Professor Gail Risbridger
Prof Gail Risbridger is an appointed Distinguished Professor at Monash University and also holds a Professorial appointment at the University of Melbourne (Dept Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, from 2016). She leads multidisciplinary International research programs at both sites to accelerate drug development, bringing new therapies to clinical trial. Her discoveries have changed policy and guidelines that have been adopted and implemented into Urology, Oncology and Pathology practice in Australia and worldwide, including the current National Mens Health Policy.
Her distinguished Professorial achievements are recognised by: Fulbright Senior Scholar Award (2001), 4 x NH&MRC Research Fellowships (1996-2021), Endocrine Society of Australia Lifetime achievement and Senior Plenary Awards (2008 & 2012). In 2022 the Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist Prize was established by the Endocrine Society of Australia to honour her mentoring and is the only award (of 6) named for a woman or a person who is still alive. She is an elected Fellow of Society of Reproductive Biology (2015) and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2019). She received an Australia Day Honours AM in 2023.