Chitra De Silva

Biography

 Chitra has worked with Professor Peter Hersey for five years on the dendritic cell vaccine project. She then joined the melanoma biospecimen team collecting, processing & cryo-preserving specimens of melanoma tissue and blood, maintaining tumour bank database, overseeing quality control and record keeping while assisting with development of specimen collection protocols. She also participates as a member of the MIA research team to conduct clinical trials and major research programs. She has made  major contributions to build up and maintain the Melanoma BioSpecimen bank and worked closely with research scientists and positively contributed towards several publications.

Research Interest

 oncology