ProfessorRoderick Clifton-Bligh
Conjoint Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Conjoint Associate ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Prof Roderick Clifton-Bligh's research focusses on three main areas: thyroid cancer/biology, phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma and multiple endocrine neoplasias. His research spans basic research, translational research, clinical cohort studies and clinical trials. His laboratory uses molecular biological methods to study endocrine diseases. He has been associate or principal investigator in 20 clinical trials.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTA statewide liquid biopsy Translational Program to develop new approaches to testing and translate liquid biopsies into clinical practice for cancer care in NSWCancer Institute NSW1 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Pavlakis N,
- Chou A,
- Gupta R,
- Gill A,
- Gild M
- GRANTI-124 PET Directed Redifferentiation Therapy for Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer: the I-FIRST StudyDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2021People funded by this grant:
- Robinson B,
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Barnes E
- GRANTDetermination of immune cell populations mediating development of immune checkpoint inhibitor associated thyroiditis in patients with melanoma.Sydney Vital Translational Cancer Research1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTFractures and bisphosphonates: reviving osteoporosis treatment uptake by identifying the genetic, material, and microstructural risk factors of atypical femur fracturesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTZOOMing in on new cancer therapies: Real-time quantitative live cell imaging for cancer research and drug discoveryCancer Institute NSW1 Jul 2017People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Baxter R,
- Howell V,
- Marsh D
- GRANTHereditary Endocrine Cancer: A Model Based On Phaeochromocytoma-Paraganglioma SyndromesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Tothill RW,
- Tucker K,
- Dwight T,
- Trainer A,
- Benn D
- GRANTGene Interactions in Hereditary Cancer: A Model Based on Phaeochromocytoma-Paraganglioma SyndromesDVC Research1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTDo human pituitary adenomas demonstrate an increased expression of Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) receptors?Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)1 Jul 2014People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Bailey D
- GRANTFoxe1 and Thyroid CancerNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Walsh JP
- GRANT2013 Premiers Award for Excellence in Translational Cancer ResearchCancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Gill A,
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTMitochondrial Dysfunction and Hypoxic Responses: Implications for TumorigenesisPheo Para Alliance1 Sep 2012People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Dwight T,
- Robinson B,
- Benn D
- GRANTThe Australasian Succinate Dehydrogenase ConsortiumPheo Para Alliance1 Sep 2012People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Dwight T,
- Benn D,
- Robinson B
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013People funded by this grant:
- Gunton J,
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTTranslating molecular markers to clinical practice in thyroid cancerDVC Research1 Jan 2011People funded by this grant:
- Clifton-Bligh R
- GRANTCross-talk between PPARg and MAP kinase pathways in thyroid cancerCancer Council NSW1 Jan 2008People funded by this grant:
- Learoyd D,
- Robinson B,
- Clifton-Bligh R,
- Au A
