Scott Andrew

Biography

Dr Andrew worked as a research assistant at the Kolling Institute of Medical Research at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney developing genetic tests for patients with Multiple Endocrine neoplasia type II. He undertook a PhD which identified and characterised the RET proto-oncogene promoter. Obtained a National Cancer Institute of Canada postdoctoral fellowship to work at Queens University in Canada to work on characterisation of the downstream signalling pathways from RET receptor. He took on a second postdoctoral position at the Oncology Research Unit at Westmead Childrens' Hospital working on characterisation of the role of signalling molecules in focal adhesions. Dr Andrew joined CSU in 2006, teaching Biochemistry and Genetics. He maintains active collaborations with researchers overseas and within Australia.

Research Interest

Biomedical science