Speakers

Associate Professor Laura Forrest leads the Cancer Genomics & Precision Prevention research team in the Parkville Familial Cancer Centre at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

Positions

• Laura is a clinical genetic counsellor and research fellow and has established a health services and implementation science research program focused on using genomic information in cancer precision prevention.
• Laura has strong links to the individuals and their families with inherited cancer through her role chairing the Medical Advisory Committee for Inherited Cancers Australia.

Areas of special interest

• Clinical genetic counselling
• Cancer genomics
• Cancer precision prevention