Professor Lisa Horvath

​Director of Medical Oncology and Acting Director of Research
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

Professor Horvath is the Director of the Department of Medical Oncology at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. She completed medical school at the University of Sydney and trained in medical oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where she was appointed to the senior staff in 2003. She completed her PhD in translational research at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in 2004.

Professor Horvath's research interest is predominantly in the field of prostate cancer. She is involved with a large number of clinical trials in prostate and colorectal cancers.

Professor Horvath holds academic appointments at both the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales and is the Head of Prostate Cancer Therapeutics at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre/Garvan Institute of Medical Research. She is the Conjoint Chair of Medical Oncology (Genitourinal Cancers) at Lifehouse.
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Professor Horvath has published more than 70 original research papers published in peer-reviewed journals in the last 17 years. She has presented extensively at national and international meetings both peer-reviewed and invited presentations.

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