Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson

Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson is a clinician-scientist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and University of Melbourne, based in the Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine. She is the co-program head of the Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Program, Group leader of the Molecular Biomarkers and Translational Genomics Laboratory and Medical Oncologist in the Breast Unit.

Professor Dawson is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and was recipient of the Jian Zhou Medal in recognition of translational medical science in 2020.

Her current research interests are focused on the development of non-invasive blood-based biomarkers ('liquid biopsies') for clinical application, including early detection, risk stratification and disease monitoring in cancer management.