Affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine

Dr Meehan is a biomedical scientist who graduated from the University of Western Australia with a PhD in cancer biology. After completing her post-doctoral training at the Genome Sciences Centre in Vancouver and the University of Arizona, she undertook a Senior Research Office position at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia. She subsequently accepted an Assistant Professor position at the University of Western Australia and spent 7 years building a teaching and research program in cancer biology before moving to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The overarching aim of her research is to improve the understanding of mechanisms of metastases and immunobiology to facilitate identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of head and neck cancers. She also has ongoing research projects in Australia focused on understanding the poor outcomes associated with Indigenous breast cancer and exploring the role and clinical potential of extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer and melanoma.