Research
When Mesothelioma UK, Asbestos and Dust Diseases Research Institute and the Biaggio Signorelli Foundation came together at iMig 2023, the Commonwealth Mesothelioma Alliance was born. This ambitious alliance is dedicated to tackling asbestos-related diseases in developing Commonwealth countries. A key focus of the Commonwealth Mesothelioma Alliance will be implementing a specialist nurse framework in Australia, adapting the proven Mesothelioma UK nursing model.
Commonwealth Mesothelioma Alliance
Dr Tristan Yan
Dr Tristan Yan, The Biaggio Signorelli Director of thoracic oncology at the Baird Institute, will be collecting data from around the world: an international Mesothelioma registry.
Tristan is the Head of Thoracic Oncology Research in The Baird Institute, and recently passed his Fellowship Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tristan is making an outstanding contribution in the field of mesothelioma research and treatment. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 articles in international scientific journals as well as book chapters in textbooks on surgical oncology, thoracic surgery and cardiovascular disease. He has organized the largest international registries on peritoneal mesothelioma and video-assisted thoracic surgery.
Dr Anthony Linton
Building on the research success of the ADRI, Dr Anthony Linton, an oncology fellow, has started his PhD at the ADRI and he will continue to work on biomarkers and potential targets for new treatment approaches for mesothelioma.
Dr Linton has completed a review on the epidemiology of mesothelioma and in particular on the consequences of occupational and environmental asbestos exposure.
Dr Casey Wright
Dr Casey Wright recently submitted her PhD entitled “Genomic characterisation of asbestos-related lung cancer” at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane where she was a recipient of an NH MRC Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship.
Early in 2012 Casey took up the position of the Biaggio Signorelli Post-doctoral Fellow at the ADRI to continue her work in asbestos-related diseases.
