Roger Reddel
"Telomeres: opportunities for targeted cancer therapies"

Position

Lorimer Dods Professor and Director,
Children's Medical Research Institute,
University of Sydney, Australia

Profile

Roger Reddel obtained his medical degrees at the University of Sydney, and then completed medical specialist training as a medical oncologist, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

He also undertook a PhD in cancer cell biology at the University of Sydney, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the US National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, to study molecular mechanisms of human carcinogenesis.

His laboratory at Children's Medical Research Institute in Sydney investigates the cellular and molecular biology of cancer cell immortalization, especially the role of telomeres. He and his group are best known for discovery of the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres mechanism in human cells, and also for their work on telomerase.

Professor Reddel is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and is currently Director of Children's Medical Research Institute and the Lorimer Dods Professor at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.

Professional Qualifications

1977-now:

Registered medical practitioner (Australia)

1985-now:

Fellow Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Medical Oncology)

 

Employment

1977-1980: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

Professorial Intern, Junior Resident, Senior Resident, and Registrar in Medical Oncology

1981-1984: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Sydney Branch)

Ph.D. student/Clinical Research Fellow

1984-1988: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Visiting Fellow (1984-1986), Expert (1987-1988)

1988-now: Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney

Head, Cancer Research Unit (from 1988)
Senior Research Fellow (1988-1993);
Principal Research Fellow (1994-1998)
Senior Principal Research Fellow (1999-2007)
Acting Director (July 2006-Nov 2007)
Director (from Nov 2007)

1988-now: The University of Sydney, Sydney

Medical School Senior Research Fellow (1988-1993);
Principal Research Fellow (1994-1998)
Senior Principal Research Fellow (1999-2007)
Sir Lorimer Dods Professor (from 2007)