Professor Adèle Green

When people think of medical research they often think of cures and treatment but I realised early on that we also needed to look at prevention and lifestyle. It was unusual at the time to look at the disease upstream of the normal treatment paradigm.

Adèle Green is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Cancer and Population Studies Group at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Ultraviolet carcinogenesis and prevention of melanoma and other skin cancers has been a major focus of her research. She has served on many national health and research committees including the National Health and Medical Research Council and is a member of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection.  She has received Order of Australia, Queensland Australian of the Year and 100 Women of Influence awards for her research.