AProf Lara Lipton is a medical oncologist working in the VCCC Family Cancer Clinic and the Cabrini Family cancer Clinic as well as in private and public practice. She undertook a PhD in Cancer Genetics at Cancer Research UK and since returning to Australia has worked at Western Health, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum cancer Centre. She is part of the Brightways Breast Cancer Program at Cabrini and is active in clinical research in breast and GI malignancies.