A/Prof Zarnie Lwin

CNE Management Committee

A/Prof Lwin (MBBS, FCP, FRACP) is a senior clinician at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and University of Queensland. She graduated in Medicine from Burma, completed her FRACP in South Africa, before specializing in Medical Oncology in Australia.

She undertook a two-year clinical research fellowship in Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada and specializes in Neuro-oncology. Her other major research interests are in Health Services Research, Equity, Societal Research and Thoracic Oncology.

She is Executive Editor for Neuro-oncology Practice, Co-Chair of the Society of Neuro-oncology International Outreach Committee, Deputy Chair of COGNO International Collaborative Research Subcomittee and incoming Chair of the Asian Society of Neuro-oncology inaugural Education and Outreach Committee. She has been invited as international faculty/speaker to several international conferences and has convened numerous scientific  meetings.

A/Prof Lwin is a Clinical Fellow at the Sid Faithful Brain Cancer Research Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer MRI. She has been site Principal Investigator for numerous clinical trials and has won three awards for her original research in Societal/Health Services Research.