Gastrointestinal Cancers Program

<p><em>The ongoing objective of my work is to identify new and more effective treatments for patients affected with cancers of the colon, stomach and biliary tract.</em> </p> <p> I moved to New York to undertake postdoctoral training at the Montefiore Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine where I investigated the role of Wnt signaling in colon cancer progression and the use of gene expression profiling for predicting response of colon cancer cells to chemotherapy. </p> <p> I established my independent laboratory at Albert Einstein in 2001 as Assistant Professor of Medicine and was appointed Associate Professor of Medicine in 2008. I returned home to Melbourne in 2008, joining the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research as Head of the Oncogenic Transcription Laboratory. </p> <p>I am currently Professor and Head of the Oncogenic Transcription Laboratory at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, where my research continues to be focused on the identification of new treatments for colon cancer, gastric cancer and cancers of biliary tract.</p> <h3>Education</h3> <p>Bachelor of Science (Honours), Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia</p> <p>Diploma, Education, University of Melbourne</p> <p>PhD, University of Melbourne</p> <h3>Current Appointments</h3> <p>Head, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program and Oncogenic Transcription Laboratory, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute </p> <p>Professor, School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University </p> <p>Assistant Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research </p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne</p> <p> NHMRC Senior Research Fellow</p> <h3> Achievements</h3> <p>NHMRC Senior Research Fellow</p> <p>ARC Future Fellow, 2009-2013</p> <p>Moses Award for Basic Science Research, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, 2001 </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ph: +61 3 9496 3068 </p> <p> Email: john.mariadason@onjcri.org.au</p>