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Dr. Marianne Weber is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health, and Senior Research Fellow at The Daffodil Centre. She leads the Lung Cancer Policy and Evaluation Stream and serves as lead investigator for the 45 and Up Study - Australia's largest healthy aging cohort. Her research integrates epidemiology, biostatistics, and health economics to address cancer risk factors and screening optimization.
- Academic Background: PhD in Psychology (UNSW), BA(Hons) from University of Sydney
- Key Collaborations: Australian National University, Oxford, IARC, DKFZ, University of Melbourne
Research Focus: Modifiable cancer risk factors (tobacco, alcohol, screening), lung cancer epidemiology, health equity in cancer care, and preventive health modeling using large cohorts.
Recent Publications: Analysis of cancer mortality trends (2025), lung cancer screening implementation economics (2024), vaping-smoking transitions in adolescents (2024), and validation of lung cancer risk prediction tools (2023). Research spans tobacco epidemiology, health economics, and cancer disparities.
Scientific Recognition: Recipient of International Society for Development Psychobiology Dissertation Award (2003). Current NHMRC Ideas Grant investigator for lung screening implementation research.
Mentorship: Supervises multiple PhD students and serves as Associate Editor for BMC Public Health (2016-2018). Actively mentors through Cancer Council NSW programs.
