NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPIES IN LYMPHOMA
With
Dr Sean Harrop
Clinical Haematology Fellow
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Melbourne, Australia | May 2025
Dr Sean Harrop is a dual-trained haematologist having completed his clinical and laboratory haematology training at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He is the current clinical haematology fellow (aggressive lymphoma) at Peter MacCallum and a PhD student in the Cancer Immunology Program in the Neeson Lab.
He has research interests in novel immunotherapies in lymphoma, mechanisms that lead to immunotherapy resistance and the genetic mechanisms underlying the tumour microenvironment.
He has published in peer-reviewed journals, co-authored textbook chapters and presented at international conferences on clinical and translational research in lymphoma.
Dr Harrop’s upcoming PhD is funded by the Leukaemia Foundation, Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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Professor Kim Hemsley
RESEARCH IN BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE
@ SYNCHRON
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA -
CASE STUDY Large scale genetic study finds link between Irritable Bowel Syndrome & cardiovascular system
Research published April 2024 in the journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology sheds light on disease mechanisms common to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
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Earlier identification and early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing
Professor Greg Leigh A held a variety of positions in the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing before entering academia. He holds a degree in Special Education from Griffith University, a Master of Science (Speech and Hearing) from Washington University and a PhD in Special Education from Monash University. In 2001, he was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and in 2014, he was invested as an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished services to the deaf and hard of hearing community.
