Professor pam russel am wins life sciences wit award
Monday 31 August 2015
Congratulations to QUT’s Professor Pam Russel AM, FHMS who won the Life Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award at Friday nights’ 2015 Women in Technology (WIT) awards. Prof Russell, who is on TRI’s Personal Development and Talent Management Committee, was recognised for her contribution to the world’s knowledge of treating autoimmune diseases, and generating bladder and prostate cancer models for study.
The full list of winners can be viewed at: http://www.wit.org.au/
Winners at the 2015 Awards night
Why did Pam win?
Pamela is a leading health and biomedical researcher. She was the first to treat autoimmune disease using cyclophosphamide therapy and is internationally recognized for generating bladder and prostate cancer models for study.
She directed the Oncology Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney for 17 years, and is now at the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Qld, as a member of the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, based at the Translational Research Institute.
She has published over 200 papers, international patents, has procured $34m in grants and mentored postgraduates and 31 postdoctoral fellows. Discoveries include antibodies to diagnose, image and treat prostate cancer, use of theranostic nanotechnology to improve imaging and treatment, and innovative gene therapy.
If that isn't enough reasons, she is regularly invited to collaborate, present worldwide, contribute book chapters, edit specialist journals, review and join global scientific committees. Pam also helped to found the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and was an inaugural director of ANZUP Clinical Trials group.
Awards include Australian honours (AM) for research contributions. She was recently made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Click the tile below to read Professor Russel's impressive biography.
Professor Pam Russel wins the Life Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award at Friday nights’ 2015 Women in Technology (WIT) awards.
> Related: Nominations Article
Pamela J Russell, AM, FAHMS, PhD, Professor, Head of Biomedical Imaging and Prostate Cancer Models, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute.
Other roles:
Adjunct Professor, Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland
Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland
Links:
Australian Prostate Center
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Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance
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