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Dr Matthew Roberts
Dr

Matthew Roberts

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Overview

Background

Matthew J. Roberts, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRACS (Urol)

  • Consultant Urologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s (RBWH), Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), Queensland Health
  • Clinician Research Fellow, Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  • Group Leader & Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research

Matthew is a medical graduate of The University of Queensland and completed Urology specialty training in Queensland and New South Wales. He completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor “Frank” Gardiner investigating new biomarkers for the early detection and characterization of prostate cancer.

Matthew is a surgeon-scientist, working clinically as a urologist and robotic surgeon at RBWH & STARS with academic appointment as Clinician Research Fellow at Metro North Health (Qld) and Associate Professor at UQCCR. His clinical and research interests are in Urologic cancers (e.g. prostate cancer), focusing on novel imaging and biomarkers, clinical trials, urological infections and innovation in urology. He has authored over 140 peer reviewed manuscripts in international journals and presented research at more than 20 international urology and clinical cancer meetings. He is a member of the EAU Prostate Cancer Guidelines Committee, Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry (PCOR)-Queensland Steering Committee, Editorial Board of the BJU International, as well as Co-Convenor of the ANZUP 2024 ASM.

Availability

Dr Matthew Roberts is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Biomedical Science, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Urology

    All fields related to urology including urologic oncology, prostate cancer, kidney/renal cancer, bladder cancer and others. Urologic infections Quality-of-life and survivorship research Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2030
    Prostate Cancer - FDG - Spatial Imaging (Spatial biology meets PET imaging: A non-invasive, Google Map for Prostate cancer)
    PA Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of Vaccination With ExPEC9V in the Prevention of Invasive Extraintestinal Path
    Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited (Janssen-Cilag Australia)
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    Prospective surgeon-led trials in Prostate Cancer for personalised management and healthcare sustainability
    Viertl Clinical Investigator Award
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    De-Intensification of Post ProstatEctomy Radiotherapy (DIPPER) incorporating clinical and imaging-based risk stratification: Part 1 - Pilot study (additional site)
    ANZUP Below the Belt Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2021
    A prospective clinical evaluation of prostate biopsy under local anaesthetic to optimise health care resources: feasibility study
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Staging of aggressive prostate cancer 'invisible' to PSMA-PET: The FDG-PET for INvisible Disease (FIND) Trial
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Combined TMPRSS2:ERG, PCA3 and SChLAP1 RNA in Urine for selective detection of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Exploring new Paradigms in Pre-prostate cancer detection and management
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Exploring new Paradigms in Pre-prostate cancer detection and management
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Optimising collection for metabonomic profiling of ejaculate to complement PCR in prostate cancer detection
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Matthew Roberts is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-Bioanalyte Profiling of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in a Phase 2 STATEsMAN Trial

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Roles of image fusion and 3D technology in urology: exploration and clinical integration for personalised devices

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kristofer Thurecht

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