Georgia Chenevix-Trench (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancer. Chenevix-Trench was born in

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, Kenya.''Who's Who Australian Women'' (2017), ConnectWeb. She received her undergraduate degree (BSc(Hons)) in 1980 from the Department of Genetics at

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in Ireland and was subsequently awarded her PhD in 1985 from the Department of Human Genetics at the

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, USA. and in 1986 she commenced her post-doctoral work there. In 1989 she moved to Australia where she started working as a research officer at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR). She currently works at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, where she heads a cancer genetics research lab. Chenevix-Trench has published over 400 papers in peer reviewed journals and has been actively involved in science education and communication. She was elected to the

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in 2014, for her work on the genetics of breast, ovarian and other cancers, including showing that mutations in the ATM gene confer moderate risks for

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. In 2015 she was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She was awarded the Suzanne Cory Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.

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