A/Prof Hawkes is a Medical Oncologist, Associate Professor at Monash University in Melbourne Australia and the Lymphoma Lead at the Olivia Newton John Cancer Research & Wellness Centre, Austin Health. A/Prof Hawkes’ research expertise is in investigator-initiated clinical trial design and conduct with a focus on immune manipulation for lymphoma with biomarker-driven novel combination treatments. Additionally, she works within Monash University as the Clinical lymphoma lead for the national Lymphoma registry. She has >110 publications in top journals including Lancet, JCO, Blood, >$27M funding (>$16M as CIA) from national and international government, philanthropy and industry sources.
A/Prof Hawkes holds several key national and international leadership roles including:
• Founder & steering committee member Australasian Lymphoma Alliance
• Steering committee member, International Women in Lymphoma (WiL) alliance.
• Clinical lymphoma lead, Australasian Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry
• Member American Society of Clinical Oncology education committee. (2021-2024)
• Member American Society Hematology Scientific Committee for lymphoma
• ASH Clinical Research Trials Institute faculty member
• Editorial Board, Blood and Blood Advances
• Lymphoma Chair for the ‘Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma trials Group’ (ALLG). 2018-2023