Sarah Roberts-thomson
Professor
School of Pharmacy
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Sarah Roberts-Thomson joined the School in 1998 following two and a half years at the prestigious National Cancer Institute in the USA as a Fulbright and Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow. Since her appointment at the University of Queensland, Dr Roberts-Thomson has established a successful research program gaining over 1.8 million in research funding. She teaches across all streams in the Pharmacy degree and is responsible for teaching the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Cancer components of the course. Dr Roberts-Thomson is an active member of many pharmacy professional and scientific societies both international and national. In 2001 she was the Scientific Program Chair for the International Congress of Toxicology IX.
Research Interest
Molecular targets in cancer; Nutritional bioactives in tropical fruit; Mechanism of action of breast cancer risk factors, calcium transport in lactation
