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Dr Pauline Zaenker is a Lecturer and Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University (ECU), School of Medical and Health Sciences. She also serves as Deputy Cancer Program Lead at ECU's Centre for Precision Health. Her research focuses on identifying blood-based biomarkers, particularly tumor-associated autoantibodies, for early melanoma diagnosis and treatment monitoring. She holds professional affiliations with the Autoimmunity Network and Huntington’s Disease Youth Organization.
Education: PhD (2018), MSc (2014), BSc (2011), all from ECU. Awards include recognition as a WA Rising Star (2019) and ECU’s Public Engagement Award (2018).
Research interests span autoantibody biomarkers, immunotherapy response, and neurodegenerative biomarkers. Her recent work explores deep learning in histopathology analysis and neurofilament light in Huntington’s disease. She leads major grants totaling over $1.5M, including the Western Australia Melanoma Initiative (2024–2029). She has supervised multiple graduate students and collaborates internationally in biomarker validation.
Key labs/teams: Melanoma Research Group (ECU) and Centre for Precision Health. Current projects include liquid biopsy innovations and immune-related adverse event biomarkers.
