
Overview
Background
Professor Soyer is an academic dermatologist with over 30 years experience in the field. He was appointed as the inaugural Chair in Dermatology by The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2007 and was Director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Dermatology Department from 2008-2023. His clinical background drives a strong focus on translational skin cancer research.
Professor Soyer is internationally recognised in the field of dermatology with particular expertise in the areas of preventative dermatooncology, dermatopathology and dermatologic imaging (dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy). Within the dermatology discipline he is a pioneer and world leader in the field of dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions, a non-invasive diagnostic method. He has led the development of the morphologic classification system currently used worldwide.
His main research focus is skin cancer (both melanoma and keratinocyte skin cancer), with a particular interest in technological innovations and their ability to impact early detection strategies and expand the concept and applications of teledermatology and teledermoscopy. A $9.9M infrastructure grant awarded in 2018 by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) has enabled establishment of the collaborative Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis (ACEMID); installing 15 3D total body imaging systems, linked by a research network, across Australia’s east cost to facilitate research in the early detection of melanoma. ACRF ACEMID is currently conducting Australia’s largest melanoma cohort study targeting 15,000 participants, with the multi-modal research data being collected and stored in a national research repository. This unprecedented data resource will allow many unanswered research questions in the field to be addressed and will facilitate advancements in artificial intelligence, resulting in the development of reliable, evidence-based solutions to transform melanoma early detection.
Professor Soyer has an extensive publication record with over 680 publications to date, with more than 700 citations per year (in the last 5 years) and an h-index of 96 (Google Scholar). His textbook entitled "Dermoscopy - The Essentials 3rd Edition", co-authored with G Argenziano, R Hofmann-Wellenhof and I Zalaudek is considered a world-leading textbook in the field.
Professor Soyer has been awarded two competitive fellowships while at UQ: a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Next Generation Clinical Researchers Program Practitioner Fellowship (2018-2022) and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (2012-2016). The NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship was acknowledged in the NHMRC ‘10 of the Best NHMRC research projects 2016’ publication. He has also been awarded 1 NHMRC European Union Collaborative Research Grant (CIA), 1 NHMRC Synergy Grant (CIC), 1 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant (CIC), 1 MRFF Targeted Health System and Community Organisation Research Grant (CIC), 3 NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Grants (CIA, CIB, CIE), 4 NHMRC Project Grants (CIA, CIA, CIB, CID), 2 NHMRC Partnership Grants (CIA, CIB), 2 ARC Discovery Project Grants (CIB, CID), and a Queensland Genomic Health Alliance (QGHA) Demonstration Project Grant (CIA), with many additional projects funded through other competitive, industry and philanthropic funding sources. In total, through his involvement as an investigator, he has achieved over $43M in research funding for UQ since 2014.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Medicine, Karl-Franzens- Universität Graz
- Australasian College of Dermatologists, Australasian College of Dermatologists
- Australian Academy of Health and Medicine, Australian Academy of Health and Medicine
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Identifying suspicious naevi with dermoscopy via variational autoencoder auxiliary generative classifiers
Al Zegair, Fatima, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Janda, Monika, Soyer, H. Peter and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2025). Identifying suspicious naevi with dermoscopy via variational autoencoder auxiliary generative classifiers. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. doi: 10.1007/s13246-025-01636-9
2025
Journal Article
Practice Guidelines for Teledermatology in Australia: 2025 Update
Caffery, Liam J., Taylor, Monica L., Abbott, Lisa M., Janda, Monika, Guitera, Pascale, Mar, Victoria, Bennett, Haley, Arnold, Chris, Shumack, Stephen, Caccetta, Tony, Miller, Robert and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). Practice Guidelines for Teledermatology in Australia: 2025 Update. Australasian Journal of Dermatology ajd.14599. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14599
2025
Journal Article
Is Wide Local Excision After Primary Excision of Melanoma In Situ Unnecessary?
Bell, Katy J. L., Soyer, H. Peter and Ferguson, Peter M. (2025). Is Wide Local Excision After Primary Excision of Melanoma In Situ Unnecessary?. Jama Dermatology. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2025.3077
2025
Journal Article
Informing a position statement on the use of large language models and AI scribes in dermatology in Australia
Caffery, Liam J., Taylor, Monica L., Abbott, Lisa M., Janda, Monika, Guitera, Pascale, Mar, Victoria, Arnold, Chris, Shumack, Stephen, Caccetta, Tony, Miller, Robert and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). Informing a position statement on the use of large language models and AI scribes in dermatology in Australia. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 66 (6), e335-e341. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14566
2025
Journal Article
Skin region images extracted from 3D total body photographs for lesion detection
Saha, Anup, Adeola, Joseph, Ferrera, Nuria, Mothershaw, Adam, Rezze, Gisele, Gaborit, Séraphin, D’Alessandro, Brian, Voskanyan, Robert, Szabó, Gyula, Pataki, Balázs, Rajani, Hayat, Nazari, Sana, Hayat, Hassan, Serra-García, Laura, Primiero, Clare, Bonin, Serena, Zalaudek, Iris, Soyer, H. Peter, Malvehy, Josep and Garcia, Rafael (2025). Skin region images extracted from 3D total body photographs for lesion detection. Scientific Data, 12 (1) 1442, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-05483-x
2025
Journal Article
Privacy in imaging for dermatology research
Caffery, Liam J., Sullivan, Ryan P., McInerney-Leo, Aideen, Lawn, Craig, Mendis, Roshni A., Janda, Monika, Halpern, Allan C. and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). Privacy in imaging for dermatology research. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.1288
2025
Journal Article
What are patients’ perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of artificial intelligence in skin cancer screening and diagnosis? narrative review
Kuppanda, Preksha Machaiya, Janda, Monika, Soyer, H. Peter and Caffery, Liam J. (2025). What are patients’ perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of artificial intelligence in skin cancer screening and diagnosis? narrative review. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 145 (8), 1858-1865. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.01.013
2025
Conference Publication
Topical sirolimus prevents cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas by disrupting the balance between differentiation and proliferation
Dousset, L., Zhou, C., Kao, Y., Tan, S., Muller, N., Sormani, L., Cox, C., Soyer, H.P., Stark, M.S., Wong, H., Roy, E. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Topical sirolimus prevents cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas by disrupting the balance between differentiation and proliferation. Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) 2025 Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 May 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.777
2025
Journal Article
Effect of patient‐contextual skin images in human‐ and artificial intelligence‐based diagnosis of melanoma: results from the 2020 SIIM‐ISIC melanoma classification challenge
Kurtansky, Nicholas R., Primiero, Clare A., Betz‐Stablein, Brigid, Combalia, Marc, Guitera, Pascale, Halpern, Allan, Kentley, Jonathan, Kittler, Harald, Liopyris, Konstantinos, Malvehy, Josep, Rinner, Christoph, Tschandl, Philipp, Weber, Jochen, Rotemberg, Veronica and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). Effect of patient‐contextual skin images in human‐ and artificial intelligence‐based diagnosis of melanoma: results from the 2020 SIIM‐ISIC melanoma classification challenge. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 39 (8), 1489-1499. doi: 10.1111/jdv.20479
2025
Conference Publication
Spatial transcriptomics reveals molecular determinants of mortality in thin melanoma
Zhou, C., Tan, S.X., Kao, Y., Claeson, M., Brown, S., Lambie, D., Whiteman, D.C., Pandeya, N., Olsen, C.M., Barbour, A., MacGregor, S., Soyer, H.P., Stark, M.S., Hayward, N., Smithers, B.M., Nguyen, Q. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Spatial transcriptomics reveals molecular determinants of mortality in thin melanoma. Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) 2025 Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 May 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.109
2025
Conference Publication
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and immune exclusion underpin the natural history of primary cutaneous melanoma
Tan, S.X., Muller, N., Zhou, C., Vipulaguna, N., Kao, Y., Whiteman, D.C., Soyer, H.P., Stark, M.S., Nguyen, Q. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and immune exclusion underpin the natural history of primary cutaneous melanoma. Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) 2025 Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 May 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.953
2025
Journal Article
A systematic review of microsimulation models for skin cancer
Watts, Caroline G., McLoughlin, Kirstie G., Wade, Stephen, Smit, Amelia K., Soyer, H. Peter, Fernandez-Peñas, Pablo, Whiteman, David C., Guitera, Pascale, Reyes-Marcelino, Gillian, Canfell, Karen, Cust, Anne E. and Caruana, Michael (2025). A systematic review of microsimulation models for skin cancer. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 25 (1) 222, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12911-025-03074-9
2025
Journal Article
Assessment of image quality on the diagnostic performance of clinicians and deep learning models: cross-sectional comparative reader study
Oloruntoba, A. I., Asghari-Jafarabadi, M., Sashindranath, M., Ingvar,, Adler, N. R., Vico-Alonso, C., Niklasson, L., Caixinha, A. L., Hiscutt, E., Holmes, Z., Assersen, K. B., Adamson, S., Jegathees, T., Bertelsen, T., Velasco-Tamariz, V., Helkkula, T., Kristiansen, S., Toholka, R., Goh, M. S., Chamberlain, A., McCormack, C., Vestergaard, T., Mehta, D., Nguyen, T. D., Ge, Z., Soyer, H. P. and Mar, V. (2025). Assessment of image quality on the diagnostic performance of clinicians and deep learning models: cross-sectional comparative reader study. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 39 (7), 1306-1314. doi: 10.1111/jdv.20462
2025
Journal Article
Unpredictable interdependence of invasive and in situ melanoma
Kahler, Sam, Primiero, Clare, Jayasinghe, Dilki, Mothershaw, Adam, Janda, Monika, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Soyer, H. Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen (2025). Unpredictable interdependence of invasive and in situ melanoma. British Journal of Dermatology, 193 (4) ljaf235, 782-784. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf235
2025
Journal Article
A multimodal vision foundation model for clinical dermatology
Yan, Siyuan, Yu, Zhen, Primiero, Clare, Vico-Alonso, Cristina, Wang, Zhonghua, Yang, Litao, Tschandl, Philipp, Hu, Ming, Ju, Lie, Tan, Gin, Tang, Vincent, Ng, Aik Beng, Powell, David, Bonnington, Paul, See, Simon, Magnaterra, Elisabetta, Ferguson, Peter, Nguyen, Jennifer, Guitera, Pascale, Banuls, Jose, Janda, Monika, Mar, Victoria, Kittler, Harald, Soyer, H. Peter and Ge, Zongyuan (2025). A multimodal vision foundation model for clinical dermatology. Nature Medicine, 31 (8), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03747-y
2025
Journal Article
Attitudes Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: A Survey of Australian Dermatologists
Partridge, Brad, Janda, Monika, Gillespie, Nicole, Silva, Carina Vasconcelos, Arnold, Chris, Abbott, Lisa, Caccetta, Tony and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). Attitudes Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: A Survey of Australian Dermatologists. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 66 (5), e279-e286. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14524
2025
Journal Article
The deep imaging phenotype for melanoma risk stratification
Kahler, Sam, Rutjes, Chantal, Janda, Monika, Primiero, Clare and Soyer, H. Peter (2025). The deep imaging phenotype for melanoma risk stratification. SKINdeep (1) e150261, 1-20. doi: 10.1553/skindeep.2025.150261
2025
Journal Article
Prevalence of high-risk melanoma variants in early-onset and/or multiple primary melanoma in an Australian cohort
Maas, Ellie J., Wallingford, Courtney K,, De Bortoli, Emily, Primiero, Clare, Freeman, Ned P., Smit, Darren J., Lee, Katie J., Jagirdar, Kasturee, McMeniman, Erin, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Stark, Mitchell S., Sturm, Richard A., Soyer, H. Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen (2025). Prevalence of high-risk melanoma variants in early-onset and/or multiple primary melanoma in an Australian cohort. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV. doi: 10.1111/jdv.20673
2025
Journal Article
Incidence and patterns of newly developed pigmented lesions in adults at high risk for melanoma
Wolber, Anna K., Jayasinghe, Dilki, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Janda, Monika, Soyer, H. Peter and Kittler, Harald (2025). Incidence and patterns of newly developed pigmented lesions in adults at high risk for melanoma. British Journal of Dermatology, 192 (4) ljae467, 751-753. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljae467
2025
Journal Article
3D Total-Body Photography in Patients at High Risk for Melanoma : A Randomized Clinical Trial
Soyer, H. Peter, Jayasinghe, Dilki, Rodriguez-Acevedo, Astrid J., Collins, Louisa G., Caffery, Liam J., Whiteman, David C., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Osborne, Sonya R., Finnane, Anna, Horsham, Caitlin, Primiero, Clare, Gray, Leonard C. and Janda, Monika (2025). 3D Total-Body Photography in Patients at High Risk for Melanoma : A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatology, 161 (5), 472-481. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2025.0211
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
3D Total-Body Photography and Automated Tools for Melanoma Risk Assessment: Potential Utility and Validation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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Doctor Philosophy
In efforts to promote skin cancer awareness, can a Digital Automatic Sunscreen Dispenser with an SMS messaging component effectively change skin protection behaviour?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Janet McColl-Kennedy, Professor Monika Janda
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Doctor Philosophy
Chemoprevention of Melanoma using natural products and TRAIL- based therapeutics.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Gabrielli, Associate Professor Helmut Schaider, Dr Zyta M Ziora, Dr Jazmina Gonzalez Cruz
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Doctor Philosophy
Behavioural science approach to melanoma early detection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ingrid Hickman, Professor Monika Janda
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of 3D Imaging on Quality of Life in Melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soraia De Camargo Catapan, Professor Monika Janda
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiple Primary Melanoma: Defining phenotypic, behavioural, and genetic risk profile for invasive versus in situ lesions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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Doctor Philosophy
The genomic architecture of suspicious lesions and skin in photodamaged and non-photodamaged areas (PhotoMelanoma)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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Doctor Philosophy
Precision diagnostics for early melanoma detection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Dr Snehlata Kumari, Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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Doctor Philosophy
Spatial molecular profiling of melanoma and correlation with dermoscopic patterns
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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Doctor Philosophy
Using 3D total body imaging to study the spatial distribution of naevi and melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shakes Chandra, Professor Monika Janda
Completed supervision
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2020
Master Philosophy
Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Amelanotic/Hypopigmented and Nodular Melanoma
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genotypic and phenotypic correlations in a cohort of patients with multiple primary melanoma
Principal Advisor
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2019
Master Philosophy
Classification of naevus distribution patterns in the Brisbane naevus morphology study
Principal Advisor
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2018
Master Philosophy
Dermoscopic and molecular correlation of melanocytic naevi
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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2015
Master Philosophy
Keratinocyte cancer and actinic keratoses in liver transplant recipients in Queensland
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Vascular features in the Dermoscopy of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
The chemokine content of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Wells
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Automated Detection and Classification of Suspicious Naevi in Dermoscopy Images Through Artificial Intelligence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Monika Janda, Dr Shakes Chandra
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2024
Master Philosophy
Diagnostic differentiation of inflammatory skin conditions by patterns of inflammatory marker expression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jazmina Gonzalez Cruz, Associate Professor James Wells
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Unusual suspects in hereditary melanoma: phenotype-genotype characterisation of POT1, POLE and BAP1
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Translating polygenic and personalised risk scores: Acceptability and impact of providing polygenic and personalised risk information for melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo, Dr Tatiane Yanes
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Statistical Modelling of the Natural History and Spatial Distribution of Naevi using 3D Total-Body Photography
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Monika Janda
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Mainstreaming Genetic Testing for Familial Melanoma: evaluating whether psycho-behavioural outcomes differ depending on provider type
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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2020
Master Philosophy
Identification of clinically useful plasma miRNA as minimally invasive biomarkers for early stage Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Li Li, Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
An evaluation of the role of locoregional treatments for the management of in-transit melanoma metastases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Smithers, Associate Professor Helmut Schaider
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Economic evaluation and acceptability of teledermoscopy for skin cancer in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Caffery
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2014
Master Philosophy
Identifying molecular changes in naevi driving early stage melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Gabrielli
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the management of skin cancer in Australia through audit and research in primary care
Associate Advisor
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