (5): 1557–1566. doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03512-1. ISSN 1546-170X. PMC 12092302.
  15. ^ "Australian of the Year Georgina Long among new Academy Fellows". Lab+Life Scientist. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Professor Georgina Long AO". Melanoma Institute Australia.
  17. ^ a b "Previous Cancer Research winners". Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
  18. ^ "2017 Research Awards". Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
  19. ^ "Changing the future of melanoma". Cancer Institute of New South Wales. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  20. ^ Swannell, Cate (8 June 2020). "Happy Birthday Honours list". Medical Journal of Australia. 213 (1): C1 – C2. doi:10.5694/mja2.50679. PMID 32623759. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  21. ^ "2021 Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research announced". Lab+Life Scientist. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "eet Outstanding Female Researcher Medal winner Professor Georgina Long". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 10 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Winner of the Wildfire Highly Cited Publication". Cancer Institute of New South Wales.
  25. ^ "2023 Cancer Achievement Award Recipient Announced" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named Australian of the Year". Sydney Connect. Sydney Local Health District. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  27. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year?". BBC. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.