Graham Mann
professor
melanoma
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Graham Mann is a Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney at the Westmead Millennium Institute and Melanoma Institute Australia. He helps lead a multidisciplinary melanoma research program funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and Cancer Institute NSW, with teams across the University of Sydney and at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. These programs are engaged in all aspects of melanoma control, from population-based studies of genetic and environmental susceptibility to melanoma, and psychosocial aspects of melanoma risk, to molecular markers of diagnosis, prognosis and response to treatment. Recent successes have included the discovery of novel genetic risk factors in the Australian population, and of novel biomarkers of prognosis in melanoma.
Research Interest
Current research projects undertaken within the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research include the use of proteins to slow down and destroy tumours, the examination of genes that can prevent UV-induced melanoma and screening drug combinations (compound) to find a new compound with the ability to destroy melanoma cells.
