David Ritchie Australian Institute of Medical Scientists National Scientific Meeting 2013

David Ritchie

I hold a co-appointment as a Consultant Haematologist and Head of Bone Marrow Transplant Service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC). I am Director of ACRF Translational Research Laboratory at Royal Melbourne Hospital. I am co-head of the Haematology Immunology Translational Research Laboratory (HITRL). I am Chair of the BMT study group of the Australasian Lymphoma and Leukaemia Group (ALLG). My clinical and translational research is specifically on the immunology and immunotherapy of blood cancers and the immunology of new drug therapies in myelodysplasia (MDS), acute and chronic leukaemias, myeloma and lymphoma, and the immunology of allogeneic transplantation. I have extensive experience as PI on numerous investigator initiated and company sponsored phase I-III clinical trials and substantial experience in the design and undertaking of clinical and translational research. I have published and presented my work widely with over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and presentations at international meetings including ASH, EHA, EBMT, HAA and CIBMTR/ASBMT.