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Pathology prize awarded to local doctor
25 August 2010.
AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley last night awarded Melbourne pathologist Associate Professor Lynda Campbell the prestigious Crawford Mollison Prize for her notable contribution to pathology over the past three years.
Associate Professor Campbell was recognised for her contribution to the field of cytogenetics: a branch of genetics which focuses on abnormalities of chromosomes where altered gene function and can lead to leukemia. Her research has played a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of cancers of the blood.
More than 80 guests attended the reception at AMA House including the Chair of the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Joanna Flynn, Victorian opposition health spokesperson David Davis and the State Coroner, Judge Jennifer Coate.
Associate Professor Campbell said it was rare for pathologists to be acknowledged with prestigious awards. "It is by its very nature a sort of back room profession," she said. "We’re sitting in laboratories, looking down microscopes and doing tests rather than having direct to patient care.
"But what we’re doing is still critical to that patient care. It’s is playing an increasingly vital role in the management of patients with not only leukemia but various sorts of lymphomas and myeloma."
Assoc Prof Campbell has been Director of the Victorian Cancer Cytogenetics laboratory at St Vincent’s Hospital since 1992 and provides cancer cytogenetics services across the state. She has published more than 60 research papers in peer reviewed journals and co-edited a book which is used across the world and aims to standardise cytogenetics.
Assoc Prof Campbell is Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne’s Department of Medicine, where she teaches medical students and increases their understanding of the scope and limitations of cytogenetic testing.
The Crawford Mollison Prize is awarded by the Medical Society of Victoria, as trustee, to a Victorian doctor who has made the most notable contribution to pathology. The Victorian Committee of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia assists AMA Victoria in choosing the recipient.
Past recipients of the award include Dr Donald Metcalf, 1968; Dr Erik Pihl, 1977; Dr Peter Campbell & Dr Christopher Low, 1980; and Dr Catriona McLean in 2008.
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