Adele Green
Professor | Senior Scientist
+61 7 3362 0234adele.green@qimrberghofer.edu.au
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
2000-current: Senior Scientist, Cancer and Populations Studies, QIMR Berghofer
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2014: Senior Research Scientist, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester
2012: Senior Scientist, QIMR Berghofer
2010: Acting Director, QIMR Berghofer
2009: Professor, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester
2005: Adjunct Professor, Griffith University
2002: Professor, University of Queensland and Professor, Queensland University of Technology
2000-2011: Deputy Director, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
ORCID NUMBER
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-4841
RESEARCHER ID
CURRENT AREA OF RESEARCH
Skin cancer and melanoma causation (ultraviolet radiation carcinogenesis), prevention, management and prognosis in the community at large and in the subgroup who have organ transplants and are susceptible to skin cancers.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- prevention of skin cancer including melanoma by regular use of sunscreen in adults
- prevention of skin aging by regular use of sunscreen in adults
- possible protective effect of aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use on squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin
- high (96 %) survival rates of melanoma patients in the Queensland population 20 years after diagnosis
- high tendency of people with history of skin cancer who have been affected with multiple incident skin cancers to develop a particular subtype exclusively (BCC or SCC)
- decreasing melanoma incidence trends in adolescents and young adults in Queensland, Australia since mid-1990s
- high frequency of sunburn still seen in Queensland adults, especially young males
AWARDS RECOGNITION
2020
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
2015
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
2014
- ‘Queensland Great’ Award
2013
- Ralph Doherty QIMR Berghofer Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Medical Research ‘Queensland Great’ Award
- Queensland Australian of the Year
- Jack Elkington Oration, Public Health Association of Australia, Queensland
- University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor’s Alumnus Excellence Award
- Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence – winner of Innovation Category and Overall Winner
- Australasian Epidemiological Association Life Membership Award
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- MB, BS (Honours I), University of Queensland
- PhD Epidemiology, University of Queensland
- MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Fellow, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences