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Dr Eliza Hawkes

SENIOR CLINICAL RESEARCH FELLOW | MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST | LYMPHOMA LEAD, Austin Health

More about Dr Eliza Hawkes

I want to improve the lives of patients with lymphoma, not only by contributing to the global research efforts to improve disease-related outcomes, but also by reducing the exposure to toxicity from current treatments through tailored medical treatment and better survivorship care post-treatment.

My areas of medical responsibility are lymphoma, haematology survivorship care and gastrointestinal cancers. As well as being the Medical Lead in Lymphoma at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research and Wellness Centre at Austin Health, I also have an appointment as the Lymphoma Lead at Eastern Health.

My research interests involve the use of immunotherapy drugs and other novel therapies in the treatment of lymphoma. My research program focuses on novel ways of combining these drugs with standard lymphoma treatments, as well as gaining better insight into how these new drugs work in lymphoma by using blood, tissue and imaging markers to predict which patients are likely to benefit from them. These insights come from a large portfolio of clinical trials that I have designed myself and in collaboration with experts around Australia and the world.

Education

2017 DMedSc, University of Melbourne, Australia

2009 Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (Medical Oncology) 2009

2001 MBBS (Hons), Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, Monash University, Australia

Appointments

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Dept Medicine, Monash University

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Dept Medicine, University of Melbourne

Senior Research Fellow, School of Cancer Medicine, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, LaTrobe University

Lymphoma Lead & Medical Oncologist, Austin Health

Medical Oncologist, Eastern Health

High-grade Lymphoma Chair, Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group

Achievements

2017 NHMRC Early Career Fellowship

2017, 2018 L’Oreal For Women in Science finalist

2016 Victoria Cancer Agency Translational Research Grant

2006 Box Hill Hospital Department of Medicine Travel Award 

 

E: eliza.hawkes@onjcri.org.au

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