Breast cancer seminar to be held at UQ

A leading cancer researcher will discuss breast cancer at a seminar at The University of Queensland this week.

Professor Robert Sutherland, Director of the Cancer Research Program at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney will visit UQ`s School of Pharmacy on Wednesday, August 31 to discuss Estrogens, cell proliferation and breast cancer.

Professor Sutherland is a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Principal Research Fellow and over the past 20 years has established one of Australia`s largest cancer research programs, based at the Garvan Institute.

The output from this research includes more than 250 scientific publications and several patents covering new methods of detecting cancer and new treatment strategies.

The seminar will take place from 1-2pm in the Forgan Smith Building, Room 1-E302 at the St Lucia campus.

It is part of the School of Pharmacy`s regular seminar program and all are welcome to attend.

Professor Sutherland was awarded an honorary doctorate by Lincoln University in 1994, the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research in 2000, was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2002 and in 2003 was awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal for his contribution to cancer research.

For further information about Professor Sutherland`s visit to UQ please contact Dr Sarah Roberts-Thomson at sarah@pharmacy.uq.edu.au

Media: For more information, contact Chris Saxby at UQ Communications (telephone 07 3365 2479, email: c.saxby@uq.edu.au).