Adele Chandler Green AC FAA FAHMS (born 20 September 1952)[1][2] is an Australian epidemiological senior scientist at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane and is the institute's Head of Cancer and Population Studies Group.
Adele Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adele Chandler Green 20 September 1952 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Research into melanoma |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology |
| Institutions | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
Green is an international leader in the epidemiology of melanoma and skin cancer.[3] She is best known for her contributions to the area of melanoma prevention, for which in 2013 she received the Queensland Australian of the Year Award and The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Award.
Education edit
Green was educated at the University of Queensland medical school in the 1970s. Despite considering a career in English literature or diplomatic service, she chose medicine due to her interest in biology, as well as being influenced by well-known female scientists such as Marie Curie.[4] She received 1st class honours in Medicine and worked as a clinician for several years before receiving her PhD in epidemiology in 1984 from the University of Queensland. Green also holds an M.Sc. from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Research Highlights edit
In 1986, Green began her 20-year[5] landmark study in the rural Queensland town of Nambour of sunscreen usage, where half of 1621 participants applied sunscreen daily and the rest maintained previous sporadic sunscreen application habits. These participants were followed initially for 10 years, with the results showing the application of sunscreen halved the chance of developing melanoma. This ground-breaking randomised controlled trial of long-term sunscreen application in an Australian community provided the scientific basis for clinical and public health advice about sunscreen use for skin cancer prevention. [6]
Her other significant contributions include insight into risk factors for ovarian cancer and into the burden of cancer in Indigenous Australians. Green has received international awards and is a recognised advocate for cancer control, including through longstanding membership on national and international scientific and advisory councils. She has trained and mentored a generation of epidemiologists and clinician-scientists. Green has also done research into other cancers, such as esophageal cancer and ovarian cancer. Studies of these cancers occurred in 2008 in the research project 'Towards Cancer Control — population and molecular strategies'.[7]
Professional career edit
In 1985, using a Neil Hamilton Fairley Postdoctoral Travelling Fellowship awarded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), she travelled to the UK, where at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine she earned an MSc in Epidemiology. During this time she also served as a visiting Lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Green joined QIMR's Epidemiology and Population Health Unit in 1996 and was appointed a Senior Principal Research Fellow. She was the visiting medical research officer at the Wellcome Trust in London in 1997. From 2000 - 2011 Green acted as the deputy director to QIMR. During this time period she simultaneously operated in a variety of roles: in 2000 as the Head of Cancer and Population Studies Group in QIMR, in 2002 as a professor at both the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology. In 2005 she was appointed as an adjunct professor at Griffith University and in 2009 as a professor at the Institute of Inflammation and Repair, as well as at the University of Manchester. In 2010 she was appointed as the acting director of QIMR. In 2014 she served as a senior research scientist at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute at the University of Manchester. She is currently a senior scientist at QIMR, a position she has held since 2012.[8]
Green has served on many Australian research bodies, such as the Australian Cancer Research Foundation's Medical Research Advisory Committee, the National Public Health Partnership, and the National Health and Medical Research Council and was Chair of the NHMRC's Health Advisory Committee (2000-2005). Apart from Australian research bodies, she has also served on many committees at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France. These have included: Chair of the Working Group on Artificial UV and Skin Cancer in 2005, member of the Working Group on Code of Good Practice for IARC Researchers (2006-2008), and member of the Working Party for the Monograph on Radiation and Cancer in 2009. Green also serves as a member of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection and its Epidemiology Standing Committee.[9]
Personal life edit
In her 20s she was self-proclaimed "sun-worshipper".[4] Green hikes as a hobby.[4] She is a mother.[10]
Recognition and awards edit
- 2004: Named in the Australian Honours List as a Companion of the Order of Australia[1]
- 2013: Overall Winner of Australian Financial Review and Westpac Women of Influence Awards[11]
- 2013: Queensland's Australian of the Year
- 2013: Australasian Epidemiological Association Life Membership Award
- 2013: The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor's Alumnus Excellence Award
- 2013: Jack Elkington Oration, Public Health Association of Australia, Queensland
- 2013: Ralph Doherty QIMR Berghofer Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Medical Research ‘Queensland Great’ Award
- 2014: 'Queensland Great' Award
- 2015: Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences[12]
- 2020: Fellow, Australian Academy of Science[13]
References edit
- ^ a b "Companion of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2017. For service to medical research through significant advances made in the field of the epidemiology of skin cancer and ovarian cancer, to public health including improved Indigenous health, and for leadership in the wider scientific community.
- ^ "National Finalist Australian of the Year 2013". Australian of the Year Awards. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Adele Green". Australia Academy of Science.
- ^ a b c Edwards, Verity (11 October 2014). "10 Questions: Adele Green, cancer epidemiologist, 62". The Australian. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Upton, Louise (8 November 2013). "Gail Kelly applauds top Woman of Influence". Ruby Connection. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Richards, Nicole (5 March 2014). "Showing That Prevention is Better Than Cure". Australia Unlimited. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Horvath, Andi (28 May 2009). "Can cancers be prevented?". National Health and Medical Research Council. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Staff @ QIMR Berghofer". QIMR Berghofer. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Professor Adele Green Biography". Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Queensland cancer researcher vies for top award". The Australian. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "2013 Event". 100 Women of Influence. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences - October 2015" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Adele Green". Australian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2020.