Melbourne University cancer researcher wins Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research 2011

Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu presented Dr Qiu with the $16,000 prize in recognition of her work, saying she was an up-and-coming world expert in her field of cancer research and had won the award from a field of highly talented young health and medical researchers.

“As part of her PhD, Dr Qiu took an innovative approach and concentrated on the tissues surrounding the cancer cells and the role of chemical additions to the DNA chain. She made the important discovery that the tissue surrounding the cancer cells contributed greatly to cancer formation,” Mr Baillieu said.