Honor J Hugo
Mammographic density, which refers to the proportion of white areas on a mammogram, is a significant risk factor for breast cancer, both due to masking of cancers but also contributing to cancer emergence and progression. Honor Hugo is a female mid-career researcher and emerging leader in mammographic density (MD) research, with over 10 years experience in breast cancer research, success undeterred by significant career interruptions (births of four children). Dr Hugo recently led a team of researchers to successfully complete a research study involving healthy female volunteers, on the utility of single-sided MRI technology (the NMR Mouse) to assess MD change in human tissue cultured ex vivo. Dr Hugo has co-ordinated the accrual of patient tissue for MD research from several Brisbane hospitals since late 2016. Dr Hugo is a previous NBCF fellow and Victorian Cancer Agency Early Career Seed Grant recipient, and more recently, CI on 3 consecutive years of $100K funding from the PA Hospital Research Foundation. In her interrupted career Dr Hugo has published 22 articles which are highly cited (167 cites per year, 2,845 cites in total, h index 13). Dr Hugo’s contribution to the MD field is rapidly growing: 6 of her MD papers were published in the last 3 years. CI Hugo is first author on 2 of these and senior author on 1, the latter being the establishment of a novel means of determining MD in human tissue using single-sided NMR technology. Dr Hugo has recently taken up a position at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where she is establishing her own research group in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
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