Suzanne Cory 34th Lorne Cancer Conference 2022

Suzanne Cory

Professor Cory is a distinguished Australian molecular biologist. She completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne and earned a PhD from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, England. In 1971, Professor Cory returned to Melbourne and began her research career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, together with her scientific and life partner, Professor Jerry M Adams. After a decade of studying the immune system, their lab switched focus to the genetic origins of cancer and the mechanism of the physiological cell death program known as apoptosis. Cory’s current research focuses on enhancing apoptotic responses of blood cancers to therapy, using mouse models. Professor Cory became the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (1996-2009) and was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 2010 to 2014. Her scientific achievements have attracted numerous honours and awards, including election to the Australian Academy of Science (1986), Royal Society UK (1992), US National Academy of Sciences (1997), French Academy of Sciences (2002), Japan Academy (2013) and Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2021).