Professor Helen Rizos is a cancer cell biologist with an international reputation in the field of melanoma senescence, tumour suppressor proteins and oncoproteins. Her work combines genetic analyses of melanoma tumours with functional molecular and cell biology in order to understand the role and regulation of genes and cellular pathways that influence the development and therapeutic response of melanoma.
Professor Rizos is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and recently moved to Macquarie University (January 2014) with her research team and Professor Kefford. Her research will continue to focus on melanoma cell biology and Macquarie University has all the required facilities and infrastructure. In 2017, Professor Rizos and her team won the Wildfire Highly Cited Publication Award from Cancer Institute NSW's Premier Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research.