Natasha Harvey B.Sc. (Hons), PhD

Professor Natasha Harvey is Director of the Centre for Cancer Biology, an internationally recognized Medical Research Institute investigating the biology underpinning cancer and translating this knowledge to provide better outcomes for cancer patients. The Centre for Cancer Biology is a strong alliance between UniSA and SA Pathology, harnessing the strengths of both partners to chart the path from scientific discovery to clinical implementation.

Natasha received her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from the University of Adelaide and undertook postdoctoral training in developmental biology at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA. During her postdoctoral training, Natasha's studies focussed on embryonic lymphatic vascular development and in particular, defining the role of the homeobox transcription factor PROX1 in programming cell identity during development.

Natasha returned to Adelaide in 2005 to establish her independent research program at the Centre for Cancer Biology. Natasha’s work aims to understand how the lymphatic vasculature is constructed during development and how this process “goes wrong” in human pathologies including cancer, vascular malformations, and lymphoedema. Her work in this field has been published in leading international journals including Nature Genetics, Blood, Development, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Science Translational Medicine.