Precision Medicine
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2024 Precision Medicine Group L-R Dr Robert O’Reilly, Ms Elaheh Zareanshahraki, Ms Amanda Rewse, A/Prof Pierre-Antoine Dugué, Ms Fleur Hammet, Mr Michael Luu, Prof Melissa Southey, Mr Jared Burke, Ms Taylor Shen, Mr Neil O’Callaghan, Ms Jennifer Young Absent: Dr Philip Harraka, Dr Fiona Chen, Danmeng (Lily) Li
About us
Precision Medicine takes innovative approaches to bringing information about an individual’s genome, environment and lifestyle together to guide decisions related to their medical management including disease prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment.
Precision Medicine aims to maintain good health and improve health outcomes by targeting health interventions to those individuals who are most likely to benefit, underpinned by better understanding of individual diversity.
Monash University’s first Chair of Precision Medicine is Professor Melissa Southey, who is a highly cited author (top 1%, Clarivate).
Cancer exemplifies both the opportunities and challenges for precision health research. Our team has been pivotal to the establishment of large epidemiological research resources that are now being utilized to address key questions in cancer research.
These resources include highly selected groups of men and women and their families that support the identification of heritable risk factors (genomic and epigenomic) and large population-based studies that are enabling research to further characterise risk factors and develop risk prediction models.
Our work is providing the foundation for the emerging Precision Public Health era and enables clinical translation of new information to best inform healthcare policy including future screening programs that incorporate genomic information.
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Cambridge Prisms Precision Medicine
Cambridge Prisms Precision Medicine is bringing together leading experts in the field to discuss the latest research, trends, and innovations in precision medicine via open access high calibre publications and hosting webinars that cover a range of topics relevant to precision medicine. Professor Southey is on the Editorial Board.