Research Focus
The Cancer Aetiology and Prevention Laboratory focuses primarily on understanding the health benefits of vitamin D supplementation, balancing the risks and benefits of sun exposure, and reducing the impact of pancreatic cancer.
Research Projects
Current Research Projects
D-Health Trial
Panlink Study
Pathways Study
Research Team
Dr Mary Waterhouse
Dr Sitwat Ali
Briony Duarte Romero
Montana O'Hara
Funding
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Viatris
- Pankind
- Helen Lyons Foundation
Further Information
Internal Collaborations
External Collaborations
- Pancreatic Case Control Consortium Collaborators, across Europe and USA
- Professor John Zalcberg, Monash University
- Professor Jon Golledge, James Cook University
- Professor Robyn Lucas, Australian National University
- Assoc Professor Susan Jordan, University of Queensland
- Associate Professor David Wyld, Dr Matthew Burge and Dr Melissa Eastgate, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
D-Health Collaborators
- Dallas English, University of Melbourne
- Bruce Armstrong, University of Sydney
- Alison Venn, University of Tasmania
- Peter Ebeling, Monash University
- Rachel O’Connell, University of Sydney
- Jolieke van der Pols, Queensland University of Technology
Related Diseases & Conditions
In the media
Are we getting enough vitamin D?
Australia’s biggest vitamin D study
Better quality pancreatic cancer care received in metropolitan and higher socio-economic areas
Call for more recruits as DHealth reaches 10,000 participants
Clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds and flu
Looking for a New Year’s resolution with meaning?
Peak health bodies recommend new approach to sunscreen use
Study suggests surgery for pancreatic cancer should be more centralised
Can a monthly dose of vitamin D help you live longer?
Vitamin supplements: Do we really need them?
Are there health benefits to taking vitamin supplements? Cut through the noise and clever marketing, and hear why Professor Rachel Neale’s children won’t go into a pharmacy with her. Rachel is the head of the Cancer Aetiology and Prevention Research Group at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. She is running Australia’s largest clinical trial, examining the health effects of vitamin D supplements.