Alex is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and co-Director of the Cancer Ecosystems Program in the Garvan Institute of Medical Research; a Professor at UNSW Sydney and an NHMRC Senior Leadership Fellow. Alex completed his PhD at UNSW Sydney, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with J. Michael Bishop at UCSF. His lab applies cellular genomics to human breast cancer, prostate cancer & melanoma to gain systems-level insights into disease aetiology and the development of novel treatment strategies.