‘I want us both to be standing here in 12 months’ time’: The two doctors named Australians of the Year
Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer have been awarded the nation's top accolade.
Professor Richard Scolyer says his future is now measured in “months rather than decades” — but he is optimistic he has paved the way for clinical trials of an experimental brain cancer treatment he believes is prolonging his life.
The high-profile pathologist was speaking after he and colleague Professor Georgina Long – co-medical directors at the Melanoma Institute Australia – were named this year’s Australians of the Year.
