Prof Deborah White

Professor Deb White is the Director: Precision Cancer Medicine at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) in Adelaide, and Group Leader of the Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Genomics and Functional Genomics Research Group. Prof White’s research focus is genomics and rationally targeted therapies in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL). She has presented > 200 papers at scientific meetings and authored >160 scientific publications.

Prof White established, led and federated the ALL Stream of The Australian Genomics Health Alliance. She is an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Australian and New Zealand Children's Haem-Oncology Group (ANZCHOG) and the Australasian Leukaemia Lymphoma Group (ALLG), and an invited member of the Precision Medicine Committee, Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) SA Health. Internationally, Prof White is the Australian representative to the Variant Interpretation for Cancer Collaboration (VICC) Executive Group - an initiative of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health.

Prof White has received a number of awards: Australian Society for Medical Research Leading Light, the University of Adelaide James McWha medal, the prestigious NHMRC Research Excellence Award, and the Beat Cancer Women in Leadership Award.