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Role Team Leader / Clinical Research Fellow
Research area Stem Cell Medicine
A/Prof Rachel Conyers is a clinician scientist who trained in Paediatric Oncology with specialisation in leukaemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation. She is the current clinical lead of Bone Marrow Transplantation at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne; and the Team Leader of Pharmacogenomics and recipient of Clinician Scientist Fellowship (since 2016) at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is a recognised national leader in pharmacogenomics and rare toxicities as demonstrated by her position as the lead for Pharmacogenomics implementation and discovery through the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) and co-chair of pharmacogenomics working group in the Zero Childhood Cancer Program.

A/Prof Conyers has independently attained funding towards the establishment of the Australian Cardio Oncology Registry and Biobank and its associated research studies and more recently, the Pharmacogenomics program. This is demonstrated by $3.2M of MRFF, NHMRC, government and philanthropic funding (CIA), with an additional $10.7M funding as CIC, CID, CIG. She has published 67 articles to date (1240 citations, 16 h-index,) with a > 1 field weighted citation impact (SCOPUS) for Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics (3.2) and Cardiotoxicity (1.2).

A/Prof Conyers’s international leadership in pharmacogenetics and rare toxicities is demonstrated by her position as principal investigator of cardiac toxicity working groups for Ponte De Legno Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Working Group (Europe) and contribution to the Cardiovascular Task Force for Children’s Oncology Group (US). As Team Leader of Pharmacogenetics at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, she leads a talented multi-disciplinary team with a program of work in discovery and implementation of pharmacogenomics.

A/Prof Conyers has further developed her leadership skills by studies at Melbourne Business School Leadership in Health Care (Scholarship Recipient Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre), participation in a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Melbourne Business School with a Deans Commendation (Business Strategy, 2021), and completion of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administration Leadership for Clinicians Program (2021, AFRACMA).
A/Prof Rachel Conyers is a clinician scientist who trained in Paediatric Oncology with specialisation in leukaemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation. She is the current clinical lead of Bone Marrow Transplantation at The Royal Children’s...
A/Prof Rachel Conyers is a clinician scientist who trained in Paediatric Oncology with specialisation in leukaemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation. She is the current clinical lead of Bone Marrow Transplantation at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne; and the Team Leader of Pharmacogenomics and recipient of Clinician Scientist Fellowship (since 2016) at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is a recognised national leader in pharmacogenomics and rare toxicities as demonstrated by her position as the lead for Pharmacogenomics implementation and discovery through the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) and co-chair of pharmacogenomics working group in the Zero Childhood Cancer Program.

A/Prof Conyers has independently attained funding towards the establishment of the Australian Cardio Oncology Registry and Biobank and its associated research studies and more recently, the Pharmacogenomics program. This is demonstrated by $3.2M of MRFF, NHMRC, government and philanthropic funding (CIA), with an additional $10.7M funding as CIC, CID, CIG. She has published 67 articles to date (1240 citations, 16 h-index,) with a > 1 field weighted citation impact (SCOPUS) for Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics (3.2) and Cardiotoxicity (1.2).

A/Prof Conyers’s international leadership in pharmacogenetics and rare toxicities is demonstrated by her position as principal investigator of cardiac toxicity working groups for Ponte De Legno Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Working Group (Europe) and contribution to the Cardiovascular Task Force for Children’s Oncology Group (US). As Team Leader of Pharmacogenetics at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, she leads a talented multi-disciplinary team with a program of work in discovery and implementation of pharmacogenomics.

A/Prof Conyers has further developed her leadership skills by studies at Melbourne Business School Leadership in Health Care (Scholarship Recipient Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre), participation in a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Melbourne Business School with a Deans Commendation (Business Strategy, 2021), and completion of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administration Leadership for Clinicians Program (2021, AFRACMA).

Top Publications

  • Furlong, E, Kotecha, RS, Conyers, R, O'Brien, TA, Hansford, JR, Super, L, Downie, P, Eisenstat, DD, Haeusler, G, McMullan, B, et al. COVID‐19 vaccination in children and adolescents aged 5 years and older undergoing treatment for cancer and non‐malignant haematological conditions: Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group consensus statement. The Medical Journal of Australia 216(6) : 312 -319 2022
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  • Hamad, N, Ananda‐Rajah, M, Gilroy, N, MacIntyre, R, Gottlieb, D, Ritchie, D, Harrison, S, Kennedy, G, Watson, AM, Greenwood, M, et al. Australia and New Zealand Transplant and Cellular Therapies COVID‐19 vaccination consensus position statement. Internal Medicine Journal 51(8) : 1321 -1323 2021
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  • Hudson, Y, Garcia, T, Hotchkin, T, Vella, A, Ritchie, D, Conyers, R, Cole, T, Krishnasamy, M. The TransAllo study: factors influencing attendance at and experiences of a long-term follow-up clinic post-allogeneic bone marrow transplant for patients transitioning from paediatric to adult services. The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing 22(2) : 2021
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  • Andrés-Jensen, L, Attarbaschi, A, Bardi, E, Barzilai-Birenboim, S, Bhojwani, D, Hagleitner, MM, Halsey, C, Harila-Saari, A, van Litsenburg, RRL, Hudson, MM, et al. Severe toxicity free survival: physician-derived definitions of unacceptable long-term toxicities following acute lymphocytic leukaemia. The Lancet Haematology 8(7) : e513 -e523 2021
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  • Harrup, R, White, VM, Coory, M, Walker, R, Anazodo, A, Skaczkowski, G, Bibby, H, Osborn, M, Phillips, MB, Conyers, R, et al. Treatment and Outcomes for Central Nervous System Tumors in Australian Adolescents and Young Adults: A Population-Based National Study. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 10(2) : 202 -208 2021
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