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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)

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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)

@ProfGLongMIA

Prof Translational Research & Medical Oncology @Sydney_Uni Medical Director @MelanomaAus 2024 Australian ofthe Year @AusoftheYear Fulbright Alum @FulbrightAUS

Sydney, New South Wales

melanoma.org.au

Born January 1

Joined May 2018

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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jun 7
Vale Richard. I am deeply saddened to lose such a cherished colleague. Richard was a truly extraordinary pathologist - the 'pathologists' pathologist' - who also made generous time for clinicians navigating complex diagnostic cases, understanding that an accurate tissue
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jan 26, 2024
Still buzzing after last night’s @ausoftheyear award, alongside my @MelanomaAus colleague and friend @ProfRScolyerMIA . So overwhelmed & humbled by all messages of support, truly appreciated. We share this award with all #melanoma patients, their families, & all #cancer patients
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Feb 3, 2024
So excited to be submitting abstract to @ASCO Cancer Conference '24 to present on results from our work on Richard's #braincancer #GBM showing combo #immunotherapy pre-surgery induced immune cell throughout the #Cancer, were activated and drug-bound. @ProfRScolyerMIA well so far!
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Sep 11, 2022
NOW we must change the #melanoma management guidelines across the world. #Neoadjuvant #immunotherapy better than adjuvant in resectable stage 3&4 melanoma SWOG1801 HR 0.58 p0.004 fir event-free survial
Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Nov 14, 2023
Honoured & humbled to stand with friend/colleague @ProfRScolyerMIA to receive NSW @ausoftheyear. A tribute to our work with team @MelanomaAus on melanoma & brain cancer, impacting other cancers. Thank you to colleagues, patients, families, friends & to Australia for support.
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Feb 25, 2024
What a great #hat to have - beautiful, broad brimmed, well designed and iconic #Aussie hat from @akubraofficial. How do #akubra do it? Fabulous to be #sunsafe with my co-med director @ProfRScolyerMIA and @MelanomaAus
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Mar 3, 2024
Humbled by incredible honour to receive ‘U.S. Mission Australia Award for Leadership Excellence’ presented by @USEmbAustralia Caroline Kennedy @FulbrightAUS dinner. In honour of 1st Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. My Fulbright fellowship 1996 @scrippsresearch & made huge impact on my
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jun 2, 2024
So proud of our work @NKI_nl @MelanomaAus for #Nadina trial. #neoadjuvant #checkpoint #immunotherapy 68% decrease risk of progression/recurrence & death vs adjuvant anti-pd1. Multidisciplinary teamwork-great for patients with macroscopic stage 3 melanoma. Published today in NEJM
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jan 28, 2024
So humbling for us to be part of @AustraliaDay concert on harbour foreshore, alongside PM @AlboMP & NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP, celebrating all that makes our nation so great. Collaboration & respect are key. We all contribute to making a difference- thank you Australia!
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jun 16, 2023
Australia - 1st authority in world to approve & fund #neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in resectable stage IIIB-D #melanoma. So proud of my co-med director @ProfRScolyerMIA - submitted with me on behalf @MelanomaAus. Neoadjuvant clinical trials critical for zero deaths from #melanoma.
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Oct 21, 2023
Honoured to receive #ESMO23 Woman 4 Oncology Award. Delivering lecture with inspiring awardees-a privilege @myESMO. Cross fertilisation #melanoma & #GBM, & learning from rare #cancer pushes field forward faster. Doing this @MelanomaAus with @ProfRScolyerMIA, inspiring future oncs
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Jan 30, 2024
So fantastic for us at @MelanomaAus to see the #sunsafe behaviour by our leaders - they are walking the talk! @ProfRScolyerMIA & I are proud Australians working towards zero deaths from #melanoma. #stopglamourisingtanning
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Nov 30, 2023
Monday 4 Dec at 8pm on #ABC TV - #AustralianStory will feature @ProfRScolyerMIA and how we are applying melanoma science to develop world-first treatments for his brain cancer.
ABC News
@abcnews
Nov 30, 2023
When Professor Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer he had a choice – prepare for the worst or put his hand up to be patient zero. It’s a high stakes experiment, using the very treatment Scolyer and his colleagues have pioneered for melanoma. ‘An Open Mind’
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Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd)
@ProfGLongMIA
Feb 21, 2024
Such an honour to be @ausoftheyear testament to the incredible @MelanomaAus team and all our patients past and present. Still much to be done to reach our mission of zero deaths from melanoma, and impact all cancers.
Anthony Albanese
@AlboMP
Feb 21, 2024
Advanced melanoma is now a curable disease thanks to your 2024 Australians of the Year. Professor Richard Scolyer and Professor Georgina Long have saved thousands of lives with their breakthroughs.
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