Meet our panel of medical specialists

Chan is a physician-scientist based in Sydney, specialising in CAR-T cell therapy and immuno-oncology, with a focus on advancing treatments for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). She completed her specialist haematology training at Westmead and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals, where she gained hands-on experience in the clinical implementation and delivery of CAR-T therapies. Currently, Chan is a postdoctoral research fellow in Professor Cameron Turtle’s laboratory at the University of Sydney, developing next-generation CAR-T cell therapies for AML. Alongside her research, she serves as a clinical trials fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital, helping translate cutting-edge therapies into patient care... read more »

Sam is a physician-scientist and CAR(-T) enthusiast (he drives a Corolla). He is the Medical Lead of Cell Therapy at Epworth HealthCare where he is also a clinical haematologist with an interest in malignant disease and immunotherapy. He is also a staff specialist at the Alfred Hospital in the CAR-T and lymphoma team where he will be assisting with new cellular therapy studies arising from the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre. Sam is a senior research fellow with Professor Cameron Turtle at the University of Sydney where his research interest is in using high-dimensional analyses to parse determinants of CAR-T cell therapy. During his post-doctoral studies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, his broad research activity included the epigenomic basis of CAR-T cell fitness, novel CAR-T cell therapies for AML, understanding how the microbiome impacts T cell reconstitution following allogeneic stem cell transplantation and the value and affordability of CAR-T cell therapy. .. read more »