Our people
The core specialist methods of our researchers include: epidemiology and population health research, predictive statistical forecasting and microsimulation modelling, large-scale linked data analysis, systematic review and meta-analysis, biostatistical methods, health economic evaluation, health services research and behavioural and implementation science.
Our researchers have extensive and expanding collaborations with researchers in other disciplines, including clinicians and basic scientists, both in Australia and internationally.
Professor Anne Cust
Interim Director, the Daffodil Centre (University of Sydney); Stream lead, Melanoma and Skin Cancer
Associate Professor David Smith
Interim Deputy Director, the Daffodil Centre (Cancer Council NSW); Stream lead, Prostate Cancer
Dr Asres Bedaso Tilahune
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor Anna DeFazio AM
Stream co-lead, Ovarian Cancer; Sydney West Chair in Translational Cancer Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Clinical School; Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Professor Nehmat Houssami
Stream lead, Breast cancer clinical and population health
Dr Rachel Jaros
Operations and Strategy Manager (Cancer Council NSW)
Associate Professor Sarah (Sally) Lord
Principal Research Fellow
Professor Alexandra Martiniuk
Professor of Epidemiology
Dr Bronwen Merner
Executive Officer, Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand
Professor Megan Passey
Professor of Rural Health; Stream lead, Tobacco Behaviour Change and Implementation
Associate Professor Alison Pearce
Stream Lead, Health Economics
Gillian Reyes-Marcelino
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
Associate Professor Claudia Rutherford
Associate Professor
Dr Anna Singleton
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Ben Smith
Senior Implementation Scientist; Stream lead, Triple I (Innovation-Implementation-Impact)
Associate Professor Julia Steinberg
Stream lead, Genomics and Precision Health
Professor Kate White
Stream lead, Supportive Care and Patient Outcomes
