
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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2024
Conference Publication
A Tiered Quadruplet Network with Patient-Specific Mining and Dynamic Margin for Improved ugly Duckling Lesion Classification
Naranpanawa, Nathasha, Soyer, H. Peter, Mothershaw, Adam, Kulatilleke, Gayan K., Ge, Zongyuan, Betz-Stablein, Brigid and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2024). A Tiered Quadruplet Network with Patient-Specific Mining and Dynamic Margin for Improved ugly Duckling Lesion Classification. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Athens, Greece, 27-30 May 2024. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/isbi56570.2024.10635546
2024
Journal Article
POT1 and multiple primary melanomas: the dermatological phenotype
Maas, Ellie J., DeBortoli, Emily, Nathan, Vaishnavi, Freeman, Ned P., Mothershaw, Adam, Smit, Darren J., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Aoude, Lauren G., Stark, Mitchell S., Sturm, Richard A., Soyer, H. Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen M. (2024). POT1 and multiple primary melanomas: the dermatological phenotype. Journal of Medical Genetics, 61 (9) jmg-2023-109637, 1-4. doi: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109637
2024
Journal Article
Automated detection of pigmented iris freckles using a deep neural network for cutaneous melanoma risk
Naranpanawa, Nathasha, Jayasinghe, Dilki, Sturm, Richard A., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Janda, Monika, Eriksson, Anders, Soyer, H. Peter and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2024). Automated detection of pigmented iris freckles using a deep neural network for cutaneous melanoma risk. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 144 (11), 2602-2605. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2024.04.029
2024
Journal Article
A protocol for annotation of total body photography for machine learning to analyze skin phenotype and lesion classification
Primiero, Clare A., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Ascott, Nathan, D’Alessandro, Brian, Gaborit, Seraphin, Fricker, Paul, Goldsteen, Abigail, González-Villà, Sandra, Lee, Katie, Nazari, Sana, Nguyen, Hang, Ntouskos, Valsamis, Pahde, Frederik, Pataki, Balázs E., Quintana, Josep, Puig, Susana, Rezze, Gisele G., Garcia, Rafael, Soyer, H. Peter and Malvehy, Josep (2024). A protocol for annotation of total body photography for machine learning to analyze skin phenotype and lesion classification. Frontiers in Medicine, 11 1380984, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1380984
2024
Conference Publication
Assessment of precision melanoma diagnostics: Circulating microrna expression to monitor late-stage treatment
Harris, Teresa, Zaenker, Pauline, McEvoy, Ashleigh C., Soyer, H. Peter, Khattak, Muhammad A., Ziman, Melanie, Millward, Michael, Gray, Elin S. and Stark, Mitchell S. (2024). Assessment of precision melanoma diagnostics: Circulating microrna expression to monitor late-stage treatment. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-7626
2024
Journal Article
MicroRNA expression profiling of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and precursor lesions
Hossain, Akbor, Tom, Lisa N., Melati‐Rad, Ala, Yamada, Miko, Hammerlindl, Sabrina, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Prow, Tarl W., Soyer, H. Peter and Stark, Mitchell S. (2024). MicroRNA expression profiling of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and precursor lesions. Skin Health and Disease, 4 (3) e360, e360. doi: 10.1002/ski2.360
2024
Journal Article
Expert agreement on the presence and spatial localization of melanocytic features in dermoscopy
Liopyris, Konstantinos, Navarrete-Dechent, Cristian, Marchetti, Michael A., Rotemberg, Veronica, Apalla, Zoe, Argenziano, Giuseppe, Blum, Andreas, Braun, Ralph P., Carrera, Cristina, Codella, Noel C.F., Combalia, Marc, Dusza, Stephen W., Gutman, David A., Helba, Brian, Hofmann-Wellenhof, Rainer, Jaimes, Natalia, Kittler, Harald, Kose, Kivanc, Lallas, Aimilios, Longo, Caterina, Malvehy, Josep, Menzies, Scott, Nelson, Kelly C., Paoli, John, Puig, Susana, Rabinovitz, Harold S., Rishpon, Ayelet, Russo, Teresa, Scope, Alon ... Marghoob, Ashfaq A. (2024). Expert agreement on the presence and spatial localization of melanocytic features in dermoscopy. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 144 (3), 531-539.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.01.045
2024
Journal Article
Terahertz in vivo imaging of human skin: toward detection of abnormal skin pathologies
Qi, X., Bertling, K., Torniainen, J., Kong, F., Gillespie, T., Primiero, C., Stark, M. S., Dean, P., Indjin, D., Li, L. H., Linfield, E. H., Davies, A. G., Brünig, M., Mills, T., Rosendahl, C., Soyer, H. P. and Rakić, A. D. (2024). Terahertz in vivo imaging of human skin: toward detection of abnormal skin pathologies. APL Bioengineering, 8 (1) 016117, 016117. doi: 10.1063/5.0190573
2024
Journal Article
Minimum labelling requirements for dermatology artificial intelligence‐based Software as Medical Device (SaMD): A consensus statement
Ingvar, Åsa, Oloruntoba, Ayooluwatomiwa, Sashindranath, Maithili, Miller, Robert, Soyer, H. Peter, Guitera, Pascale, Caccetta, Tony, Shumack, Stephen, Abbott, Lisa, Arnold, Chris, Lawn, Craig, Button‐Sloan, Alison, Janda, Monika and Mar, Victoria (2024). Minimum labelling requirements for dermatology artificial intelligence‐based Software as Medical Device (SaMD): A consensus statement. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 65 (3), e21-e29. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14222
2024
Journal Article
Assessing the genetic risk of nodular melanoma using a candidate gene approach
Stark, Mitchell S., Sturm, Richard A., Pan, Yan, Smit, Darren J., Kommajosyula, Varsha, Lee, Katie J., Jagirdar, Kasturee, McLean, Catriona, Duffy, David L., Soyer, H. Peter and Mar, Victoria J. (2024). Assessing the genetic risk of nodular melanoma using a candidate gene approach. British Journal of Dermatology, 190 (2), 199-206. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad365
2024
Journal Article
Genetic testing for familial melanoma
Primiero, Clare A., Maas, Ellie J., Wallingford, Courtney K., Soyer, H. Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen M. (2024). Genetic testing for familial melanoma. Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology, 159 (1), 34-42. doi: 10.23736/s2784-8671.23.07761-7
2024
Journal Article
Re: Incidence of in situ vs invasive melanoma: testing the "obligate precursor" hypothesis
Kahler, Sam, Janda, Monika, Soyer, H. Peter and Betz-Stablein, Brigid (2024). Re: Incidence of in situ vs invasive melanoma: testing the "obligate precursor" hypothesis. Jnci-Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 116 (4), 1-3. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae006
2024
Book Chapter
Actinic Keratosis, Basal Cell Carcinoma, and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Wolf, Ingrid H., Soyer, H. Peter, McMeniman, Erin K. and Wolf, Peter (2024). Actinic Keratosis, Basal Cell Carcinoma, and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Dermatology: Volume 1-2, Fifth Edition. (pp. 1888-1910) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-8225-2.00108-6
2024
Conference Publication
Evaluating a protocol for communicating melanoma personalised risk scores: a pilot study
Wallingford, Courtney, Law, Matthew, Mothershaw, Adam, Acevedo, Astrid Rodriguez, Soyer, Hans Peter, McInerney-Leo, Aideen and Yanes, Tatiane (2024). Evaluating a protocol for communicating melanoma personalised risk scores: a pilot study. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, Scotland, 10-13 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Nature Publishing Group.
2024
Journal Article
Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study
Tan, Samuel X., Aung, Thazin N., Claeson, Magdalena, Acs, Balazs, Zhou, Chenhao, Brown, Susan, Lambie, Duncan, Baade, Peter D., Pandeya, Nirmala, Soyer, H. Peter, Smithers, B. Mark, Whiteman, David C., Rimm, David L. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2024). Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 90 (1), 179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.026
2024
Conference Publication
A systematic review of changes in melanocytic naevi during immune checkpoint inhibition and targeted therapy
Bruijn, T.V.M., Dinh, S.T., Elshot, Y.S., van der Mierden, S., Soyer, P.H., Olsen, C.M., Betz-Stablein, B., Bekkenk, M.W., Rustemeyer, T. and Plasmeijer, E.I. (2024). A systematic review of changes in melanocytic naevi during immune checkpoint inhibition and targeted therapy. 20th EADO Congress 2024, Paris, France, 4-6 April 2024. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcskn.2024.100144
2024
Journal Article
Position statement of the EADV Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force on AI‐assisted smartphone apps and web‐based services for skin disease
Sangers, Tobias E., Kittler, Harald, Blum, Andreas, Braun, Ralph P., Barata, Catarina, Cartocci, Alessandra, Combalia, Marc, Esdaile, Ben, Guitera, Pascale, Haenssle, Holger A., Kvorning, Niels, Lallas, Aimilios, Navarrete‐Dechent, Cristian, Navarini, Alexander A., Podlipnik, Sebastian, Rotemberg, Veronica, Soyer, H. Peter, Tognetti, Linda, Tschandl, Philipp, Malvehy, Josep and the EADV AI Task Force (2024). Position statement of the EADV Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force on AI‐assisted smartphone apps and web‐based services for skin disease. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 38 (1), 22-30. doi: 10.1111/jdv.19521
2024
Journal Article
Prompt-driven latent domain generalization for medical image classification
Yan, Siyuan, Yu, Zhen, Liu, Chi, Ju, Lie, Mahapatra, Dwarikanath, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Mar, Victoria, Janda, Monika, Soyer, Peter and Ge, Zongyuan (2024). Prompt-driven latent domain generalization for medical image classification. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 44 (99), 348-360. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2024.3443119
2023
Conference Publication
Suspicious naevi classification using auxiliary classifier generative adversarial network
Zegair, Fatima Al, Rutjes, Chantal, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Ge, Zongyuan, Soyer, H. Peter and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2023). Suspicious naevi classification using auxiliary classifier generative adversarial network. 2023 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2023. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/dicta60407.2023.00041
2023
Journal Article
The skin molecular ecosystem holds the key to nevogenesis and melanomagenesis
Lee, Katie J., Soyer, H. Peter and Stark, Mitchell S. (2023). The skin molecular ecosystem holds the key to nevogenesis and melanomagenesis. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 144 (3), 456-465. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.09.271
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence Tools for Automated Melanoma Risk Assessment: Potential Utility and Validation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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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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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
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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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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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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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
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
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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Master Philosophy
Multiple Primary Melanoma: Defining phenotypic, behavioural, and genetic risk profile for invasive versus in situ lesions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tatiane Yanes
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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
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Master Philosophy
Trends in the regional nodal management of cutaneous melanoma.
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Behavioural science approach to melanoma early detection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: 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
Unusual suspects in hereditary melanoma: phenotype-genotype characterisation of POT1, POLE, BAP1 and CDKN2A carriers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo
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Doctor Philosophy
Spatial molecular profiling of melanoma and correlation with dermoscopic patterns
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Harald Oey, Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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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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
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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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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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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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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2020
Doctor Philosophy
An evaluation of the role of locoregional treatments for the management of in-transit melanoma metastases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helmut Schaider
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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: Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
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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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