Nicola S. Meagher (BMedSci, MPH, PhD) is a Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellow working at a national and international level to improve outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer. Nicola’s work uses large datasets to answer questions relating to factors to improve prognosis in ovarian cancer and understanding optimal testing and treatment. This work is enabled through large epidemiological datasets through the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC) and other large cohorts. Nicola has made substantial contributions to the diagnostic and clinical treatment guidelines for a rare histological subtype – mucinous ovarian cancer. In recognition of that work, she was awarded the 2024 Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group Michael Friedlander AM award for emerging researcher and the 2025 Penny Taylor Prize for Ovarian Cancer Research Excellence. Nicola has additional expertise working with linked, administrative health datasets as well as clinical cohorts for research.
Nicola’s memberships include the Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) Ovarian Tumour Working Group and the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium Epidemiology Working Group.