A/Prof Orazio Vittorio

Head of the Metal Targeted Therapy & Immunology lab School of Biomedical Sciences UNSW

Dr Vittorio is a cancer biologist with an international reputation in studying the mechanism of action of anti-cancer therapeutics (Hindex=36) in paediatric cancers. He is Scientia Associate Prof at the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney and Team Leader at the Children’s Cancer Institute. He is the Head of the Metal Targeted Therapy & Immunology lab.  He authored >100 papers in international journals, 6 book chapters and he is inventor on 6 patents. Three of his papers are listed as ISI Highly Cited.  He has extensive experience in cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, nanomedicine and PET imaging. In the past 5 years Dr Vittorio secured competitive research funding of >$5 million as sole CI and >$10 million as co-CI. His recent investigations are focused on understanding the role of copper metabolism/homeostasis in progression of aggressive childhood cancers (Neuroblastoma, Lower-Grade-Glioma, DIPG and Glioblastoma). A/prof Vittorio was awarded the “Outstanding Career development Fellow” of the year 2020 from the Cancer Institute New South Wales and the Young Tall Poppy Science Award 2021, and Cure Cancer Australia Research of the year 2022 in recognition of his achievements and dedication to childhood cancer research.