Rachel Gibson
Medicine
University of Adelaide
Australia
Biography
Prof Rachel Gibson studies the effects of cytotoxic agents on the gastrointestinal tract with the focus of her recent research being chemotherapy-induced mucositis. Her research into oral mucositis detailed for the first time the time course of cellular events that occur in humans following chemotherapy. As a consequence of this research in 2005 she was awarded the prestigous Cancer Council South Australia Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. More recently, Rachel has been investigating mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea (a particularly nasty side effect from cancer treatment). Rachel was appointed as a Lecturer within the School of Medical Sciences in 2008 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010 and Associate Professor in 2014 and as a Professor in 2016. Rachel currently sits on the Executive Committee where she holds the role of Secretary for the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer. In addition she is the current Scientific Chair for the societies’ Annual Meeting.
Research Interest
Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc
