Suzanne Elliott

Associate Director of Clinical Trials

Gallipoli Medical Research, Australia

Suzanne is the Greenslopes Private Hospital’s Gallipoli Medical Research’s (GMR)-Associate Director of Clinical Trials. In a prior role, she was Operations Manager, Scientific Officer and Deputy CEO of Q-Pharm for over 13 years, a Brisbane-based, Early-Phase clinical trial site company. Starting as a Medical Laboratory Scientist working at many of the east-coast private pathology providers, she completed a molecular oncology PhD at QUT/Mater Hospital. A QIMR Berghofer Post Doctorate followed with experience in cell based vaccines or treatments targetted for EBV/Glandular Fever and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Roles at Vaccine Solutions and the QIMR Berghofer Regulatory Affairs Manager, involved investigator initiated immunotherapy trials in for Hodgkin’s Disease, prostate cancer and melanoma and vaccines in malaria. She has UNSW Drug Development qualifications and Good Clinical Practice accreditation. In the current role, she has responsibility for oversight of the oncology, liver and respiratory studies conducted for the visiting medical officers at the GPH. Suzanne is an Adjunct Professor for QUT, Adjunct Associate Professor at UQ and contributes to various committees for UQ, QUT, Praxis Australia, and other NHMRC ethics working groups with special interests in early phase adaptive drug design, malaria challenge studies, vaccine studies and research ethics.