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    Centenary Institute > People > Dr Jessamy Tiffen

Dr Jessamy Tiffen

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  • Epigenetics of Melanoma Program

Phone number Phone Number +612 9565 6100

Email Email j.tiffen@centenary.org.au

Dr Jessamy Tiffen leads the Epigenetics of Melanoma Program at the Centenary Institute. She is an expert in the study of epigenetic regulation in cancer. She has an excellent publication record and citations in high impact factor journals including Nature Genetics, Lancet Oncology, JNCI and Cancer Research. She is the recipient of grants from the Cancer Council of NSW and Tour de Cure. She was recently awarded a Centenary Institute Future Fellowship and holds a dual affiliation as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the University of Sydney (USYD).

In 2011 she completed her PhD from USYD in Cancer genetics. From there she underwent postdoctoral training at the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK under the mentorship of Dr David Adams. Upon returning to Australia she pursued her interest in melanoma at the Kolling Institute of Medical Research with Professor Peter Hersey who relocated with his team to Centenary Institute in 2015. She was a mentee in the Franklin Women Mentoring program in 2018. She is also a member of the American Association of Cancer Research and the Society for Melanoma Research.

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  • Dr Jessamy Tiffen promoted to Faculty at Centenary

    Dr Jessamy Tiffen has been promoted to the Scientific Faculty at the Centenary Institute where she will be a part of the senior science leadership team.
    Date 22 Aug 2022
  • Over $4 million in grants to boost cancer research at the Centenary Institute

    Two Centenary Institute scientists have been awarded grants totalling $4.3 million from the Cancer Institute NSW to undertake critical cancer related medical research.
    Date 03 Dec 2021
  • Boost to world-class melanoma research

    World-class research into melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has been boosted with Dr Jessamy Tiffen, Head of the Centenary Institute's Melanoma Epigenetics Laboratory, receiving a $447,000 project grant from Cancer Council NSW.
    Date 24 May 2021
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