Principal Investigator

Geoffrey Hill, MD, FRACP, FRCPA

  • Full Professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center 
  • Senior Vice President/Officer, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division 
  • Director of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Leonard and Norma Klorfine Endowed Chair for Clinical Research
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington

Education

  • 1985 – BHB, University of Auckland (NZ)
  • 1988 – MBChB, University of Auckland (NZ)
  • 1996 – FRCPA, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
  • 1996-1999 – Research Associate, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (USA)
  • 1997 – FRACP, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • 2001 – MD, University of Auckland (NZ)
  • 1999-2018 – NHMRC Fellow, Brisbane (AUS)

Awards and Honors

  • 2000 – Honorary NH&MRC Practitioner Fellow Level 1 (2001–2005)
  • 2001 – Wellcome Senior Research Fellow (2001–2006)
  • 2005 – “Queenslander of the Year,” Queensland State Government, Australia
  • 2006 – NH&MRC Practitioner Fellow Level 1
  • 2009 – Ian McKenzie Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Field, Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • 2011 – Honorary NH&MRC Practitioner Fellow Level 2
  • 2011 – Queensland Health Senior Clinical Research Fellow
  • 2011 – NH&MRC Australia Fellow
  • 2011 – Ralph Doherty QIMR Prize
  • 2012 – Head of Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2013 – Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • 2013 – Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2014 – Director of Research, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2014 – Translational Research Institute National Research Prize
  • 2015 – Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2015 – Head of Cancer Program, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2015 – Clinical Director, QGen Cellular Therapeutics, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2015 – Honorary Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • 2016 – NH&MRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship
  • 2018 – José Carreras/E. Donnall Thomas Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle
  • 2018 – Andy Hill CARE Distinguished Researcher Award
  • 2019 – Eureka Prize for Scientific Research
  • 2025 – Leonard and Norma Klorfine Endowed Chair for Clinical Research