Prof Ian Davis - Researcher Profile

Biography

Professor Ian Davis is Professor of Medicine and Head of Eastern Health Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing and Health Science Monash University and Senior Oncologist, Eastern Health.  His primary clinical interests are in urologic cancer and melanoma, and his primary research interests are in cancer immunology and the biology of urologic cancers. He is an author on over 130 publications that have appeared in international peer-reviewed journals.

Professor Davis is a member of the Urology Committee, Skin Cancer Committee, and Standing Subcommittee on Research for the Cancer Council Victoria. He is the founder of the Urologic Oncology Group of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA), a member of COSA Council and COSA Executive, and founder of the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group Ltd (ANZUP). Professor Davis is chair of the ANZUP Board and its Scientific Advisory Committee.

Qualifications

DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1997

FELLOWSHIP OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PH

Institution: Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Year awarded: 1990

FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHAPTER OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Institution: Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Year awarded: 1990

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE & SURGERY HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1983