Our team

Professor Clare Scott is Head of the Ovarian and Rare Cancers Laboratory at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), holds the chair in Gynaecological Cancer at The University of Melbourne and is a Medical Oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospitals.

Professor Scott’s clinical expertise is in gynaecological cancers, clinical cancer genetics and rare cancers. Her laboratory focuses on drug resistance in rare gynaecological cancers and she leads the Australian Rare Cancer Portal, facilitating expertise delivery to cancer specialists. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to gynaecological oncology.

Professor Scott has established a rare cancer research program to improve access to targeted treatments for patients diagnosed with a rare cancer. Professor Scott is currently Chair, Clinical Oncology Society Australia (COSA) Rare Cancer Group; Chair of the Australia New Zealand Gynaecology Oncology Group (ANZGOG) and Director, Gynaecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG), providing valuable insights nationally and internationally regarding the treatment of and research into rare cancers.

Professor Scott’s contribution to the community is reflected by her instigation of and participation in the WEHI’s Consumer Advisory Panel, now a leading example of involvement of the public in a Medical Research Institute.