Claire Vajdic

Professor Claire Vajdic is a cancer epidemiology expert at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Faculty of Medicine, specializing in health data linkage to improve cancer care and policy. She leads three research streams focusing on health service safety, data governance, and genetic epidemiology of lymphomas and brain cancer.

• Research Streams:
  • Health service safety and quality assessment
  • Data justice and governance models
  • Genetic epidemiology of high-burden cancers

Her work combines population health science with precision medicine across the cancer control continuum. She supervises multiple PhD candidates and collaborates with clinicians, policymakers, and data scientists.

Key Scientific Contributions: Professor Vajdic has developed linked data platforms for cancer outcomes, pioneered age-adjusted radiotherapy benchmarks, and established genetic risk profiles for hematological malignancies. Her research informs national cancer prevention strategies and medicines policy.

• Awards:
  • 2010 Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow
• Leadership Roles:
  • Deputy Chair, NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics Committee
  • Member, International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph)