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ACEMID has been named one of five finalists in the Shaping Australia Awards: Problem Solver category

Public voting is now open!!

Help us take home the 🏆 People’s Choice Award 🏆

Voting closes on 19 January
ACEMID: revolutionising early detection and the fight against melanoma | UQ, USYD, Monash
www.shapingaustraliaawards.com.au
We thank our collaborators at the UQ Frazer Institute, Translational Research Institute Australia, and Metro North Health. This work reflects the strength of collaboration in advancing skin biology and regenerative medicine.
This achievement has been highlighted in the University of Queensland news release. Read more about this world-first discovery here: 🔗 www.uq.edu.au/news/article...
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This week a UQ DRC co-authored editorial was published in JAMA Dermatology - melanoma in situ management requires more nuance than current practice. WLE for MiS is treating over-diagnosis not disease and a change from classic diagnostic labels to prognosis-informed language would help clinicians.
Is Wide Local Excision After Primary Excision of Melanoma In Situ Unnecessary?
Dessinioti and coauthors1 present a retrospective study undertaken in Greece reporting the clinical outcomes for 401 people diagnosed and treated for melanoma in situ from 1991 to 2023 at a major mela...
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Today is Giving Day for the PA Research Foundation! Every dollar donated is matched for these 24 hours, doubling the impact of every gift!

Donations over $2 are tax-deductible, if you would like to assist the work of Dermatology research in Brisbane please consider using the link below:
Donate to Dermatology Research Centre
On Thursday 4 September 2025 every donation you make will be DOUBLED! That’s double the investment into research, life-saving equipment and world-leading patient care.
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We are getting ready for the Princess Alexandra Research Foundation GIVING DAY on Thursday 4 September 2025 where all donations made to support our scientific research is doubled by the foundation! Please consider donating at this link donations.pafoundation.org.au/givebig/derm...
@hpsoyer.bsky.social had the pleasure of hosting Dr Abel Chih-Hung Lee and Dr Kathy Chien-Hui Hong from Taiwan last week at the Dermatology Research Centre, UQ, Brisbane to show them our @acrf-acemid.bsky.social ACEMID Study site at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
#ASDR2025 Day 1 finished with the Ross Barnetson lecture by Prof @hpsoyer.bsky.social, in which he shared with the audience the "R-evolution of dermoscopy". Dermatological imaging has certainly come a long way 🔎📸
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 4 "ASSC Session" included talks from DRC's postdoc Seen Ling Sim and PhD student Sam Kahler 👏🏻
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 3 "ASSC Session" included presentations from ASDR early career researcher award winners and DRC team members Laura Sormani, and Chenhao Zhou, as well as a presentation from Joachim Torrano 👏🏻
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 2 on Keratinocyte and Squamous Cell Carcinomas featured a presentation by DRC's A/Prof Lea Dousset on topical sirolimus to prevent squamous cell carcinoma! 👏🏻
#ASDR2025 has kicked off, with a fantastic talk from Prof Harald Kittler about fairness and diversity of AI in medicine 🤖.

Day 1, Session 1 on Microenvironment also featured talks from our team members Wendy Kao and Katie Lee (presented by @thestarklab.bsky.social)! 👏🏻
👥 Part of our team came together this morning for a great session, sharing updates on some of our ongoing research projects! It was great having Professor Harald Kittler 🇦🇹 with us and to get his valuable insights and feedback!

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