Associate Professor | Group Leader
+61 7 3845 3029stacey.edwards@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Associate Professor Stacey Edwards is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Functional Cancer Genomics Laboratory at QIMR Berghofer. She completed her PhD in 2002 at the University of Queensland (UQ). Her postdoctoral training was carried out at the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre in London, funded by an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship. She returned to UQ in 2010 and was awarded a National Breast Cancer Foundation Fellowship to identify new mutation targets in breast cancer. She was recruited to QIMR Berghofer in 2013, where she established a multidisciplinary group focused on understanding how genetic variation in the non-coding genome contributes to cancer development.
2018-current: Group Leader, Functional Cancer Genomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
2018-current: NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
2018-current: Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
2016-current: Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
2013-2017: Team Head, Functional Cancer Genomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
2010-2012: NBCF Early Career Fellow and Lecturer, University of Queensland
2005-2008: Research Officer, Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Institute
2002-2004: Research Officer, University of Queensland, Australia
Associate Professor Stacey Edward’s research focuses on understanding how genetic variation contributes to cancer risk and progression. Her laboratory is particularly interested in translating the findings of cancer genome-wide association studies (GWAS), particularly breast cancer. This includes identification of functional risk variants, connecting these variants to their target genes and understanding how these genes contribute to cancer development. Identification of the key genes and the pathways responsible for risk will increase our understanding of the biology underpinning cancer aetiology and provide key targets suitable for future drug repositioning or drug development. These outcomes will pave the way for future clinical trials for cancer prevention or treatment.
2018-current: American Association for Cancer Research
2011-current: American Society of Human Genetics
2008-current: Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Familial Breast Cancer
2012-2016: Lorne Cancer Conference Organising Committee
2018-2022: NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
2010-2015: National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) Early Career Fellowship
2009-2012: University of Queensland ResTeach Award
2005-2009: NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Fellowship
1999-2001: Queensland Cancer Fund PhD Scholarship
1999-2001: John Earnshaw Scholarship (highest ranked PhD candidate)
1998-2002: PhD, University of Queensland
1994-1997: BSc (Honours), Queensland University of Technology