Professor David Whiteman, AM, FAFPHM, FAHMS, FSCCA (Hon)
Head, Cancer Control, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Co-Director, Australian Skin and Skin Cancer Research Centre

Professor David Whiteman is a medical epidemiologist with a special interest in the causes, control and prevention of cancer. He has an international reputation for research into melanoma and skin cancer, and the public health aspects of cancer control. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, and Honorary Fellow of the Skin Cancer College of Australasia. In 2019, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to cancer epidemiology.